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.
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.
NXP Acquires Marvell’s Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Business for $1.76B By Arne Verheyde Marvell announced that it's selling its Wi-Fi Connectivity Business to NXP in an all-cash deal valued at $1.76B.
US Bans Huawei and Others Linked to 'Foreign Adversaries' By Nathaniel Mott President Donald Trump issued an executive order to make things harder for Chinese companies, especially Huawei, which was also added to the Entity List.
US DOJ Wants Judge Koh to Take It Easy on Qualcomm By Nathaniel Mott The Justice Department said U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh should be careful not to rush to punish Qualcomm in the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case.
Cox Introduces 'Elite Gamer' Internet Fast Lane By Nathaniel Mott Cox Communications introduced a Cox Elite Gamer service that allows people to pay $15 per month for better connections to popular multiplayer titles.
