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  • New protocols show up to 76% speed jolt for iPhones, iPads

    Posted March 8, 2011 - 3:25 pm

    Wireless networks can serve mobile devices up to 76% faster through the novel use of accelerometers, GPS locators, gyroscopes and compasses that come standard on iPhones, iPads and other smartphones and tablets, researchers say.

  • Stanford Researchers Double Wireless Networking Speeds

    Posted February 20, 2011 - 9:31 pm

    Researchers at Stanford University have shown it's possible to double the data rate of communication networks without the need for additional frequencies, something that could lead to significantly faster wireless networking.

  • Huawei sues Motorola to protect intellectual property

    Posted January 25, 2011 - 2:40 pm

    Once upon a time, Huawei Technologies and Motorola formed a cooperative partnership for wireless technology. Now that Motorola is in the midst of selling off the wireless network business unit to Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), though, Huawei is now suing Motorola to prevent the transfer of its trade secrets to NSN.

  • Five ways to speed up your home network

    Posted January 25, 2011 - 2:36 pm

    Maybe you're tired of paying the cable company and want to get your movies and other entertainment from the Web. Naturally you'll want to watch those shows on your TV with the aid of a Roku box or similar device. More and more people are doing that, and if you want to join the crowd, you've got to be sure you're home Internet network is up to the challenge.

  • Clearwire to raise $1.1 billion to ease cash crunch

    Posted December 3, 2010 - 7:31 pm

    When wireless service provider Clearwater announced widening losses early in November, the company warned that uncertainty about its ability to obtain sufficient additional capital "raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.”

  • Data-hungry smartphones hammering wireless networks

    Posted November 16, 2010 - 2:35 pm

    Two-thirds of wireless operators say their networks are suffering due to surging data traffic. The problems are inter-related, and operators are applying a range of technical and tariff changes to cope.

  • Report: AT&T smartphone partner TerreStar mulls bankruptcy

    Posted October 18, 2010 - 1:30 pm

    Shares of TerreStar Corp. plunged more than 50 percent in Monday's trading following a Wall Street Journal article reporting that the debt-laden mobile wireless network provider may file for bankruptcy.

  • 4 Tips to Building a Better Wireless Network

    Posted September 9, 2010 - 9:30 pm

    More and more iPhones, iPads, BlackBerries, Droids, netbooks and even game consoles began appearing on Bryant & Stratton College's campuses--and CIO Ernest Lehman worried they'd lead to big trouble.

  • How to Implement Wireless VLANS

    Posted November 5, 2009 - 12:51 pm

    The wireless access points operate as bridges with no routing defined anywhere on the wireless network segment. All VLANs are defined on the wired switches and mapped with specific SSIDs at each access point. The maximum number of VLANs and SSIDs per access point that can be mapped is 16.

  • Comcast begins deploying wireless data network

    Posted June 29, 2009 - 7:47 pm

    Cable television and broadband provider Comcast launched a high-speed wireless data service in Portland, Monday, with plans to bring the service to Atlanta, Chicago and Philadelphia by the end of 2009.
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