Chipmaking giant Intel has been working on its own dual-band Wi-Fi chips to add to Centrino, which combines Pentium-M microprocessors, a chipset code-named Odem, and 802.11b or dual-band 802.11b and 802.11a Wi-Fi chips. The company will eventually add its own Wi-Fi chips to Centrino, but it has experienced an engineering delay. In the interim, Intel is using Philips Semiconductor's Wi-Fi chips in place of its own. Sales of wireless networking products nearly quadruple for 2002, as prices fell because of increased competition and newer technologies, NPDTechworld says.

Overall annual sales of Wi-Fi related products hit $280 million in 2002, compared with $76 million in 2001, Meanwhile, average selling prices for access points and networking cards were down from $136 to $87, Most of the gear was based on 802.11b, the most popular standard evo check case for apple iphone 8 plus - white/light rose with consumers, Products based on the 802.11a standard made up less than 1 percent of sales in 2002, The 802.11a standard has a bigger presence in large businesses, which are not included in NPDTechworld's data, NPDTechworld analyst Steve Baker attributed the trend partly to the growing popularity of wireless networking technology, which has attracted big names such as Microsoft and Sony, Higher volumes in products have led to a more competitive market for manufacturers, which have responded by lowering prices..

CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. VoiceRamp Technologies announced Wednesday it raised a $7.8 million first round of funding, co-led by CenterPoint and Star Ventures. Startech Early Ventures also participated in this round. Richardson, Texas-based VoiceRamp develops software for broadband access and existing switching networks. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion.

CNET también está disponible en español, Don't show this again, BroadWare Technologies announced Tuesday it raised a $7.5 million round of funding, led by Sigma Partners, Dali Hook Partners and previous investors McKenna Ventures, Defta Partners, New Vista Capital and NetService Ventures also contributed to the round, Although the company is listing this funding as a first round--because of dilution that evo check case for apple iphone 8 plus - white/light rose occurred to investors in previous rounds--it actually serves as a fifth round of funding, a company spokesman said, The Cupertino, Calif.-based company has raised a total of $20 million, BroadWare develops real-time, networked video applications..

That could change. The Open Source Development Lab (ODSL), a technology coalition that counts many of the world's largest computing companies as members, has been working on "carrier-grade," or high-end and crash-proof, improvements to Linux. Several telecommunications companies joined the OSDL in 2002. In addition, Linux sellers including , MontaVista Software and SuSE now have carrier-grade products available for this market. A trio of venture capital firms has banded together to try to foster businesses that use IBM and Linux technology for telecommunications purposes.