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FierceWiFi September 26, 2006
- FCC likely to permit Logan WiFi
- Debate on Mac WiFi vulnerability continues
- Aruba CEO: Need for new WLAN security model
- Intel launches World Ahead program
- Femtocell may disrupt dual handset market
- SPOTLIGHT: WiFi finds its voice
- ALSO NOTED: Linksys launches 802.11n in India; WiFi comes to trains in FL; and much more...
FCC likely to permit Logan WiFi
When it comes to a decision on whether or not WiFi should be allowed in passenger lounges at Logan Airport, the FCC has surely imbued the adjective "long-awaited" (as in "long-awaited decision") with new meaning. Be that as it may, the FCC, or at least its director, has given us an indication of what the decision will be: Kevin Martin said he would recommend that the WiFi ban at the airport be dropped. If the agency more formally adopts this position, this may well have nationwide …
Debate on Mac WiFi vulnerability continues
Apple has just released security patches for its WiFi offering AirPort--and not a moment too soon, either. As Eric Griffith reports, it all began--as these things often do--with a hacking demonstration at the Black Hat USA 2006 event, where SecureWorks' David Maynor, using an Apple MacBook laptop, showed how a hacker could hijack a computer's WiFi connection. The buzz in the tech community about the validity of the demonstration (and the very notion that a MacOS X computer could be …
Aruba CEO: Need for new WLAN security model
Dominic Orr, Aruba Wireless Networks CEO, says that enterprise WLANs are going to become less interesting because of the increasing commoditization of WLAN gear and the advent of the 100+ Mbps 802.11n standard. Both developments will combine to make wireless connectivity a routine part of the enterprise network infrastructure.
What will remain interesting and challenging, Orr says, are the corrections and improvements to traditional conventions and architectures for network …
Intel launches World Ahead program
Putting its money where its mouth is, Intel said it will spend some $1 billion during the next five years to help bridge the digital divide between developed and developing nations. Intel will use WiMAX technology, which it has already tested in several developing nations, for the purpose. It has just launched a WiMAX project in the remote Amazon town of Parintins, and this project is the first installation under the ambitious program, which the company announced in May.
The …
Femtocell may disrupt dual handset market
Worldwide shipments of dual-mode cellular/WiFi VoIP handsets will exceed 300 million units by 2011, a new report from ABI Research suggests. As we have reported in the past, however, the expected arrival of femtocell AP toward the end of the report's forecast period may well prove "disruptive for the market," as ABI puts it.
Femtocell APs are also known as 3G APs, and they are small cellular base stations designed for use in residential or corporate environments. As is the case …
SPOTLIGHT: WiFi finds its voice
We have written about converged WiFi-cellular handsets, but WiFi-only handsets are also growing in popularity. When their price comes down, they will become even more popular. The idea of a WiFi-only handset is appealing, but there were authentication and encryption issues to resolve, as well as the problem of handing over between the different types of network. Progress is being made, though, and more and more manufacturers are getting serious about using WiFi networks for voice handsets. Analysis
ALSO NOTED: Linksys launches 802.11n in India; WiFi comes to trains in FL; and much more...
> Linksys launches 802.11n in India. Report
> Florida's TriRail is testing WiFi for passengers. Report
> San Francisco is not the only city facing WiFi hurdles--so is Chicago. Report
> Xirrus has been awarded a …