Cisco's Aironet 1200 access point, introduced in April, was one among a handful of products to win Federal Communications Commission approval. The access point can be used to create networks based on 802.11a or 802.11b. A Cisco spokesman had no immediate comment on the news. Wireless networking maker D-Link also won approval for a wireless local area card that can be embedded into electronic devices, such as laptops. The device is based on chips from Atheros Communications. Chipmaker Intersil also won permission from the FCC to sell an 802.11a modem about the size of a credit card that can be installed in laptops, according to FCC records. An Intersil spokesman could not be reached Wednesday for comment.

Cisco, Intersil and others get the green light for equipment based on the 802.11a wireless standard, Will it challenge Wi-Fi?, Products using the 802.11a standard are expected to hit the market this year, with more products expected in 2003, Heralded as the ha ha ha no. iphone case next generation of wireless networking, the 802.11a standard, when used in products, can create wireless networking zones of up to 1,000 feet from a node, and send information five times faster than earlier versions of wireless networking products..

CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo already uses the system to power its cell phone network in specific areas of the country. U.S. carriers AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless and T-Mobile all intend to build networks using UMTS, also known as wideband CDMA, in the next few years. Many analysts believe that for these so-called 3G, or third-generation, phone networks to be successful, they will have to become popular first with businesses--as corporations might be more willing initially to swallow higher prices for advanced services than consumers would be.

The first company Lucent asked to help supply UMTS cards was Belgium phone maker Option, spokesman Kurt Steiner said, The deal was signed in February, The modem cards will be part of a new offering by Lucent later this year, Steiner added, Novatel Wireless' chief competitor is Sierra Wireless, which also has a deal with Lucent Technologies, Sierra Wireless is already supplying Lucent ha ha ha no. iphone case Technologies with 3G modems for laptops and PDAs (personal digital assistants) that use a standard rivaling UMTS known as CDMA20001xrtt..

The struggling equipment maker sees big demand ahead for wireless modems as gadget sales pick up. A new deal will help it deliver the goods. The wireless telephone network equipment maker tapped Novatel Wireless to develop and supply modem cards that use UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System). That broadband system is supposed to increase the capacity of a cell phone network for voice calls and data downloads between 144 kbps and 2 mbps. UMTS has emerged as the leading standard that carriers are adopting for the next generation of wireless networks that are still in the process of being built. The new networks are expected to be able to handle more phone calls at once and create wireless Web services that rival those of broadband companies.