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  • Cisco takes Wi-Fi to town

    Cisco Systems has debuted new technologies that enable cities to establish their own Wi-Fi networks inexpensively. However, the networking giant is already facing plenty of competition. 

  • ActivCard offers two-factor security for WLANs

    ActivCard's new security server allows companies to secure wireless LANs using tokens, USB keys or smart cards, offering the same stringent security available to wired networks. 

  • Call quality issues hamper VoWi-Fi

    More companies are starting to factor voice calls into their wireless LAN plans, but it requires more than Wi-Fi phones. Most 802.11 access points can only handle up to eight calls at a time, and voice traffic is easily superseded by large data downl... 

  • WLANs are much more than LANs without wires

    Experts at CeBit America say that wireless LANs have the potential to do much more than simply extend the wired network, such as support converged wireless phones and enable location-based applications. 

  • Symbol CIO: Wireless isn't just a network tool

    LAS VEGAS -- At Networld+Interop 2004, Symbol Technologies Inc. announced a new product line called Mobility Services Suite. John G. Bruno, Symbol's chief information officer, sat down with SearchNetworking.com to help us better understand Symbol's t... 

  • Lessons learned: Symbol's Nuti looks to verticals

    LAS VEGAS -- In January, William Nuti took over as CEO of Symbol Technologies Inc., the second largest enterprise wireless LAN infrastructure provider after Cisco Systems Inc. Nuti, who originally joined the company in July of 2002 as the COO, steppe... 

  • WLAN CEOs look to the future

    A group of WLAN executives told a group at N+I that 802.11 networks will soon be ubiquitous and taken for granted, but today's public hot spot business models may be in jeopardy. 

  • Experts: Don't underestimate Wi-Fi complexity

    Just because a network lacks wires doesn't mean it lacks complexity. Experts at N+I say that enterprises must consider security, applications and user demands, or else a wireless LAN implementation may not succeed. 

  • Gateway expands into networking realm

    Gateway is introducing its first wireless access points and enterprise switching products, hoping a combo of built-in features and low price points will appeal to the low-end enterprise market. 

  • Turning up the volume on wireless VoIP

    Alcatel SA and Nortel Networks Ltd. both announced recently that they will launch wireless voice over IP products. And at the CTIA Wireless 2004 conference, voice over Wi-Fi received quite a bit of attention.

    To learn more about this increasingly...