Wireless Lan, der Zukunftsmarkt!
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Wireless Facilities Selected by Westfield to Bring High-Speed Wireless Internet Access (Wi-Fi) to Shopping Centers
SAN DIEGO, May 15, 2003 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Wireless
Facilities, Inc. (WFI) (Nasdaq: WFII), a global leader in the design, deployment
and management of wireless telecommunications networks, today announced that it
has been selected by Westfield (ASX: WFA) as the exclusive provider of Wireless
LAN (WLAN) integration services for the Company's US shopping centers.
Westfield is one of the leading fully integrated shopping center organizations
in the world. The company serves as developer, architect, builder, and property
manager for an $18.4 billion portfolio of 112 shopping centers worldwide,
comprising over 90 million square feet of retail space. Under the terms of the
agreement, Wireless Facilities will fully enable Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity)
connectivity, which is a high-speed wireless access technology that allows users
to connect to the Internet without using any form of wiring or cabling, into all
Westfield Shoppingtowns in the U.S. using Cisco components. Visitors to these
locations will be able to access the Internet using any wireless enabled laptop
or PDA, making Westfield the first fully wirelessly integrated group of shopping
locations in the world. In addition, Westfield retailers will have the
opportunity to access a wide variety of new wireless enabled features, which
will allow them to enhance the way they do business and interface with their
customers. Westfield will also be the first to leverage the wireless environment
to enhance the customer experience inside the shopping center from both the
marketing and customer service standpoint.
"We are very pleased to have been selected by Westfield as their turnkey partner
for this exciting initiative," said Frankie Farjood, President of Enterprise
Solutions, WFI. "Today we are seeing the rapid integration of wireless
technology into the enterprise space, with an increasing number of retail and
commercial establishments offering high-speed Internet access and other
amenities as an additional feature to their customers. Westfield is taking this
a step further by being the first fully integrated shopping center company to
wirelessly enable all of their locations. We believe this initiative will truly
showcase the many ways in which wireless technology is changing the way people
work and live, and WFI is thrilled to be a part of it."
As a turnkey partner, Wireless Facilities will provide Westfield with a fully
integrated set of solutions, supplying backhaul, networking equipment, Wireless
LAN design and installation, network maintenance, electronic security, as well
as on-going network monitoring through the Company's Network Operations Center
(NOC). The first locations to be deployed will be the Westfield Shoppingtowns in
San Diego, Los Angeles, San Jose, San Francisco, Chicago, and New York.
Subsequent locations will be built-out on an on-going basis.
"Westfield is pleased to be working with Wireless Facilities to bring Wi-Fi to
our shoppers and retailers," said Todd Putman, Executive Vice President
Marketing, Westfield. "Wireless technology's anytime, anywhere capabilities will
profoundly enhance the shopping experience and transform the way our retail
partners conduct business."
About Wireless Facilities
A global leader in telecommunications outsourcing, Wireless Facilities, Inc.
designs, deploys and manages wireless networks for some of the largest cellular
and PCS carriers and equipment suppliers worldwide. Specializing in network
architecture and dimensioning of mobile and high speed wireless data systems,
including third generation (3G) networks, WFI provides a complete range of
network services -- from business and market planning to RF engineering, fixed
network engineering, IP and data engineering, site acquisition and development,
installation, optimization and maintenance. WFI is headquartered in San Diego
and has performed work in over 100 countries since the Company was founded in
late 1994. The Company has offices in Dallas, Chicago, Seattle, Reston,
Montvale, London, Gothenburg, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, and Bejing. News and
information are available at www.wfinet.com .
About Westfield America
Westfield America, Inc. is the United States subsidiary of Westfield America
Trust (ASX: WFA), the second-largest property trust listed on the Australian
Stock Exchange. WFA owns a majority interest in the Westfield America portfolio
of 63 shopping centers, branded as Westfield Shoppingtowns. Westfield
Shoppingtowns are home to more than 8,400 specialty stores and encompass 64
million square feet in the states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida,
Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, Ohio and Washington.
Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements including, without
limitation, express or implied statements concerning the Company's expectations
regarding future financial performance and market developments that involve
risks and uncertainties. The Company operates in a very dynamic market
environment, and expectations or assumptions that appear reasonable as of the
date hereof may not be reasonable at any point in the future. Words such as
"anticipates," "expects," "projects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "may,"
"will," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. Such statements are only predictions, and the Company's actual
results may differ materially. Factors that may cause the Company's results to
differ include, but are not limited to: changes in the scope or timing of the
Company's projects; continued and additional slowdowns in telecommunications
infrastructure spending in the United States and globally, which could delay
network deployment and reduce demand for the Company's services; the timing,
rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer contracts and agreements,
or consolidation by or the loss of key customers; the adoption rate of new
wireless data services; potential losses or lost opportunities arising from the
Company's operation of its variable cost model; potential write-offs of goodwill
and other long-lived assets; financial constraints on our customers that could
cause us to write off accounts receivable or terminate contracts; failure to
successfully consummate acquisitions or integrate acquired operations; changes
in the Company's effective income tax rate; the rate of adoption of telecom
outsourcing by network carriers and equipment suppliers; the rate of growth of
adoption of WLAN and wireless security systems by enterprises; and competition
in the marketplace which could reduce revenues and profit margins. Although the
Company believes that the expectations reflected in any forward-looking
statements made herein are reasonable, the Company cannot guarantee future
results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. The Company undertakes
no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made to conform to actual
results or to changes to expectations. These and other risk factors are more
fully discussed under "Risks Related to Our Business" and elsewhere in the
Company's readily available Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 21, 2003
and in other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For further information, please contact: media, Catharine C. Dickey, Vice
President, Communications of Westfield, +1-310-445-2407; or Gina Aven, Marketing
Director of Wireless Facilities, Inc., +1-858-228-2589, gina.aven@wfinet.com .
SOURCE Wireless Facilities, Inc.
CONTACT: Catharine C. Dickey, Vice President, Communications of
Westfield, +1-310-445-2407; or Gina Aven, Marketing Director of Wireless
Facilities, Inc., +1-858-228-2589, gina.aven@wfinet.com
URL: http://www.wfinet.com
PCTEL to Participate in the Lehman Brothers 2003 Global Wireless Conference
FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2003 5:10 PM
CHICAGO, May 16, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- PCTEL, Inc. (PCTI) , a leading provider of Internet access products, 802.11 mobility software, and software-defined radio products, announced today that Marty Singer, PCTEL Chairman and CEO, will participate in the Lehman Brothers Wireless LAN panel discussion at 1:20 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 20th at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. The panel will also include executives from other established WLAN technology companies.
The WLAN Panel discussion will be webcasted and available at http://www.lehman.com/conferences/200305wireless/ or at http://www.pctel.com.
Separately, Jeff Miller, PCTEL Vice President of Business Development & Licensing, who appeared at the B. Riley CRTS Conference on May 15, 2003, was interviewed by CBS MarketWatch. The interview webcast is available at http://platinum.yahoo.com/play/nws/mktwatch/business/20030516miller.
ABOUT PCTEL
PCTEL, founded in March 1994, is a leading provider of innovative and cost-effective Internet access solutions, 802.11 mobility software and software-defined radio products. PCTEL's products include WLAN software products (Segue(TM) Product Line) that simplify installation, roaming, Internet access and billing. Through its subsidiary, DTI, the company designs, develops and distributes OEM receivers and receiver-based products that measure and monitor cellular networks. The company maintains a portfolio of more than 80 analog and broadband communications and wireless patents, issued or pending, including key and essential patents for modem technology. The company's products are sold to PC manufacturers, PC card and board manufacturers, wireless carriers, wireless ISPs, software distributors, wireless test and measurement companies, and system integrators. PCTEL headquarters are located at 8725 West Higgins Road, Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60631. Telephone: 773-243-3000. For more information, please visit our web site at: http://www.pctel.com.
SOURCE: PCTEL, Inc.
Gruss E.
May 20, 2003 (10Meters.com via COMTEX) -- Visitors to Westfield Shoppingtowns
will soon be able to surf the Web as well as shop -- thanks to a new deal
Westfield struck with San Diego-based Wireless Facilities.
Westfield said it has contracted with Wireless Facilities to install Wi-Fi
(Wireless Fidelity) connectivity -- a high-speed wireless access technology that
allows users to connect to the Internet without using any form of wiring or
cabling -- in its shopping centers across the nation. Westfield said it also
would use the wireless services for marketing and customer service.
"Westfield is pleased to be working with Wireless Facilities to bring Wi-Fi to
our shoppers and retailers," said Todd Putman, Westfield's executive vice
president of marketing. "Wireless technology's anytime, anywhere capabilities
will profoundly enhance the shopping experience and transform the way our retail
partners conduct business."
The first locations to be deployed will be the Westfield Shoppingtowns in San
Diego, Los Angeles, San Jose, San Francisco, Chicago, and New York.
((Comments on this story may be sent to newsdesk@10meters.com)) ((Distributed
via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com))
URL: http://www.10meters.com
(C)2003 10Meters
In Ballungszentren werden immer mehr sogenannte Hot-spots gebaut. Da kann man sich mit geeigneter Hardware (Laptop oder PDA + Karte) in das Netzwerk einklinken und so Zugang zu Internet haben!
Ich habe mir zuhause ein drahtloses Netzwerk aufgebaut, sodaß ich im Umkreis von ca 100m überall meinen Laptop benutzen kann1
Wenn man I-Net süchtig ist (ich gestehe) ein guter Vorteil. :-)
QADSAN
nur weil es WIreles-Lan jetzt auch in den üblichen Kisten-
schieber-buden wie Media Markt gibt.... Na Klasse
Is a Wi-Fi Bubble Building?
As one of tech's few growth areas, it's luring startups and VC cash -- in a familiar pattern. First to feel a pop may be consumer outfits
A year ago, Sean Marzola was the CEO of one of Silicon Valley's hottest Wi-Fi startups. Embedded Wireless Devices in Pleasanton, Calif., had set out to design chips for Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) access points -- "hot spots" -- that permit wireless Internet access within a radius of 300 feet. But about 18 weeks before EWD's first product could start being manufactured, investors pulled the plug. Last August, EWD quietly closed its doors, leaving Marzola an entrepreneur without a home.
EWD's story could soon become more commonplace. Wi-Fi is the increasingly popular technology that lets anyone with a laptop and a wireless card surf the Web from home or work, in airports or cafés. In 2002, according to Allied Business Intelligence in Oyster Bay, N.Y., worldwide sales of Wi-Fi equipment soared by 25%, to $1.25 billion -- an anomaly in the current economy. This year, ABI expects orders for such gear to jump 33%, to $1.67 billion. Wowed by such projections, venture capitalists poured more than $2 billion into various Wi-Fi outfits in 2002, according to one major venture firm.
THE NEW NEW THING. Wi-Fi may be the hottest tech market to come along since the Web itself. And while that's cheery news, it's also raising red flags in some quarters -- a concern that just as the Web spawned excess investment based on careless projections of future demand, the same thing could be starting to happen in Wi-Fi. True, this market remains far from saturated. And most major advances in technology initially attract more players than the market can ultimately sustain, leading to a shakeout at some point.
Yet more and more analysts worry that euphoria over the one segment that has shown some life during the most prolonged tech downturn in recent memory could lead to overexpansion and an imbalance of supply vs. demand -- creating the type of capacity surplus that has shattered the telecom-equipment business over the past three years. One of the biggest worriers is Andrew Cole, an analyst with wireless consultancy Adventis in Boston. "Wi-Fi is overrated and headed for a fall," he declares.
The situation isn't that simple. Wi-Fi is really two markets -- one consumer, the other corporate. And at the moment, they seem to be headed for divergent paths -- one difficult, the other more promising.
WHITHER USAGE? In consumer Wi-Fi, the question of the moment is: How strong will demand be? The number of hot spots available to the public worldwide should grow from 12,235 in 2002 to 145,417 in 2007, predicts market consultancy Cahners In-Stat. But whether their usage will grow nearly that fast isn't certain. Analysts say wireless service provider T-Mobile, which operates 2,300 hot spots in the U.S., recently lowered its Wi-Fi access prices from 25 cents to 10 cents a minute because demand is turning out to be only a quarter of what it expected. (T-Mobile hasn't returned repeated calls seeking comment.)
Demand could be squishy partly because, like the Web itself, the Wi-Fi consumer market started life as a movement of geeks who sponged off any node within 100 yards. So from the start, a big challenge for any Wi-Fi service provider has been to convert such freeloaders to paying customers in densely populated areas where no-charge nodes are numerous. Those that can't end up folding -- like a New York company called Joltage did last February.
Another growth deterrent is that Wi-Fi isn't easy for an average person to use. It requires setting up an antenna, reconfiguring a computer, and signing up for broadband service. And that doesn't count trying to use Wi-Fi on the road. Jeff Belk, senior vice-president for marketing at Qualcomm (QCOM ), which makes chips for cell phones, likes to tell of how he recently picked a small hotel in London because it had a Wi-Fi network. It turned out that the employees couldn't explain how to get onto the network, and he would have had to download special software to log on -- and then uninstall it afterward to avoid corrupting his files.
MURDEROUS COMPETITION. Even if demand turns out to be robust, competition in consumer Wi-Fi could be murderous. Barriers to entry in that business are low -- a few hundred dollars worth of gear for the tiniest startups, plus a monthly broadband subscription of, perhaps, $50.
More daunting, of course, is competition from major players. This month, Verizon (VZ ) announced that it will offer Wi-Fi service in New York City free to its DSL (digital subscriber line) customers (see BW Online, 5/14/03, "Verizon's Equalizer vs. the Cable Guys?"). And GRIC (GRIC ), a provider of mobile communications for corporations, offers Wi-Fi for an additional fee to business customers as an add-on to its dial-up Internet service. Stand-alone dial-up access costs $25 a month -- or $50 when bundled with Wi-Fi access at 1,400 hot spots. The service is "growing pretty rapidly," says Bharat Dave, GRIC's president and CEO.
Competition is turning out to be just as fierce among Wi-Fi equipment makers, who now get 60% of their revenues from the consumer market. Cisco Systems' (CSCO ) $500 million stock purchase in December of consumer Wi-Fi gearmaker Linksys reassured those who worried that Wi-Fi might not be ready for prime time -- but also made survival problematic for many small players in the business. Cisco lowered prices on its Wi-Fi gear by about 25% last year to remain competitive, says Bill Rossi, vice-president and general manager of Cisco's wireless-networking business.
FEWER CHIPMAKERS? The next candidates for consolidation could be makers of Wi-Fi chips, whose prices fell about 25% last year. New generations of chips coming out this year should stabilize pricing only temporarily, Merrill Lynch analyst Joseph Osha believes. Thus, although the Wi-Fi chip market more than doubled in 2002, to $415 million, and should grow to $591 million this year, in 2004 it could fall 1.3%, to $583 million, Osha estimates.
While In-Stat analyst Alan Nogee doesn't think overall revenue from Wi-Fi chips will decline until after 2005, he does expect the number of manufacturers to drop from 40 to 20 over the next year as competition heats up. That may already be starting: In December, Royal Phillips Electronics (PHG ) acquired Wi-Fi chipmaker Systemonec. Ultimately, established semiconductor producers such as Intersil (ISIL ), Broadcom (BRCM ), and Texas Instruments (TXN ) will dominate this market, Nogee predicts.
Conversely, one market with room for ample growth appears to be Wi-Fi equipment for corporations. "We're still in the early days of enterprise Wi-Fi, which is the big opportunity," says Martin Dunsby, vice-president for operations at wireless consultancy InCode Telecom in La Jolla, Calif. Today, about 40% of U.S. companies have some type of Wi-Fi network -- and about one-third of those plan to expand their networks in the next 18 months, according to wireless researcher ON World.
SHOPPING WITH WI-FI. Many companies have found that incorporating Wi-Fi cuts their telecom costs and helps employees be more productive. Now, they're searching for ways to better manage their Wi-Fi networks and make them more secure. Cisco, among others, claims to have the solution. It expects to continue charging $400 to $500 per hot spot (of which some companies have thousands) by offering wrinkles such as guest Wi-Fi access or integration with VoIP, or voice over Internet protocol, which allows phone calls over the Internet, says Rossi.
The corporate Wi-Fi market is likely to benefit from increasing innovation. Over the next 12 months, wireless-systems manufacturer Symbol Technologies (SBL ) plans to roll out a variety of location-based services, says Gary Singh, a senior marketing director at the company. One will allow factories or hospitals to tag valuable equipment and track its location using Wi-Fi.
In Europe, a similar system is already used at some grocery stores. Customers can pick up a handheld Wi-Fi-enabled device and insert their credit card. Then, they can scan their purchases into the device, which transmits the info to a computer in the store. When customers check out, the total is billed to their credit card.
Besides grocery stores, Wi-Fi could yet become pervasive in cell phones, allowing for seamless roaming between cellular service providers and Wi-Fi networks, says Marzola, who after EWD's demise became president and CEO of Digital Communication Technologies, a London-based microprocessor maker. Despite his experience with EWD, he still believes that the sky is the limit for Wi-Fi. For dozens of startups, however, the sky may soon be falling.
Quelle: yahoo.businessweek.com
Grüße Max
Aber faszinierend ist es wie ein Sektor boomen kann!
Eine Konsolidierung müsste unmittelbar bevorstehen!
Da werden weitere gute News nicht viel dran ändern können!
QADSAN
Noch kaum Umsätze. We will see.
Gruss E.
Denke aber nicht das sie in die Nähe des pos Cashfows kommen werden!
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