According to In-Stat's recent report, Ultrawideband 2007: PCs Finally Hit the Global Market, the market for ultrawideband (UWB) is finally beginning to take off. "Though regulatory hurdles...
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DisplayLink and Alereon today announced a reference design for a Wireless USB display adapter to connect a PC to a display without wires. The reference design will be demonstrated at CES 2008 in...
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The WiMedia Alliance this week announced the first set of 12 chips certified on its UWB Common Radio Platform, from manufacturers Alereon, Artimi, Intel, Realtek, Staccato, Tzero, WiQuest and Wisair....
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Singapore's Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) this week gave approval (finally!) to a regulatory framework for ultrawideband devices, which it says will be formally adopted by the end of the...
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In a looong-overdue move, UK regulator Ofcom yesterday announced a change to British law resulting in the fact that, starting on Monday August 13th, no license will be required to use ultrawideband...
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Hot on the heels of yesterday's announcement of six new Certified Wireless USB products comes a new ultrawideband wireless docking station from Toshiba, the positively-Star-Trek-sounding...
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This week, the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) announced the first six consumer products to be certified for Certified Wireless USB. The products include the Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop, the Lenovo...
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Gizmodo today picks up on Belkin's announcement of a new four-port Wireless USB hub, model F5U302, which supports the full USB 2.0 speed of 480 Mbps over a 30-foot range. It'll be available...
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Wi-Fi Networking News' Glenn Fleishman reports that Lenovo has announced a new laptop with ultrawideband (UWB) built in, the ThinkPad T61p, starting at $1,814. "This should be the first...
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The AP's Peter Svensson reports that Alereon today announced the first ultrawideband (UWB) chipset that's legal for use worldwide as a wireless USB solution. "The new chip could prove an...
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Wi-Fi Planet's Eric Griffith reports today that Monster Cable and Tzero Technologies have announced a partnership aimed at putting Tzero's ultrawideband (UWB) chips in Monster's products...
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The Register's Bill Ray reports that the European Commission has laid down a basic plan of adoption for ultrawideband. "The agreement lays down some restrictions on device capabilities,...
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Wi-Fi Networking News' Glenn Fleishman today picks up on a blog post by Alereon CEO Eric Broockman, which Fleishman calls a "love letter to ultrawideband." "UWB in the form of...
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CNET's Michael Kanellos reports that Camero, an Israeli company that's developed a camera called the Xaver 800 which uses ultrawideband to see through walls, has raised $14 million from...
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Mediacaster Magazine reports that LG, Panasonic, NEC, Samsung, SiBEAM, Sony and Toshiba are working together on a new special interest group (SIG) called Wireless HD. The aim, according to the...
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Gizmodo's Travis Hudson picks up on a report from Everything USB noting that Y-E Data has shipped the first ultrawideband USB hub in Japan. The hub is based on Wisair's UWB chipset. "USB...
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Silicon.com's Jo Best reports today that Phil McKinney, CTO of HP's personal systems group, is saying the future of cell phones won't be cellular. Future devices, McKinney says, won't...
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