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By Russell Shaw

A gathering of Wi-Fi vendors always means a lot to take in, but only a handful of companies continue to truly innovate and bring something new to the table. That handful, narrowed down from an exhaustive list of potential winners, is what makes up the best on the show floor at this week’s Wi-Fi Planet Conference & Expo. To be eligible for the awards, the contending products and services had to be on display in the show’s exhibit hall this week, and the company had Continue reading →

Everyone knows QoS is a growing concern for today's multimedia networks--but what about wireless? With its shared- media architecture and specialized protocols for mobility, the wireless LAN presents unique challenges with QoS. We examine proprietary and standards-based approaches to solving this problem

Ecuity, Inc., (OTCBB: ECUI.OB), an end-to-end unified communications and technologies company serving the small-to-medium business and residential markets, and Colubris Networks, announced today that the Quality Food Center (QFC) division of the Kroger Company (NYSE: KR) has selected the Colubris/Ecuity WLAN System to provide Wi-Fi hotspot services to their customers.  Six QFC Kroger supermarkets in the Seattle area currently use the WLAN system.  The innovative WLAN system jointly designed by Ecuity and Colubris now allows QFC customers high quality, wireless broadband Internet access while shopping, Continue reading →

by Dan Jones, Site Editor

Ember's ZigBee platform provides complete stack free of charge; offers fast and proven single-source solution for OEMs seeking rapid entry into burgeoning ZigBee market

     Companies who have been unable to tap into the lucrative ZigBee market for wireless control and monitoring products due to a lack of design and manufacturing capabilities now have a fast, easy way to outsource their design and manufacturing needs, thanks to a partnership announced today between Ember Corporation and Mototech, a high-tech ODM/OEM powerhouse located at Science-Based Industrial Park in Taiwan.     Mototech will offer contract design and manufacturing services to Ember customers, with expertise in integrating Ember’s IEEE 802.15.4 wireless semiconductor systems Continue reading →

Recognized for innovating mesh networking technology that enables the ''Internet of things''

Wellspring and Ember Team to Create Industry's First ZigBee-Based Water Submeter for Monitoring Apartment Residence Water Usage