Tim Higgins
Qualcomm is buying Atheros for $3.1 B. Hope they don’t bury them like they have other acquisitions.
The transaction has been approved by the Qualcomm and Atheros boards of directors and is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of domestic and foreign regulatory approvals and the approval of Atheros’ stockholders. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2011.
Analysis in this NY Times article.
D-Link today informed SmallNetBuilder that it has ended D-Link's "feedback" gathering exercise on 802.11b for its DIR-655 and DIR-825 draft 802.11n routers.
NETGEAR has announced the first AC3200 router.
D-Link said today it has started shipping its DGL-4500 Draft 802.11n Xtreme N Gaming Router.
The router combines a single dual-band Draft 2.0 802.11n radio based on Atheros XSPAN technology with D-Link's "GameFuel" technology—D-Link's branding of Ubicom's "StreamEngine" auto-QoS technology.
