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From: drg@csri.toronto.edu (Dave Galloway)
Subject: Wireless LANs
Message-ID: <1991Mar20.114224.13511@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Date: 20 Mar 91 16:42:24 GMT
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About 6 weeks ago I posted a request for information about wireless LAN
products.  The following is a summary of the stuff I have so far.

This list is still missing a lot.  If you know of any product or company not
on the list, or if you can give more details on anything here, please send me
some mail.  (For instance, what is the contact number for NCR's WaveLAN ?)

I'll summarize to the net if I get anything more:

Company: Agilis Corp
Address: 1390 Shorebird Way, Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone: (415) 962-9400; FAX (415) 962-9202
Technology: portable computers with wireless net
Date: Sep 90

Company: Apple
Address: Advanced Technology Group (Bill Stevens)
Product: Data Personal Communications Service
Technology: 10 Mbps at 1850 MHz, details not released
Range: 150 feet
Reference: EE Times Feb 4/91 pg. 4
Date: Feb 91

Company: BICC
Address: 103 Millbury Street, Auburn, MA 01501
Phone: (508) 832-8650 or (800) 338-4964; FAX (508) 832-8689
Technology: wireless token-ring MAU using IR
Date: Mar 91

Company: California Microwave Inc
Product: RadioLink LAN
Technology: 250 Kbits/sec max frequency hopping at 900 or 2400 MHz
Range: 500 feet indoors
Price: $3450 US list
Size: 8 lbs, 8.5"x4"x13"
Address: 985 Almanor Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Phone: (408) 732-4000 or (800) 772-5465
Date: Feb 91

Company: Echelon Corp.
Technology: in home bus ?; up to 1 Mbps at 50 MHz radio
Reference: EE Times Feb 4/91 pg. 4
Date: Feb 91

Company: Motorola
Product: Altair; Wireless Inbuilding Network (WIN)
Phone: (708) 632-2853 or (800) 233-0877
Technology: 15 Mbps max rate TDMA at 18 GHz
Size: 7 lbs, 3"x8"x11" plus 2 pound power cube
Range: 40 ft indoors
Price: $3995 US for master; $3495 US module connects up to 6 Cheapernet hosts
Date: Feb 91

Company: NCR
Product: WaveLAN
Technology: 1-2 Mbps at 900 MHz spread spectrum; PC cards
Reference: EE Times Feb 4/91 pg. 4
Date: Feb 91

Company: O'Neill Communications Inc.
Address: 100 Thanet Circle, Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: (609) 924-1095
Product: Local Area Wireless Network (LAWN)
Technology: 38.4 Kbps max rate CDMA at 900 MHz; RS-232 at 19.2 Kbps interface
Price: $298 US
Range: 100 feet indoors
Date: Mar 91

Company: Photonics Corp
Technology: IR
Reference: brown@wucs1.wustl.edu net article
Date: Jan 91

Company: Telesystems SLW Inc.
Address: 85 Scarsdale Rd, Suite 201, Don Mills, Ont M3B 2R2
Phone: (416) 441-9966; FAX (416) 441-9785
Product: ARLAN 100
Technology: CDMA SS at 900 MHz, 200 Kbps channel, unit limited to 19.2 Kb RS-232
Price: $4500 Can. for Arlan 110-010 central unit; $2500 Can for Arlan 140 remote
Size: Arlan 140 1 pound portable with Nicad battery
Notes: point to point or point to central only
Range: 500 ft omni
Date: Mar 91

Company: Telesystems SLW Inc.
Address: 85 Scarsdale Rd, Suite 201, Don Mills, Ont M3B 2R2
Phone: (416) 441-9966; FAX (416) 441-9785
Product: ARLAN 450
Technology: CDMA spread spectrum at 900 MHz, 250 Kbps max rate, up to 1 Watt
Price: $1875 Can. for PC card
Range: 500 ft omni
Date: Mar 91

Company: Windata, Inc.
Address: Northboro, Mass. ?
Technology: wireless LAN startup, no product yet
Reference: EE Times, March 4, 1991, pg 22.
Date: Mar 91

Company: 802.11
Product: newly formed IEEE group to decide on wireless LAN standards
Reference: Russ_Housley.McLean_CSD@xerox.com net article
Date: Feb 91