Author: Wayne Slavin

Extreme Networks has unveiled a new line of Level 3 fixed Gigabit Ethernet switches designed to provide high availability for wireless, voice-over-IP and converged networks. Via [eetimes.com]

New wireless technology vendor Xirrus is launching this week, pledging to deliver enterprise WLAN products that provide up to 16 times greater capacity and four times the coverage of competitors' offerings. Via [crn.com]

The newest battle for customers in the airline industry will reach Portland on Saturday, when Lufthansa begins offering in-flight wireless Internet service on its nonstop flights from Portland to Frankfurt, Germany. Via [usatoday.com]

WiMAX backers continue to seed early versions of the technology among prospective customers, hoping that it will spark demand when services roll out in early 2006. Via [extremetech.com]

While WiMax is expected to revolutionize the fixed wireless broadband (FWB) market, it will be primarily a solution for fixed carriers, according to Pyramid Research. Via [reed-electronics.com]

More than half of businesses in Belfast with wireless computer networks fail to take basic security precautions, according to a survey. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]

The hype surrounding the WiMAX wireless broadband standard has peaked - from now on it's down to companies supporting the technology to deliver on their promises in a timely fashion. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Nortel Networks is teaming up with Trapeze Networks to start reselling the company's wireless LAN (WLAN) equipment by midyear and later co-develop products with embedded Trapeze technology, the companies announced Wednesday. Via [infoworld.com]

Wi-Fi-enabled mobile phones are seen as having potential to spread mobile Web use by giving phone users more options and price points for that connectivity. Wi-Fi could offer a more cost effective way for users to access the Web from mobile devices by minimizing the air time used to go online. Via [ecommercetimes.com]

WiMAX and more traditional wireless technologies are on a collision course, two analyst groups concluded in independent reports. Via [extremetech.com]

Network General on Tuesday continued trying to build momentum from its spinoff from Network Associates Technology Inc. with a new release of its Sniffer Portable protocol analyzer. Via [eweek.com]

Wish you had a digital home of the future, complete with wireless networking and home controls? Playa Vista, Calif., may be the place to be. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

MCI announced a major expansion today of the number of wireless hotspots available across the globe to its large-business consumers. Via [pcworld.com]

As an emerging technology promises to up the ante on wireless networking speed and range, industry experts warn large enterprises to hedge their bets when investing in it because of compatibility issues and a lack of products. Via [searchnetworking.techtarget.com]

Bluetooth will be killed off by wireless Lan technology, according to research released today by Analysys. Via [vnunet.com]