Tim Higgins
Qualcomm is reported be in discussions to buy WiGig chip company Wilocity.
Israeli financial site TheMarker reported on Saturday that the price being discussed is in the neighborhood of $300M, but terms have not been settled.
Wilocity announced a partnership with Atheros back in 2010 and Qualcomm purchased Atheros in 2011. So if the deal goes through, Qualcomm will have yet another arrow in its wireless technology quiver.
SMC Networks announced today that it has started shipping three draft 11n wireless LAN products.
The SMC Barricade N Wireless 4-port Gigabit Broadband Router (SMCWGBR14-N) features a four port gigabit switch, built-in "Intelligent Stream Handling" auto-QoS technology and USB print server. Wireless security features include WPA and WPA2 support and Wi-Fi Protected Setup(WPS).
Mvix today announced what it claims is the world’s smallest "Wireless-N" adapter.
Verizon Wireless today announced it is launching its next-generation high-speed wireless broadband network in cities throughout the country.
Based on CDMA 1x Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A) technology, customers in the areas of upgraded coverage can expect "average download speeds of 450-800 Kbps and average upload speeds of 300-400 Kbps".
