Topic: R&D, Standards and Certifications
The new items published under this topic are as follows.
SAN JOSE, CA - Today (October 16, 2003), the FCC issued licensing rules for wireless spectrum that will enable flexible and low-cost high speed connections in the enterprise and service provider space.
NETGEAR?S 802.11g Wireless Cable Modem Residential Gateway Attains CableHome? 1.0 Certification
The NETGEAR CG814WG lets MSOs offer advanced networking services to residential subscribers at faster speeds
SANTA CLARA, Calif. ? October 14, 2003 ? ? NETGEAR, Inc., (Nasdaq: NTGR) a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, today announced that its latest wireless cable modem gateway, model CG814WG, received CableHome? 1.0 certification in CableLabs?? Certification Wave 26 and was recertified in Certification Wave 27.
Intel Advancing Modular Communication Platforms With New Standards-Based Building Blocks
TELECOM WORLD, GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 13, 2003 - Intel Corporation today announced a suite of Intel? NetStructure? products based on the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture* (AdvancedTCA*) specification and featuring Intel microprocessors and network processors. The new products are designed to deliver the high performance and high availability required in wireless and wireline carrier-grade telecommunication infrastructure applications, with significantly improved time to market and cost.
San Jose, California, October 6, 2003?Asant? Technologies, Inc. today released 5 updated drivers that offer full compatibility for Apple Computer?s new Power Mac G5 computers. Asant?, the leading vendor of networking equipment and peripherals for Apple Macintosh computers, is the first to offer a complete line of 10/100 and Gigabit Ethernet adapters for Mac OS X.
Strong Certification Growth Highlights Benefits for Enterprise and Consumer Technology Users
Mountain View, CA, September 30, 2003 /Wi-Fi Technology News/- The Wi-Fi Alliance announced today that over 900 Wi-Fi CERTIFIED? products from 116 companies have received certification since testing began in March 2000. The organization currently performs four independent interoperability certifications including IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g and Wi-Fi Protected Access? in addition to a combination of all of these technologies. A searchable database of Wi-Fi Alliance certifications can be found at
http://www.wi-fi.org/OpenSection/certified_products.asp?TID=2.
First Modular WLAN Gigabit Switching System to Gain Wi-Fi Certification, HIPAA Compliance
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - Aruba Wireless Networks today announced it has received Wi-Fi certification from the Wi-Fi Alliance for its Aruba 5000 wireless LAN switch and Aruba 52 dual-purpose 802.11 a+b access point. The Aruba 5000 becomes the first modular WLAN switch to receive Wi-Fi certification.
Strix Systems, Inc. today announced details of its Channel/One Partner Program for distribution of the Access/One Network, the first completely distributed, self-configuring wireless local area network system, which began shipping July 21, 2003. Strix Systems is now signing partners for its entirely indirect channel program, ensuring that worldwide coverage will be achieved.
Standards groups combine forces for the good of industry.
Sheffield, UK and Geneva, August 16 2003 /Wi-Fi Technology News/? Over 30 of the world?s most important standards making organizations and Forums in information and communication technologies (ICT) have agreed to foster better communication and closer cooperation among themselves.
Delegates at the second ITU 2003 Informal Forum Summit, held in San Francisco 24-25 July, drafted a mission statement that aims to improve interoperability across the multiple communication technologies and industries they represent. Participating forums and Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) will collaborate in an effort to leverage economies to meet the needs of industry ? and consumers ? better.
Geneva, 6 August 2003 ? The International Telecommunication Union has agreed on a unique partnership deal with the TeleManagement Forum (TM Forum), which will allow TM Forum standards to be published by ITU as ITU-T Recommendations. ITU-T is ITU?s standards-setting body.
New Radio Spectrum Allocations Help to Bring Wireless Data Worldwide
Pierre De Vries, chief of Technology Incubation for Microsoft.
GENEVA, Switzerland -- July 8, 2003 -- The 2003 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-03) finished its nearly month-long session in Geneva, Switzerland on July 4, and took an enormous step forward in promoting unlicensed wireless broadband data services, such as Wi-Fi. At this year's WRC, the delegates harmonized pre-existing, regional allocations of unlicensed spectrum in the 5GHz band, and in the process created a greatly expanded, global allocation of 455 MHz of spectrum for use by unlicensed wireless networking devices.