[OCCalWUG] News that's changing the Wireless World! Thursday, November 13, 2003 Source: eWEEK Technology News FCC Expands Frequencies for Wireless Net Regulators said Thursday they would help bring high-speed Internet connections to rural areas by expanding the spectrum of frequencies for wireless devices that do not require modems and phone jacks. Consumer groups were skeptical. Source Link 7:37:16 PM    comment [] Source: Wi-Fi Networking News Wrinkle in U-NII Expansion Plans Dewayne Hendricks noticed an interesting omission from the agenda of the FCC's Open Meeting today: Commissioners had planned to discuss adding 255 MHz to the 5 GHz band and Hendricks says observers expected the item to pass. But the item was dropped from the agenda. Wonder why... That additional 255 MHz should translate into as many as 12 additional nonoverlapping channels for 802.11a, which already has 12 nonoverlapping channels. In a talk with Atheros that Glenn had recently, the company noted that bonding channels in 802.11a to create multiple channel throughput of 108 Mbps or higher has enormous potential because of the lack of channel overlap.... Source Link 11:12:50 AM    comment [] Source: Wi-Fi Networking News ICOA Buys Airport Network Solutions ICOA, which puts Internet terminals in places like airports and hotels, bought Airport Network Solutions: ANS supplies Wi-Fi to the Sacramento, Calif. airport and ICOA already offers Wi-Fi in the Baton Rouge airport. ICOA hopes to build Wi-Fi networks everywhere it has Internet terminals. ICOA says it already offers Internet terminals and hot spots in 180 locations, including over 100 Panera Bread shops.... Source Link 11:02:11 AM    comment [] Source: Fool News Wireless Number Porting: Who Wins? Will wireless number portability lead to a windfall for investors? Source Link 10:41:10 AM    comment [] Source: The Register Intel vs Motorola This time over ultra-wide band wireless Source Link 5:39:50 AM    comment [] Source: Wi-Fi Planet Cisco Adds 'G' To Its Vocabulary The company comes out swinging with its first ever backwards-compatible 802.11g Aironet Access Points and Multi-Mode Client Adapters for the enterprise. Source Link 5:08:21 AM    comment [] Source: The Register Exeter dominates UK Wi-Fi scene - Intel Many hotspots, small population, spurious survey Source Link 3:04:31 AM    comment [] © 2003 [OCCalWUG] Last Update: 12/1/2003; 5:10:48 AM

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