Aruba Networks is set to host the final leg of its EMEA Mobility Roadshow with an event in Saudi Arabia that will be held tomorrow at the Holiday Inn, Izdihar. The event has been designed for networking managers, IT managers, architects ...
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The emerging IEEE 802.11ac wireless LAN standard will be able to deliver faster connections wherever it's used, but the biggest benefit may come at public hotspots -- eventually. On Wednesday, the Wi-Fi Alliance started certifying ...
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Apple has doubled down on getting faster Wi-Fi by including support for the emerging 802.11ac (also called 5G Wi-Fi) standard in its new AirPort Extreme base station, Time Capsule and MacBook Air laptops, all unveiled at its Worldwide ...
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A laptop and desktop from Vizio—the Vizio CT15T-B1 Ultrabook and the Vizio CA24T-B0, respectively—are the first computers into our labs with the latest Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ac. Though it's up and running, it's still an emerging ...
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Researchers at the University of Michigan have invented a way for different wireless networks crammed into the same space to say "excuse me" to one another. Wi-Fi shares a frequency band with the popular Bluetooth and ZigBee systems, and ...
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Dell today announced the availability of the Dell Wireless Dock, the industry's first docking station based on the multi-gigabit Tri-Band Wi-Fi standard (WiGig).The new wireless docking station is currently compatible with Dell's Latitude ...
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Smartphones and tablets with the emerging Wi-Fi wireless networking technology, 802.11ac, will arrive early in the second half of this year, a Qualcomm executive said. Mobile devices based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 series processors ...
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Dave Stephenson is at the center of one of the most important efforts in mobile networking, the move to shepherd smartphones and other devices among Wi-Fi hotspots safely and automatically. Stephenson has been a key player in the ...
The Wi-Fi Alliance has launched a program to certify products that support TDLS (Tunneled Direct Link Setup), a technology that allows devices to automatically create a link between each other after accessing a wireless network, removing ...
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Broadcom Tuesday unveiled a single chip that combines Near Field Communication technology with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM radio. The company expects that the new chip will boost the use of NFC in smartphones and other mobile devices. NFC ...
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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures high-reliability analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has started volume production of several RF solutions supporting Broadcom 5G WiFi (IEEE 802.11ac) chips, including ...
The first tests of EE's 4G network showed less than half of Manchester city centre was covered by the high-speed mobile network and 4G connections were inconsistent. Only 42.2% of test locations had 4G access, while outside Manchester ...
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Motorola Mobility and Microsoft have agreed to suspend their patent claims against each other in three U.S. cases until a November trial on Microsoft claims that Motorola has not lived up to promises to license some video and Wi-Fi patents ...
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Intel today confirmed a $375m deal with Interdigital to acquire around 1,700 of its patents relating to networking and mobile technologies. The main areas covered include the 802.11 Wi-Fi standard, 3G connectivity and Long Term Evolution ...
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Broadcom has unveiled a chip that could give mobile devices faster connections using Wi-Fi. The BCM4335 is the first mobile chip based on the latest 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard. Branded as ‘5G Wi-Fi,’ the specification ...
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