Israeli semiconductor company Celeno Communications today announced a wireless chipset that it claims can support up to four concurrent, different HD streams with "whole-home coverage while maintaining wire-like quality of experience".
Cisco today said that is moving all Linksys small business programs and products under its Channel Partner umbrella.
Cisco today said it has a definitive agreement to purchase Navini
Networks , described as "a leader in the Mobile WiMAX 802.16e-2005 broadband
wireless industry".
Cisco's announcement noted Navini's "Smart Beamforming" MIMO antenna
technology as one of the reasons for the acquisition. Navini also brings to the
table a portfolio of broadband wireless WiMAX solutions including base stations,
adaptive antenna arrays, management systems, and subscriber modems, as well as
a base of 75 customers.
Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco will pay approximately $330 million
in cash and assumed options. The Navini acquisition is expected to close in the
second quarter of Cisco's 2008 fiscal year. Upon the close of the acquisition,
Cisco plans to integrate Navini into its Wireless Networking Business Unit, under
the Ethernet and Wireless Technology Group.
Cisco yesterday announced an Aironet series access point with dual 802.11n Draft 2.0 radios.
The modular Cisco Aironet 1250 Series access point has a modular design with 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz 802.11n draft 2.0 standard radio modules. Cisco says that the AP can deliver "total data rates of up to 600 Mbps". The 1250 is an addition to Cisco's Unified Wireless Network product line and can be deployed in both standalone and "unified" (lightweight AP) modes.
The Uberpulse headline "Cisco kills Linksys brand, plans agressive move into consumer markets" is sure an attention getter, but comes as no surprise.
First, Chambers actually said: "It will all come over time into a Cisco brand"—which hardly amounts to an announcement that the Linksys brand has been, or will soon be, retired. And for those of us who deal regularly with the company and its products, it's really a statement of the obvious.
Avega Systems yesterday announced that Cisco Systems, JAFCO Asia and Technology Venture Partners (TVP), have completed a $7M Series B funding deal.
Avega Systems develops networked home entertainment technology platforms and for the past three years has been developing core technologies targeted at the "connected digital home". Avega’s Aios technology platform is targeted at whole-home, multi-zone networked entertainment. The technology incorporates standard wired and wireless technologies including draft 11n and HomePlug AV as well as UPnP AV and DLNA. Aios is being made available to partners on an OEM basis.
Cisco and Apple today announced that they have resolved their dispute involving the "iPhone" trademark. Under the agreement, both companies are free to use the "iPhone" trademark on their products throughout the world.
Both companies acknowledge the trademark ownership rights that have been granted, and each side will dismiss any pending actions regarding the trademark. In addition, Cisco and Apple will explore opportunities for interoperability in the areas of security, and consumer and enterprise communications.
Other terms of the agreement are confidential.
Apple and Cisco issued the following statement today regarding the iPhone lawsuit:
"Apple and Cisco have agreed to extend the time for Apple to respond to the lawsuit to allow for discussions between the companies with the aim of reaching agreement on trademark rights and interoperability."
Concerns that Cisco and Apple could clash over the use of the name "iPhone" for Apple's latest product appeared to be off the table yesterday as Cisco was reported to have offered Apple rights to use the name. Today, the situation has changed.
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During the next 18 months, Juniper Networks plans to roll out branch-office devices that integrate MPLS routing, VoIP and WAN acceleration capabilities - a combination designed to streamline architecture and reduce administrative costs.
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