Author: Wayne Slavin

Mobile WiMax trials and certification testing based on the new IEEE spec are expected to start in the first quarter of 2006, organized by the WiMax Forum. Via [informationweek.com]

Continued delays in the WiMax certification process are posing a "real challenge" to the rollout of the long-range wireless broadband service in Europe. Via [networks.silicon.com]

Nintendo Co. Ltd. said on Wednesday that nearly 200,000 unique users worldwide have tapped its three-week-old Wi-Fi Connection wireless service available through the Nintendo DS video game player. Via [today.reuters.com]

A WiMAX wireless broadband network covering 8000 square miles of southeastern Alberta will be rolled out in 2006, equipment vendor Nortel and a Canadian governmental body said Wednesday. Via [commsdesign.com]

Both fixed and mobile WiMAX will be important to cellular operators to help them relieve congestion from their cellular data networks and to prepare for data technologies beyond 3G, a study released Tuesday by ABI Research claims. Via [eet.com]

The vendor has joined the Wi-Fi Alliance, saying it wants to make sure its 3G products are compatible with what the group is doing. Qualcomm is one of largest providers of cellular chipsets. Via [informationweek.com]

Jennic is working with Taiwan's Institute for Information Industry (III) to provide a ZigBee stack on its JN5121 microcontroller for Asia-Pacific market. Via [eetuk.com]

The Wi-Fi Alliance on Tuesday is set to attack one of the main problems with wireless LAN phones by certifying features to extend battery life. Via [pcworld.com]

Over two years ago a group was founded to reverse engineer the Broadcom Wireless LAN chipsets to provide Linux drivers. This chipset is used by many OEMs, for example in Apple’s AirPort Extreme in Power- and iBooks, Linksys’ WAP and WRT series of consumer grade wireless routers, various laptops from Acer, Gateway, HP and others...

Cisco Systems has thrown its support behind an evolving set of wireless standards that will enable cellular carriers to offer new services based on the Internet Protocol. Via [news.com.com]

The acceleration in the deployment of WiMAX, the latest wireless technology, by the Goverment is one way of increasing the rate of personal computer and Internet adoption across the country, says the world’s biggest chipmaker Intel Corp. Via [btimes.com.my]

While the Wi-Fi Alliance claims that WPA addresses all known WEP vulnerabilities, the market clearly is not convinced. That is rather perplexing, as there have been no known hacks against WPA, notes Dorothy Stanley, security task group leader at the Wi-Fi Alliance and a systems architect at Agere. Via [toptechnews.com]

So far only available in Japan, Buffalo now will also be providing its AirStation One-Touch Secure System (AOSS) to Nintendo DS users in the US. Via [tgdaily.com]

OK, designing and planning an enterprise wireless network will take longer than 10 minutes. But our guide covers all the high points, from security to coverage patterns, and will help you get yours installed as quickly as possible. Via [informationweek.com]

Protecting a wireless network from attack may have just gotten a little easier. Via [searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com]