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LiFi specification standards released, enabling wide adoption of light-based wireless internet

TechSpot

The IEEE has released the 802.11bb standard for LiFi internet, a wireless transmission system that can be faster and more secure than traditional wireless methods. The new standard paves the way for different manufacturers to make LiFi devices that are compatible with each other. However, don't expect WiFi and ethernet.

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T-Mobile gobbles up more fiber: $4.9B Metronet deal is part of a broader move beyond wireless

GeekWire

T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert is looking to expand the company further into fiber internet service without making major capital investments. billion into a new joint venture that plans to acquire broadband internet company Metronet, a key move in a larger plan by the Bellevue, Wash.-based million homes by the end of 2030.

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Elder care, wireless AI, and the Internet of Medical Things

Venture Beast

Senior citizens are accustomed to constant probes by doctors, but wireless AI tech is enabling massive-scale, nonintrusive data monitoring. Read More.

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Starry Extends Wireless Internet To LA

Computer Weekly

Starry , a Boston-based Internet Services Provider which uses it own, proprietary millimeter-wave, 5G band service to provide in-building gigabit broadband to customers, has launched into Los Angeles, as part of an expansion by the company to LA and Washington, DC. Starry said the beta launch is its first beyond Boston.

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IOWN and the Next Internet

CIO Business Intelligence

We need a new generation of the Internet to address these obstacles – an Internet that is personal, functional, smart, inspires trust, and can be widely adopted by all. And the good news is, it’s on its way, thanks to the Innovative Optical and Wireless Networks (IOWN) initiative.

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Bastille Networks Receives DHS OTA to Continue Wireless Security Tech Dev’t

CTOvision

Atlanta, Georgia-based internet of things company Bastille Networks has received an other transaction agreement from the Department of Homeland Security to continue the development of a technology designed to protect […].

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NTT develops world’s fastest wireless communication area estimation technology

Tech Republic Cloud

NTT says it has the tech to design and build modern wireless areas. The post NTT develops world’s fastest wireless communication area estimation technology appeared first on TechRepublic. As demands increase and 6G and IoT rise, connectivity must be reimagined.

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