Author: Wayne Slavin

Metalink, SyChip and Atheros will all announce Wi-Fi-based chips this week, in the belief that video, voice-over-Internet Protocol and embedded consumer applications ranging from handsets to digital cameras will supercharge the growth of Wi-Fi wireless networking. Via [eetimes.com]

Service provider Telabria is starting a city-wide WiMax trial in Canterbury, weeks before it launches its wireless broadband service commercially. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

Revenues for wireless networking gear and sales volume are up, according to a report. Via [news.com.com]

Huawei Technologies and Intel will cooperate in building carrier-grade wireless broadband networks supporting the new WiMAX / IEEE 802.16 standards and specifications. Via [geekzone.co.nz]

Even with tens of thousands of hot-spots available to mobile workers, analysts say adoption of the technology among businesses has been slower than expected. Via [informationweek.com]

D-Link, a provider of networking and communication solutions to the consumer, SMB and enterprise markets, has announced that Microsoft has certified its AirPlus XtremeG DWL-G810 wireless adapter for use with its online gaming service Xbox Live in Europe. Via [forbes.com]

Although shipments of wireless Lan equipment for homes and small businesses have increased strongly since the first 802.11b-compliant consumer Wi-Fi kit arrived in 2000, prices have plummeted. Via [vnunet.com]

The process to establish the next-generation Wi-Fi standard, which promises to quadruple transmission speeds, has stalled as members of the working group developing the standard failed to pass the main proposal onto the next stage. Via [news.zdnet.com]

Proving that Wi-Fi has become as commonplace as frozen peas, Cisco's consumer division Linksys will begin marketing a special line of wireless networking products for home users at selected Tesco superstores in the UK. Via [vnunet.com]

A hacker on a park bench could log onto dozens of U.S. government computer networks thanks to slipshod security standards at many agencies, according to a congressional report released on Tuesday. Via [reuters.com]

Microsoft, Dell, HP, Intel, Apple and Netgear look set for battle over a wireless patent. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

The WiMAX market has not even been launched yet, but activity surrounding it is gathering pace as the estimated launch date for WiMAX equipment draws closer. One of the questions currently exercising the minds of operators and analysts alike is whether it will be possible to upgrade existing wireless-wireline telecommunications equipment to fixed WiMAX standard...

Challenged to expand an existing Wi-Fi system on North Carolina's Outer Banks, Vivato Inc. and SkyeNet Wireless Communications considered pre-WiMAX equipment, but decided they could do better by installing two of Vivato's phased-array antennas. Via [techweb.com]

The initial reports on the state of the Wi-Fi networking industry for the first quarter of 2005 are now coming in from research firms like Synergy Research Group, Dell'Oro Group and In-Stat/MDR. While small details differ, the overall picture is the same. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Wi-Fi switch maker Aruba Wireless Networks has upgraded its product line with new management features that improve security and voice functions, as well as new hardware that increases data throughput. Via [eweek.com]