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Wireless equipment maker Colubris Networks made its first acquisition today, snapping up Wi-Fi startup Kiwi Networks for an undisclosed sum. Radio frequency and packet scheduling products from privately held Kiwi help corporations and carriers limit interference and reduce congestion on Wi-Fi systems. Bob Olson, a spokesman for Waltham, Mass.-based Colubris, said other firms do what Kiwi does, but not at the same level of sophistication. “As WLANs (define) continue to be deployed, interference will become an increasingly difficult problem as more and more signals overlap,” Continue reading →

Colubris Networks Inc. has acquired Kiwi Networks Inc., whose technology is used to mitigate interference among wireless data signals passing over unlicensed radio spectrum. The companies did not disclose financial terms of the agreement. Kiwi is based in Campbell, Calif. It was backed by $1 million from Western Technology Investment and an undisclosed sum from Doll Capital Management, according to information on WTI’s Web site. Doll Capital was one of Colubris’ backers in a recent $15 million round of venture capital financing. Colubris has raised Continue reading →

Wireless LAN kit vendor Colubris Networks Inc. has bought early-stage startup Kiwi Networks for its radio know-how (see Colubris Acquires Kiwi Networks). Anticipating ever more prevalent interference problems in both carrier and enterprise wireless LAN networks over the coming years, the firm says it will use Kiwi’s “advanced cellular WiFi technologies and automated radio frequency (RF) planning and control products” to combat these issues. “For us this was an opportunity to really make a jump in sophistication in the wireless LAN industry,” Barry Fougere, president Continue reading →

WLAN Leader to Integrate Kiwi’s Cellular Wi-Fi and RF Management Technologies into Company’s Multiservice System

  Ember Corporation today unveiled itsZigBee(TM) networking product roadmap for 2005 to help customers and partners better plan their future development projects. Ember, a wireless semiconductor solutions company which has emerged as the ZigBee market frontrunner, will unveil a range of new product innovations, partnerships and services over the coming months that will make it faster, easier and more profitable to build new ZigBee wireless solutions. ZigBee is a wireless, standards-based radio technology that addresses the unique needs of remote monitoring and control and sensor network Continue reading →

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With the NCAA tournament under way and office pools already looking bleak, Waltham’s Colubris Networks Inc. has reason to be optimistic about the Sweet Sixteen. Beginning with the first game at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y., Colubris’ wireless local area network (WLAN) hardware will be driving the wi-fi traffic for the hordes of press attendees that will descend on the event. Recently, Colubris installed two of its CN3200s at the 50,000-seat Carrier Dome to provide wireless access for the press. The Sweet Sixteen will Continue reading →

Colubris Networks Inc. of Waltham has added a radio frequency interference reduction element to its family of wireless local area network (WLAN) products with its acquisition of Kiwi Networks Inc. in Campbell, Calif. Financial terms were not disclosed. “As the wireless industry moves into 2005, we are predicting that the industry will start to see interference and performance issues in high-traffic network areas,” said Barry Fougere, president and CEO of Colubris. “Kiwi has developed a lot of code and intellectual property that will help us Continue reading →

Several US federal home loan banks are improving their risk management systems in response to regulatory and rating agency pressure. The group of 12 banks that fund residential mortgages and community development loans are examining derivatives accounting before they, along with the US government mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, register with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) later this year. The banks are registering in response to calls for greater transparency. When the banks register they must comply with the SEC Act Continue reading →

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