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Netgear Announces Wireless-N HD Home Theater Kit
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NETGEAR announced a High-Performance Wireless-N HD Home Theater Kit designed for wirelessly playing multiple jitter-free 1080p HD video and audio streams to every room in a house. The company said its product has been tested to provide sustained throughput of HD streams in excess of 40 Mbps 99.9 percent of the time, through multiple walls, throughout an above-average single family home.

The Universal WiFi Internet Adapter for Home Theater Devices and Gaming Consoles (WNCE2001)delivers Wireless-N performance of up to 300 Mbps through the Ethernet port of consumer electronic (CE) devices such as Internet TVs, game consoles, Blu-ray players, etc. It is designed to overcome the common problems -- wireless signal strength, quality and reliability --associated with interference, frequently changing WiFi environments, and areas of the home that are notoriously difficult to reach. The kit combines 4x4 multiple-input, multiple-out (MIMO) antenna signal processing, real-time spectrum analysis and dynamic digital beamforming with the industry's highest performance IEEE 802.11a/n 5GHz wireless LAN chipset, providing an unprecedented level of reliability and wireless performance in terms of data rates and range.

NETGEAR's kit is pre-configured with security, so a single touch of a push-button securely connects additional adapters.

NETGEAR is also introducing a USB-powered Universal WiFi Internet Adapter that works with Internet TVs, game consoles and Blu-ray players.
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Quantenna Raises $15 Million for its 4x4 MIMO Wi-Fi
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Quantenna Communications, a start-up based in Fremont, California, raised $15 million in a Series D round of financing for its 4X4 MIMO 802.11n chipsets designed for next gen home networking applications.

Quantenna leverages dynamic digital beamforming to deliver very high-speed wireless coverage throughout the whole home for sharing high definition (HD) video and multimedia content between home gateways and TVs. Quantenna's silicon is targeted at devices such as home residential gateways, set-top boxes, routers, HDTVs and consumer electronic devices, which all require high bandwidth and reliability to support whole home HD video distribution and networking over standard Wi-Fi networks.

The new funding came from Quantenna's current investors: Grazia Equity, Sequoia Capital, Sigma Partners, Southern Cross, Swisscom, and Venrock Associates.

"This is an exciting chapter for Quantenna, as we work with some of the industry’s leading consumer electronics manufacturers to deploy a new generation of ultra-high-reliability Wi-Fi home-networking products that can distribute multiple video streams throughout the home at full, 1080p resolution,” said David French, Quantenna’s CEO. "We have a rapidly growing design pipeline encompassing a wide variety of exciting new products and services, all based on our industry-standard IEEE 802.11n technology with super-charged video capabilities."
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Aruba's Revenues Rise to $63 Million, up 31%
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Aruba Networks reported revenues of $62.7 million for its second quarter of fiscal 2010, an increase of approximately 31% over the $47.7 million reported in the fiscal second quarter of 2009. GAAP net loss for the fiscal second quarter of 2010 was $4.4 million, or $0.05 per share, compared to a net loss of $6.8 million, or $0.08 per share, in the fiscal second quarter of 2009. GAAP results for the fiscal second quarter of 2010 also included $9.0 million of non-cash stock-based expenses, $1.2 million of amortization expenses of acquired intangible assets and $0.5 million in litigation reserves.

"During the quarter we saw strong demand across a broad range of industries and geographies, driving record revenues up 31% year-over-year and 9% sequentially," said Dominic Orr, president and chief executive officer of Aruba. "The adoption of 802.11n continues to be a catalyst for growth and enables our key network rightsizing and Virtual Branch Networking initiatives. Both of these initiatives contributed to our strong quarterly growth as enterprises drive to reduce operating expenses and network costs while supporting increasingly mobile workforces. We are very pleased to have added more than 700 new customers during the quarter, a record for the company, bringing our total installed base to over 9,300 customers."
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Lantiq Completes Metalink Acquisition -- WLAN
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Lantiq completed its acquisition of WLAN related assets and intellectual property (IP) from Israel-based Metalink Ltd. The deal includes patents, technology, and more than 50 engineers in the Middle East and Asia who will continue to drive innovation in the WLAN market. Also, Lantiq has established a new WLAN-related technical competence center in Yakum, Israel, as part of this acquisition.

Metalink's WLANPLUS is a high-throughput, 802.11n-draft-compliant wireless LAN technology optimized for the networked home entertainment environment. Featuring advanced MIMO technology and full support of QoS, and operating in both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands, WLANPLUS enables multi-room networking of multiple high-definition video streams.

Lantiq is a leader in the Access Network and CPE (Customer Premise Equipment) markets, and through this acquisition, it will broaden its presence in the digital home with the strengthening of its wireless portfolio. In addition to reference designs, first ICs produced in 65nanometer process technology are already sampling and will be available for mass production in spring 2010.
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Wireless Skin Patch Combines MEMS Sensors with RFID
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Gentag Inc. and The Center for Orthopedic Research and Education are developing a disposable wireless skin patch to allow patients to use their mobile phones to self-monitor wounds after orthopedic surgery.

The idea is to combine advanced MEMS sensors in a skin patch with a disposable wireless chip capable of communicating with cell phones that integrate standard NFC-ISO 15693 RFID reader. Such cell phones include the iPhone via a soon-to-be released RFID retrofit.

The companies said their idea will help reduce post-orthopedic surgical-related medical costs by reducing the time spent in hospitals and detecting possible problems much earlier with less pain and risk.
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Netgear Announces Wireless-N HD Home Theater Kit 3/1/2010
Quantenna Raises $15 Million for its 4x4 MIMO Wi-Fi 2/24/2010
Aruba's Revenues Rise to $63 Million, up 31% 2/18/2010
Lantiq Completes Metalink Acquisition -- WLAN 2/16/2010
Wireless Skin Patch Combines MEMS Sensors with RFID 2/2/2010
IEEE Works on Coexistence of Wireless Nets in TV White Space 1/26/2010
AT&T Wi-Fi Handles More Than 85 Million Connections in 2009 1/25/2010
BelAir Networks Hires AT&T Wi-Fi Exec 1/20/2010
Polaris Wireless Integrates Wi-Fi into its Wireless Location System 1/12/2010
Intel Adds "My WiFi" Hotspot Capabilities 1/7/2010
LG Electronics Employs AMIMON for Wireless HDTV 1/6/2010
Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI) Shows Momentum at CES 1/6/2010
Netgear Combines 802.11n Wireless, ADSL2+ and 3G/4G/WiMAX 1/6/2010
NETGEAR Implements Quantenna's Full-11n Chipset for 4x4 MIMO Wi-Fi 1/5/2010
Lantiq to Acquire Metalink's WLAN Business 1/5/2010
Marvell Targets eReaders, Smartbooks, Tablets, Smartphones, Smart Display Dongles 1/4/2010
Ruckus Wireless Releases Performance Tool to Open Source 1/4/2010
Ford Plans In-car WiFi with Next-Gen Sync 12/21/2009
Quantenna Opens Taiwan Office 12/16/2009
Verizon Wireless Adds Free Access at Thousands of Wi-Fi Hotspots 12/15/2009
WiGig's 60 GHz Wireless Spec Supports 7 Gbps In Home Rates 12/10/2009
Broadcom Improves Bluetooth + Wi-Fi Co-Existence in Netbooks 12/9/2009
Ruckus Wireless Awarded Patent for IP Multicast-to-Unicast Conversion 12/7/2009
Quantenna Debuts First 4x4 MIMO Wireless Video Bridge 12/3/2009
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