It’s true: Hewlett-Packard is buying Aruba Networks and its campus Wi-Fi expertise for about $2.7 billion, exclusive of cash, both companies said early Monday. The per-share price is $24.67 in cash. From the… Read more »
There’s a new technology buzzing around mobile carrier circles called License Assisted Access that promises to make our 4G networks faster by dipping into unlicensed airwaves. Most people have never heard of… Read more »
Apple forced the Wi-Fi industry to switch to Bluetooth when it comes to indoor location services. But the change is a welcome one, according to Aruba. Read more »
At Mobile World Congress, Wilocity unveiled its first WiGig chip for smartphones, promising connection speeds of 4.6 Gbps on local-area networks. Don’t expect a rash of WiGig-powered phones this year though. Read more »
The Wi-Fi Alliance is keeping WiGig separate from its storied Wi-Fi moniker. Instead, it’s trying to build a brand around WiGig that it hopes will one day be as instantly recognizable… Read more »
Meridian works with companies that want to bring detailed location awareness to their mobile apps using their Wi-Fi networks as guideposts. If you’re Aruba, that’s not a bad feature to have… Read more »
Meraki, a San Francisco-based company that came out of MIT Roofnet project, has been acquired by Cisco for $1.2 billion in cash. With $100 million in bookings for 2012, Meraki was… Read more »
Sweden’s Anyfi wants to turn any Wi-Fi access point into a virtual extension of mobile networks. By breaking the bond between physical radio and the Wi-Fi network, the startup will make… Read more »
Republic is still in beta, but it’s now a much bigger beta. The mobile virtual network operator has fine-tuned its proprietary hybrid-connection technology and Wi-Fi hotspot network with the launch of… Read more »
Anyfi has developed a tunneling technology that allows ordinary access points and residential gateways to spawn virtual Wi-Fi networks anyone can log into. The Swedish startup is betting this is the… Read more »