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Belden buys Trapeze for $133M
Component maker Belden snapped up enterprise WLAN gear maker Trapeze Networks for $133 million in cash. Belden says the deal will help it increase its position in the signal transmission market and Read more...
Motorola: WLAN poised to replace enterprise wired networks
Motorola made the case for the enterprise to cut the wires during the Interop conference in Las Vegas. Kathy Paladino, president of enterprise mobility with Motorola, told conference attendees that Read more...
Broadcom moves into enterprise WiFi market
Broadcom believes it can leverage its success in the consumer 802.11n WiFi market to move into the enterprise WLAN market. The company announced a new 802.11n enterprise solution the combines its Read more...
Motorola introduces pre-802.11n WiFi equipment
Motorola became the latest vendor to introduce pre-802.11n WiFi equipment. The company released the Motorola RFS6000 multi-core processor-based wireless LAN switch targeted at mid-sized enterprises. Read more...
Meru: New access point software upgradeable to 802.11n
Meru Networks says it has introduced the first WLAN access point that conforms to legacy IEEE 802.11a/b/g standards but can be upgraded with just a software update to the higher performing 802.11n Read more...
Aruba warns fiscal 2Q below expectations
Enterprise WLAN vendor Aruba announced its second-quarter fiscal results ended January would not meet Wall Street's expectations, blaming a delay in approval of the federal budget. The company Read more...
Broadcom posts big Q4 numbers
Broadcom, the company best known for its legal skirmishes with Qualcomm, reported fourth-quarter results Read more...
Siemens says it solved 802.11n power problem
Siemens said it is launching a WLAN system based on 802.11n that can run on normal power over Ethernet--a feat other players have not managed to do. The vendor says it is using two concurrent Read more...
Conexant exits WLAN market
Chip maker Conexant Systems has ended development of its WLAN product line and let go 140 employees as it continues to slip deeper into financial trouble. The company says it will keep making and Read more...
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Sri Lanka's Dialog Telekom introduced the country's first WiMAX network. Article Chip company Conexant Systems is quitting the WLAN Read more...