http://www.networkworld.com/topics/wireless.html Breaking wireless and mobile news and analysis from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/wireless/2009/110909wireless1.html Setting the stage for a new generation of 802.11n wireless networks, Wi-Fi chipmaker Atheros last week launched a family of enhanced chips that include some of the optional features of the recently ratified final 11n standard. Many enterprise-class wireless LAN makers base their systems on Atheros chips, and with the enhanced standards-based components available, it likely won’t be long until 802.11abg products start disappearing from vendor inventories altogether. Joanie Wexler 2009-11-06T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110509-apple-iphone-lock.html Just as a new hack, blacksn0w, promises to unlock iPhones with the latest Apple software from AT&T's wireless network, Apple is looking for a sheriff to lock the smartphones back up again, permanently. John Cox 2009-11-05T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110409-voicecon-wireless-costs.html Wireless plans are a great place to start for companies looking to cut communications costs, with one firm reporting at VoiceCon that it saved $33,000 per month by renegotiating unfavorable contracts. Tim Greene 2009-11-04T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110309-voicecon-iphone.html Kraft Foods uses iPhones in part as a peace offering between users and IT by letting some workers use the devices even though they are not optimal for many corporate uses, VoiceCon attendees were told Monday. Tim Greene 2009-11-03T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/wireless/2009/110209wireless2.html Mobile WAN operators are battling in-building coverage and network capacity problems that have generated a spate of unfavorable press. Start-up SpiderCloud Wireless, though, has emerged from stealth mode this week with an alternative in-building wireless platform it says can alleviate these problems for mobile operators' enterprise customers. Joanie Wexler 2009-11-03T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2009/110209-sonicwall-firewalls-test.html SonicWALL recently started shipping six new firewalls to replace the low-end of their product line. The new firewalls are the TZ100, TZ200, and TZ210, each also available with 802.11n wireless integration. This product release completes SonicWALL's transition to the Cavium Networks' Octeon processor line, putting all of their firewalls on the same code base and with a similar feature set. Joel Snyder 2009-11-02T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/110209-juniper.html Juniper Networks' wide-ranging announcements last week, billed as the most significant since its founding in 1996, included a sweeping array of software, silicon, systems and partnerships designed to take the company and its customers into the next decade of networking. Jim Duffy 2009-10-30T11:45:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/google/110109-chapter18-android-wireless.html tk Shane Conder and Lauren Darcey 2009-10-29T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/wireless/2009/102609wireless2.html Let's be honest: In many companies, green initiatives have as much to do with saving money as saving the planet. But you don't want to reduce energy so much that it compromises the functioning of your data center equipment. Shutdowns and poor operation can be just as costly to the business. Joanie Wexler 2009-10-27T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/lans/2009/101909lan2.html LTE is shaping up to be a major network technology, and Infonetics Research this week released a report demonstrating just how big it will be. Jeff Caruso 2009-10-22T12:00:00-04:00