China's WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure security protocol, once the core of a trade dispute with the U.S., will appear in mobile phones as China rolls out 3G networks
Amidst controversy over Chinese efforts to impose a local standard for wireless networks, Craig Barrett, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Intel Corp., stressed the importance of international standards during a speech to Chinese government officials and business executives, the company said.
The Asia-Pacific region is witnessing a surge in deployment of wireless LAN, with hardware shipments and revenue generated from the new gear surging, according to a report on the WLAN market in the region by Frost & Sullivan Inc.
With the latest 54M-bps (bits-per-second) 802.11a wireless LAN (WLAN) gear just becoming available, vendors at Comdex Fall here talked about the next step in wireless networking, a convergence with 802.11b, cellular networks and Bluetooth.