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FierceWiFi January 18, 2006
- Freescale RF LDMOS technology for WiMax in 3.5 GHz
- Cheaper WiMax spectrum leads to surge in licensees
- UWB standard group to disband
- New Windows WiFi security flaw discovered
- Wireless users more cutting-edge than wired ones
- SPOTLIGHT: Aruba challenges Cisco
- ALSO NOTED: NetGear's new RangeMax 240; Airpath Wireless to support Boston public WiFi; and much more...
Freescale RF LDMOS technology for WiMax in 3.5 GHz
Two cheers for Freescale Semiconductor: With its seventh-generation high-voltage (HV7) RF LDMOS technology, it has managed to achieve the RF power amplifier performance required for use in WiMax base stations operating in the 3.5 GHz band. This is another important step forward for WiMax: It appears to be the first time RF Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor (LDMOS) technology from any manufacturer has met these power challenges. Freescale already offers a portfolio of 12V GaAs …
Cheaper WiMax spectrum leads to surge in licensees
Follow the money. The price paid per Hz for WiMax spectrum is 1,000 times lower than for 3G spectrum, according to the latest report from research firm Maravedis.
The much lower cost of WiMax/BWA spectrum has led to a much higher number of licenses awarded for BWA/WiMax relative to those awarded for 3G: 721 BWA/WiMax licenses awarded compared to 106 3G licenses. There are 394 BWA/WiMax license holders in North America, 186 in Europe, 97 in Asia, and 49 in the CALA (Caribbean and …
UWB standard group to disband
Remember Don Meredith? He was on the original team of Monday Night Football commentators, together with Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell, and Fran Tarkenton (and before that, a Dallas Cowboys quarterback in the 1960s). At the end of lopsided games, with his heavy Texas drawl, he would begin to sing: "Turn out the lights, the party's over." Meredith may well be in Hawaii now, singing that song to the IEEE 802.15.3a task group on UWB. It appears that after three years of agony, the group will …
New Windows WiFi security flaw discovered
As Saturday Night Live's Rosana Rosanadana would say, "It's always something--if it's not one thing, it's another." Just look at Microsoft's eagerness to help WiFi users by tweaking Windows XP or 2000 so that when a PC or laptop with these operating system boots, it automatically tries to connect to a wireless network. Helpful feature--but also a chink in the system's armor. Here is how it works:
When a PC running Windows XP or Windows 2000 boots up it automatically tries …
Wireless users more cutting-edge than wired ones
We all knew it, but it is good to have a confirmation: Wireless Internet users are more likely than wired users to purchase high-tech items such as MP3s, flat-panel televisions, and portable gaming devices, according to a new Ipsos Insight study. The findings suggest that marketers of high-tech products would do well to target wireless Web users. "'Wireless Webbers' are significantly more likely than those relying on wired broadband or dial-up access to own and use digital content, …
SPOTLIGHT: Aruba challenges Cisco
Now, here is challenge to Cisco: Aruba Networks is coming out with a competitively priced WLAN switch for small businesses. It also adds a high-end management appliance for companies with large WLANs to its Mobile Edge line of products. The Aruba 200 Mobility Controller, which will ship next month, is smaller than a notebook PC, includes Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet ports, and supports up to six APs and 100 users. It is very reasonably priced at $1,750 (compared to $4,995 for the …
ALSO NOTED: NetGear's new RangeMax 240; Airpath Wireless to support Boston public WiFi; and much more...
> NetGear has launched its RangeMax 240 range of WiFi products in Australia, claiming they provide users with wireless speeds of up to 240Mbps. Story.
> Boston's public WiFi project has selected Airpath Wireless to supply the planned system's administration and control platform. Report.
> Socket Communications …