The two companies will devote a combined total of more than 200 silicon, hardware and software engineers to work on wireless LAN technologies. Adapter cards, chips and network access points will be developed, based on the IEEE 802.11 wireless...
Wireless local area network (LAN) technology is inferior to its wired up cousin. Wai Sing Lee, analyst for Frost & Sullivan who issued the report, said: "Wireless LAN technology will not be able to match or surpass the speeds of fixed cable...
BT recently announced its plans to operate the first UK public wireless LAN network. Whatever the motive, the rumour turned out to be true and BT along with its technical partners in this enterprise, Cisco and Motorola, plans to launch the UK's...
Wireless LAN, whether based on the IEEE 802.11 or the Bluetooth standard, is a security nightmare. In security terms there is no comparison between cellular and wireless LAN networks. The public cellular networks apply high levels of security...
These tariffs are relatively expensive compared to the US, where public wireless LAN services have been available for some time. US wireless LAN company Boingo charges $74.95 (£49.77) for an unlimited monthly access package.
Wireless LAN specialist Megabeam is to launch wireless internet access in 15 railway stations across the UK. The networks will connect travelling laptop users to the internet using the increasingly popular 802.11b wireless LAN standard, also known...