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For the last two days, the story has been much the same for individuals and businesses from Thailand to Japan following the magnitude 6.7 quake, which killed two people, damaged six key undersea cables off the coast of Taiwan and threw parts of the global telecommunications infrastructure into chaos. Asian...
What was a tragedy has turned into an institutional crisis. The air traffic controllers on duty the day of the disaster were removed pending further inquiries, causing manpower shortages. Those that remain on the job are angry at the levels of on-the-job stress, overwork and low pay and...
Lose the leash. Cut the wires. So go the mantras. But for those still frustrated by the instability and limited range of home wireless networks, Ethernet cables remain a common alternative. That presents a problem, though.
"People don't like dealing with the hassles of cables," says Ruckus CEO Selina Lo. "It's just one rung above plumbing." So Ruckus, a California-based start-up with 57 employees, came up with a better idea: refine wireless networking so that you can more efficiently fling high-speed...
Ruckus' technology also enables Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) services to stream television and video around a home. An alternative to cable and satellite TV that has barely left a mark in the U.S., IPTV is popular in Europe and Asia, where Ruckus partners with service providers. Lo says IPTV will...