Intel Acquires Killer Wi-Fi Owner Rivet Networks By Andrew E. Freedman Intel has acquired Rivet Networks, owner of the Killer brand and a competitor in gaming laptops.
800 Gigabit Ethernet Launched With Double the Bandwidth By Niels Broekhuijsen The just-rebranded Ethernet Technology Consortium just announced the 800G Ethernet standard, and it's very fast.
Broadcom Prepares for Wi-Fi 6E With a Series of New Chipsets By Arne Verheyde Broadcom announced a series of chipsets for the new Wi-Fi 6E extension of 802.11ax that brings Wi-Fi to the 6GHz band.
Bluetooth SIG Announces the 'Next Generation of Bluetooth Audio' By Nathaniel Mott Bluetooth SIG announced the "next generation of Bluetooth audio," the fittingly named LE Audio, at CES 2020.
FCC Seeks Public Comment on Efforts to Keep Huawei Out of Wireless Networks By Nathaniel Mott The FCC solicited public comment on its plan to prevent wireless network providers from purchasing Huawei equipment with the Universal Service Fund.
Wi-Fi Alliance Announces Wi-Fi 6E Standard For 6 GHz Support By Ash Puckett The new standard goes live after 6 GHz band approvals go through.
Intel Brings Wi-Fi 6 and 2.5GbE to the Desktop With Cascade Lake-X By Arne Verheyde Intel is bringing 2.5GbE and Wi-Fi 6 to the desktop.
Linksys Aware Uses Mesh Wi-Fi to Detect Home Invaders By Nathaniel Mott Linksys is updating some of its mesh Wi-Fi routers with motion-sensing capabilities to power a home security system called Linksys Aware.
Microsoft Expands Airband Initiative to Offer High-Speed Internet By Nathaniel Mott Microsoft announced that it's expanding its Airband Initiative with the intent of providing internet access to 40 million people by July 2022.
TP-Link Announces Wi-Fi 6 Archer AX50 Router With Intel Chipset By Nathaniel Mott TP-Link announced its Archer AX50, its first router to support Wi-Fi 6 via Intel's new Wi-Fi chipset.
Trump Flip-Flops on Huawei Once Again By Nathaniel Mott President Donald Trump said "we're not going to be doing business with Huawei" after China refused to buy U.S. agricultural goods.
Report: Windows Update Causes Wi-Fi Issues for Surface Devices By Nathaniel Mott The latest update to Microsoft's Surface lineup reportedly caused Wi-Fi issues for some owners.
The FCC Wants ISPs to Be (Slightly) More Honest By Nathaniel Mott The FCC voted to force Internet service providers to more accurately count the number of people to whom they offer broadband Internet access.
Intel Cancels Omni-Path 200 Fabric and Stops Development By Arne Verheyde Intel has killed the Omni-Path 200 series HPC fabric, as reported by CRN, though the company will continue to support OPA100. OPA200 was supposed to launch this year.
EU Fines Qualcomm €242 million Over 3G Baseband Chipsets By Nathaniel Mott The European Commission fined Qualcomm €242 million (roughly $271 million) for "abusing its market dominance in 3G baseband chipsets."
Cisco Acquires its Optics Supplier Acacia for $2.6 billion By Arne Verheyde Cisco has acquired Acacia Communications for $2.6 billion. Acacia is its supplier of optical interconnect technologies. Cisco views the coherent optical networks market as a growth opportunity.
60 GHz Wi-Fi Gets FCC Stamp of Approval By Nathaniel Mott Sporton, a testing and certification company, partnered with Qualcomm to push 802.11ay, or 60 GHz Wi-Fi, products through the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Amazon Seeks Permission to Launch 3,236 Internet Satellites By Nathaniel Mott Amazon wants the FCC to give it the go-ahead to launch 3,236 satellites that would be used to establish a globe-spanning internet network.
Report: Huawei Starts $1 Billion Patent Spat With Verizon By Nathaniel Mott Huawei reportedly accused Verizon of infringing on 238 of its patents with the hope of forcing the wireless carrier into a costly licensing agreement.
