Author: Wayne Slavin

Service providers must come together on roaming agreements to create a future for value-add Wi-Fi hotspot services, experts agree. Via [eweek.com]

New wireless standards with better security and the ability to support high-bandwidth applications such as video over wireless networks will appear in products by the end of next year, analysts said. Via [macworld.co.uk]

It used to be a chore to get multimedia content from your computer to a stereo or home theatre system - you could string messy wires, or use low-powered FM transmitters that offered poor quality and performance. All that has suddenly changed as vendors rush to corner the market on a new type of home...

A couple of buddies get in their car on a Saturday morning. They've got steaming coffees and a laptop. As the passenger boots up the computer, the driver pulls out and banks a left onto a busy downtown Boston street. But in this scenario, it doesn't have to be Boston; it could be Chicago, New...

Engineers from Cisco Systems Inc. and Intel Corp. are trying to kick off an effort to standardize mesh networks, one of the hottest new segments in wireless. The move comes as a handful of startups are hitting the market with proprietary mesh networking technologies embedded in their homegrown ASICs and software. Via [crn.com]

Is 802.11g really better than 802.11b? In one respect, it is. Networks using the IEEE 802.11g wireless standard can, in theory, transmit content at a rate of 54 Mbps. 802.11b networks, on the other hand, have a maximum bandwidth of only 11 Mbps. Via [itbusiness.ca]

As a wireless conference and trade show winds down this week, dueling speakers at the show told audiences that wireless was both ready -- and not so ready -- for prime time in the enterprise. Via [techweb.com]

Despite today's Wi-Fi Planet show hype, the Pctel plan to turn all wireless PCs into access points isn't the only way of doing this: Cirond's SoftAP bundle was announced in May, and that let you do it yourself. Via [theregister.co.uk]

The purchase of a new wireless network will make Dallas/Fort Worth Airport the nation's first major airport to offer clean wireless connections for both voice and data. Via [dfw.com]

In what it believes to be a first for the legal profession at least in Canada, law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP has enlisted a commercial wireless hotspot operator to provide WiFi Internet access for its clients in the reception areas, meeting rooms and guest offices of its Toronto facilities. Via [itbusiness.ca]

Startup Motia came out of stealth mode to announce its first product Tuesday (Dec. 2), an analog signal processing chip that brings smart antenna technology to 2.4-GHz wireless LAN cards and access points. The Stamford, Conn.-based company claims its Javelin chip can improve the gain of existing 802.11b and .11g signals by 6 to 18...

This week's Wi-Fi Planet Conference and Expo in San Jose will underscore what industry watchers have been saying for years: Wireless is a powerful technology and business asset. Via [siliconvalley.internet.com]

Wireless networking start-up Atheros Communications has filed for an initial public offering. Via [news.com.com]

T-Mobile's Austrian subsidiary has acquired Vienna-based Wi-Fi hotspot provider Metronet for an undisclosed sum. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Several companies are readying WLAN hardware and software to address the security and management of remote networks, especially in larger enterprises. Via [eweek.com]