KIRKLAND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 2003-- Wavelink Corporation, a leading provider of mobile infrastructure management software for the enterprise, today announced that the University of Maryland has deployed Wavelink Mobile Manager(TM) to manage its new wireless network. The University launched its ambitious Mobile at Maryland (MAM) wireless services program in response to increasingly mobile students and faculty. With Mobile Manager, engineers can centrally configure and support its campus-wide WLAN access points and devices from a single console.

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By By Ben Charny

From zdnet.com.com

Major U.S. telephone companies have plans to pump video and TV services into homes via their lines, countering recent moves by cable providers to sell Net-based phone services over their systems, telephone executives said Friday.
"We know video's important, we want to have it," said Selim Bingol, a spokesman for telecommunications giant SBC Communications.

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From wired

Wireless is quickly becoming the de facto standard for surfing the Internet and creating home computer networks, according to research released this week by Parks Associates.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 21 /Wi-Fi Technology News/ -- California may soon join Virginia and Mississippi as the first states in the nation to use secure wireless technology in the voting process. Advanced Voting Solutions, a Dallas, Texas area firm has introduced the nation's first voting system using secure Wi-Fi technology. The system, called the WINvote has recently been certified in the state of California.

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From Sydney Morning Herald, Australia


New York
May 19 2003

Limited at first to hotels, coffee shops and airports, wireless internet access is finding a home on New York streets.

Verizon Communications Inc will bathe parts of the Big Apple, chiefly Manhattan, in wireless internet coverage and let its internet customers use it for no additional charge.

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From straitstimes

Billed as the next big thing for years, Bluetooth the wireless technology is unknown to most people.

WASHINGTON - The wireless technology called Bluetooth once created buzz about how the standard, designed to let gadgets communicate with one another, would upend the consumer-tech world.

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May 8, 2003, Marketing technology company New Age Media Concepts unveils the "New Age Technology System" for sports venues. With the salaries of professional athletes on the rise, team and stadium owners have to find more creative ways to enhance their revenue stream without having the sport fans pay the price. The "New Age Technology System" or "NATS" is a total networking solution for sports venues, a patron will have in front of them a specially manufactured touch screen unit that will allow them to order consumables, merchandise, advance tickets, participate in loyalty programs and much more. They will be able to see instant replays, check emails and never leave their seats, they will be a part of the total stadium interactive experience.

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By Bernhard Warner and Braden Reddall
LONDON (Reuters) - Whether it be broadband Internet access, 3G mobile phones or flat screen monitors, the high-tech industry has turned hyping new technologies into high art. Cashing in is another matter entirely.

WiFi -- a technology that allows users of laptops and handheld mobile gadgets to surf the Net in public places at high speeds -- is the latest favored acronym.

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METUCHEN, New Jersey. -- March 27, 2003 -- BVS begins shipping Mantis, a low-cost BLUETOOTH measurement tool.

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Article was published back in December 2003
from Bradenton.com

JIM KRANE
Associated Press

The network is ideal because the user serves as the data transmitter!

NEW YORK - When bullets are flying, the last thing a soldier wants to hear is "the network is down."
So the Pentagon, about a decade ago, set out to design a wireless communications network that could survive a war.

One design that has emerged, in portable military communications gear used in Afghanistan and now in the Iraqi theater, is called "mobile ad-hoc" or mesh networking. It now appears poised to also link wireless gadgets in the civilian world.


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