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Canova Wireless, a leading provider of managed high-speed, wireless and wired Internet services, in partnership with Colubris Networks, a pioneer of intelligent multiservice WLAN systems technology, today announced a £1 million ($1.8 million USD) agreement with Swallow Hotels and Swallow Inns to provide high speed wireless and wired Internet Access to over 75 locations.  The implementation will enable guests to access the Internet wirelessly in all public areas and conference rooms and through high speed fixed connections in over 3,000 rooms across the UK.  “We Continue reading →

TeleEMG, a nascent life-sciences company focused on the diagnosis of pain, recently won the $30K Business Plan Competition at the Boston University Entrepreneurial Management Institute. The Boston-based company will receive a $7,500 cash prize and about $6,000 in in-kind services relating to legal and business expenses. Winning $4,000 was Natalus Inc. and receiving $1,000 for taking third was Boston Microfluidics. These two teams also each receive $6,000 in services. Boston University neurology professor Joe Jabre founded TeleEMG in 1997. Its software, Expert Neurographer, is designed Continue reading →

Colubris Networks snapped up Kiwi Networks to boost its presence in the Wi-Fi and WiMAX space. The WLAN systems provider did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. Kiwi develops Wi-Fi and automated radio frequency planning and control products, which Colubris plans to integrate into its multiservice WLAN systems. The first integrated products are expected to hit the market during the fourth quarter. The combined entity plans to market its products to the enterprise sector. The Kiwi team will continue to operate out of Continue reading →

WLAN Leader to Integrate Kiwi’s Cellular Wi-Fi and RF Management Technologies into Company’s Multiservice System Waltham, MA and Campbell, CA

by April Sfole , Contributing Writer

Colubris Networks Inc. yesterday announced the acquisition of Kiwi Networks Inc., a Campbell, Calif., developer of cellular Wi-Fi technologies. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Colubris said it plans to ship wireless network systems incorporating Kiwi’s technology by the end of this year. Colubris, which recently raised $15 million from private investors, said it will maintain Kiwi’s headquarters as a West Coast sales office.

Consolidation among wireless companies is underway, as Colubris Networks this week announced it would buy Kiwi Networks. Kiwi is in its very early stages, but apparently it was far enough along that Colubris liked what it saw. Kiwi is described as developing cellular Wi-Fi technologies and automated radio frequency planning and control products for both enterprises and service providers. Colubris says Kiwi is focused on a problem that will become increasingly important as wireless LAN technology makes its way into more networks – the problem Continue reading →

Fusion and Marubeni VoWLAN Alliance Verify Colubris WLAN System Interoperates with FUSION IP-Phone Service Colubris WLAN System Selected for QoS, Security And Multiservice Capabilities

Ember, a wireless semiconductor solutions company which has emerged as the ZigBee market frontrunner, today became one of the first companies to earn official ZigBee-compliant status, according to the ZigBee Alliance. The certification is significant for Ember customers and partners because it brings a host of benefits, including: • ZigBee-compliant marketing and promotional validation for   their products, • assured interoperability with other vendor’s ZigBee-compliant   platform based products, • additional consumer credibility and market acceptance for    their products, and • assurance that their own end-user products will have to   undergo Continue reading →

Charley Lax is managing general partner of GrandBanks Capital, and also is a co-founder of both Softbank Capital Partners and Flatiron Partners. In 2002, GrandBanks participated on a Polaris Venture Partners-led financing for wireless networking company Ember Corp. Lax took an Ember board seat as part of the deal, joining existing director … Bob Metcalf, a general partner with Polaris Venture Partners. Metcalfe used to sit on the board of Nanosys Inc., alongside … Larry Bock, former chairman and CEO of Nanosys, who also is Continue reading →