Adoption Barriers to Industrial Wireless Solutions - How Critical is Interoperability?

September 29th, 2009 SAN JOSE, California - Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced that the BitCloud(TM) ZigBee(R) PRO stack has been awarded ZigBee Smart Energy product certification. BitCloud Smart Energy offers utility companies a secure, proven and easy-to-use technology for wireless home area networks (HANs) by connecting in-premise devices, such as meters, thermostats and smart appliances, to each other and to wide area energy distribution and control networks.

September 21st, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - - Industry Leaders Support Next Generation, High Performance, Cost Effective Computing as Market Readies for 2010 6Gb/s SATA Adoption INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM -- Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL), a leader in storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions, today announced the industry's first 6Gb/s SATA RAID controller, the Marvell 88SE9128. The Marvell 88SE9128 is cost effective and features advanced AES 256 bit data encryption and a blazing fast Serial ATA (SATA) 6Gb/s interface.

August 24th, 2009 SAN JOSE, California - NXP Semiconductors announces the following TechOnline Webinar: What: NXP Semiconductors Webinar When: Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 11:00am EDT (8:00am PDT, 15:00 GMT) Where: seminar2.techonline.com/registration/distrib.cgi?s=1414&d=2958 How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above. Contact: Rebecca Samuel, Media Relations, NXP Semiconductors, +1-408-474-8769 Wireless applications such as microwave communications, broadcast, and ISM band communications abound, there is a greater need for solutions that offer higher performance with lower power consumption.

June 21st, 2009 SANTA CLARA, California - Patent Call is Critical Step to Create Fair and Transparent IPR Licensing Structure to Drive Global 4G Adoption - Via Licensing Corporation Selected as Patent Pool Administrator The Open Patent Alliance (OPA), a group dedicated to offering intellectual property rights (IPR) solutions that support the development and widespread adoption of WiMAX, today announced a call for patents, with the intention of creating a patent pool of essential WiMAX patents. The OPA has selected Via Licensing Corporation to facilitate the formation and administration of the pool on behalf of the OPA.

June 16th, 2009 ORLANDO, Florida - Groundbreaking Sixth Generation Platform Delivers Telepresence Over General Purpose Networks, Radically Simplifying Acquisition, Deployment and Operating Costs - Total of 130 6G Telepresence Rooms Ordered in First 30 Days of General Availability InfoComm -- Teliris (www.teliris.com), the leading global provider of agile telepresence and collaboration, today announced it has redefined the industry with the unveiling of 6G telepresence, an affordable platform that extends an uncompromised experience to locations anywhere in the world by reducing bandwidth and related costs. The breakthrough platform, which is a standards-based client-server software solution, takes telepresence from the heavy, hardware-reliant, high bandwidth systems typical of other vendors to a light-weight, agile solution that delivers immersive telepresence through general purpose networks, while maintaining the natural meeting experience for which Teliris has always been known.

June 1st, 2009 SAN RAMON, California - ZigBee RF4CE standard for advanced remote controls now ready for adoption by manufacturers The ZigBee(R) Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, today announced the availability of ZigBee Golden Unit platforms that implement the ZigBee RF4CE specification. ZigBee RF4CE was designed to replace infrared (IR) remote controls with radio frequency (RF) and thereby offer non-line-of-sight operation, longer range and battery life for consumer electronic (CE) devices like HDTV, home theater equipment, set-top boxes and other audio equipment.

April 26th, 2009 HONG KONG - Wireless Power Consortium pursues universal wireless power to fulfill consumer need Citing syndicated and proprietary international market research from sources including Ipsos Vantis, AcuPOLL(R), and Frost & Sullivan, the Wireless Power Consortium (the Consortium) continues to drive toward an interoperable wireless power standard for consumer devices requiring up to 5 Watts of power. The studies, conducted in 2007 and 2008, focused on teens, adults, and seniors from around the world and illustrate a very strong demand for a power solution that converges with the growing international wireless lifestyle.

April 13th, 2009 PLEASANTON, California - Demonstrates Wireless Security and Interoperability Trapeze Networks participated in the fourth annual "PlugFest" hosted by the Trusted Computing Group's Trusted Network Connect work group. This was the third year Trapeze Networks has attended the "PlugFest." "The TNC PlugFest is where the rubber meets the road," said Ted Fornoles, a product manager at Trapeze Networks.

April 6th, 2009 ATLANTA - Xiocom Wireless announced today that aCure Technology, a value-added reseller and systems integration partner, has deployed a campus-wide indoor and outdoor wireless mesh network solution at Mercedes College in Perth, WA. Students will now be able to work wherever they are on campus, wirelessly accessing all of the college's resources online.

April 1st, 2009 ATLANTA - Xiocom Wireless, Inc., a global provider of integrated wireless broadband solutions, today announced that it has appointed Steve Erdman as President, reporting to Troy Richardson, Chief Executive Officer. In his new role, Mr.

April 30th, 2009 BANGALORE - TANDBERG announced ts Telepresence T3 is the first and only immersive telepresence solution that maintains the multi-screen, high-definition telepresence experience when calling out to a third-party telepresence system. This new functionality is meeting the growing demands of organizations that require all video systems to fully interoperate, putting an end to siloed communication.

February 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), in association with US-based WiMax solutions provider SOMA networks, Thursday launched wireless broadband services in Gujarat. A BSNL statement said the wireless broadband initiative would spread the expansion of broadband connections in the country.

February 27th, 2009 TORONTO - A Canadian professor will work with his counterpart at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi to find solutions to wireless communication problems as part of a new research partnership between the two countries. Robert Schober of Vancouver-based University of British Columbia will work with Ranjan Mallik of IIT Delhi to 'tackle some of the most pressing problems in wireless communication system design' under the Canadian government's newly launched International Research Chairs Initiative (IRCI).

August 27th, 2009 FCC to open inquiry into wireless industryWASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission is launching an inquiry into how to best encourage innovation and investment in the wireless market. The five-member commission voted unanimously Thursday to open the examination as it seeks to gather information that will help it set wireless policy in the years ahead.

March 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Global wireless solutions group, Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) has appointed Kuldeep Tikoo as the new managing director of its Indian operations. Kuldeep will be focussing on strengthening the RFS brand in the sub-continent, as well as overseeing the operations of RFS in India.

May 20th, 2009 MUMBAI - Norway's Telenor has acquired another 15.5 percent stake in Unitech Wireless, the telecom arm of realty major Unitech, for Rs.1,130 crore (Rs.11.3 billion/$237 million), taking its shareholding in the Indian company to 49 percent, it was announced Wednesday. 'Unitech Wireless on May 19, 2009, received an amount of Rs.1,130 crore in aggregate from Telenor Asia Pte Ltd for acquisition of further 15.5 percent stake in Unitech Wireless by way of issuance of fresh shares,' the Indian telecom operator said in a regulatory statement.

May 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Thursday proposed to extend the Internet trading facility in securities on exchanges by enabling the use of wireless technology. The framework for Internet-based trading was put in place Jan 31, 2000, it said, but the use of wireless technology had to maintain certain safeguards.

September 10th, 2009 QUETTA - Quetta police has arrested three people and seized hundreds of wireless sets, which were stolen from NATO supply containers, during a raid on a warehouse in Pakistan's Spini area. Earlier, militants had burnt eight NATO tankers in Quetta and fled with the biggest haul of wireless devices.

September 30th, 2009 Verizon discontinues 'Hub' touch screen home phoneNEW YORK — Verizon Wireless is pulling the "Hub," an Internet-connected home phone with an iPhone-like touch screen, after just eight months on the market. The carrier stopped selling the phone this week, but will continue to support ones already bought, Verizon Wireless spokeswoman Debra Lewis said Wednesday.

June 15th, 2009 NY Sen. urges MTA action on wireless InternetGARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Sen. Charles Schumer contends the commuter railroads serving New York City have been slow to implement wireless Internet service.