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The prototype of a short-range gigabit wireless chip, which promises more than 2Gbps throughput speeds and costs just AU$10, will be unveiled by the end of this year, according to researchers from National ICT Australia (NICTA).
In an effort to speed the development of interoperable wireless networking technologies, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced on Monday that it has teamed up with several competing technology groups.
The hodgepodge of incompatible wireless networking technologies is about to get a bit smaller, as companies working on Bluetooth and ultrawideband are combining their efforts.
Industry groups backing competing wireless standards have admitted that they must start cooperating more for users' sake.
Just when consumers have learned to use--and pronounce--the wireless networks known as 802.11, along comes a few new versions that threaten to confuse the market.
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Bluetooth and WiFi (aka 802.11b) have both been much in the news lately, and while WiFi got the fastest start, Bluetooth appears to be gaining traction in the marketplace.
Texas Instruments has introduced a new chipset and related design for making mobile phones that can connect with three different kinds of wireless networks.
Philips Electronics and Sony have announced that they plan to work together on new wireless technology that will allow consumer devices to "talk" to each other.
Just when consumers have learned to use--and pronounce--the wireless networks known as 802.11, along comes a few new versions that threaten to confuse the market.
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Bluetooth has already lost the battle to become the wireless network standard, according to the head of Intel's communications strategy.
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