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Could this technology accelerate the shift to wireless?

Jeff Caruso By Jeff Caruso
The Wireless Gigabit Alliance formally launches Thursday with a vision of wireless networking in excess of 1Gbps. Read full story

Jeff Caruso is site editor at Network World.

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