WLAN Event 2003

What?

The WLAN Event, a trade show held at Olyimpia.

Why?

Why attend? My company has been tracking "Wireless" technologies in the 2.4GHz ISM band. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Some of my public reports and comments on these technologies are here.

I wanted to see:

  • What markets are being exploited.
  • Anything new?
  • Community Broadband. (Making do with Wi-Fi when the telecommunications infrastructure fails you.)

 

Today's new FLA:

WISP: Wireless ISP.

Who was there?

Most of the exhibitors are listed below. (See the Show organisers site here.)

Exhibitors by category:

Wireless Networking
Hardware		 D-Llink, Zcomax, Proxim, Nortel, US Robotics, Belkin, Netgear, Hewlett Packard, Ericsson
Hot Spot Provider,
WISP's		 Mapesbury Associates, Toshiba, Gemtek Systems, Picopoint, Nomadix, Service Factory, Portal Software, myzones, iPass, APTILO Networks, Pronto Networks, Ericsson, BPO
WLAN
management and security		 Bluesocket, Orthus, Check Point, Red-M, Network Utilities, Global Secure Systems, Funk software, Vernier Networks, Airmagnet, WatchGuard, iPass, Technology Concepts Ltd
notebooks, tablet PCs, PDAs, Laptops Toshiba, Fujitsu Siemens, Hewlett Packard, Intel
GSM/GPRS Billing AM-BEO, Ericsson
Wireless roaming and access.
Network handover technology		 birdstep, ipUnplugged, Bridgewater Systems, PCTEL
Chip sets, Reference designs Intersil, Top Global
Network Analysis Tools Wildpackets
Business "Networking" Ecademy
Carrier services Interoute, Extreme Networks
Community Broadband,
Deployment		 Wireless CNP, Exi Telecoms,  BSG Broadband Stakeholder Group, Lever
Dealer VBnets, The Wireless Network
Distributor Acal, Wireless Distribution

Highlights

Nifty wireless touch screen pad on the Siemens stand. Long chats with Access to Broadband staff.

Access to Broadband Campaign

ABC is an independent, non-profit organisation to promote best digital networks, first mile technologies and community empowerment.

ABC is endorsed by the Broadband Stakeholder Group.

It's as easy as ABC:
A is for Access
B is for Bridging the Broadband Digital Divide
C is for community Empowerment

The objectives of the Access to Broadband Campaign (ABC) are to accelerate the deployment of high speed broadband Internet access throughout all of UK and to make it as affordable and accessible as possible to all members of the community. In doing so we hope to ensure that the educational, commercial, social, economic, health, governmental, environmental, technological, recreational and other benefits of broadband can be fully realized.

Contacts

BT

Derek Appiah LLU programme manager

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/26860.html

http://www.btinterface.co.uk/broadband/xchange_activate/intro.asp

Mike Buhagiar  Deputy General Manager Commercial Delivery Unit, Stepchange

Pierre Danon Chief Executive Officer, BT Retail

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2773127.stm

http://www.vnunet.com/News/1131260

Journos

Guy Kewney

http://www.kewney.com/articles/030522-crashes.html

Graeme Wearden

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2128922,00.html

Ben Hammersley (Guardian)

http://www.benhammersley.com/archives/003352.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,803023,00.html