You may think of 802.11ac as a technology more useful for streaming HDTV than for corporate use, but you'd be mistaken. The company found that while 802.11ac is being adopted quickly, it still has a ...

Today, Linksys, a division of Belkin Electronics, released the first commercially available 802.11ac Wave 2 Multi-User MIMO router, the EA8500. Now, you might ask, "So what? 802.11ac has been around ...

Apple is planning to give the 802.11ac wireless networking standard a big boost in 2013, according to a new report from TheNextWeb. Sources tell the blog that Apple will partner with Broadcom to bring ...

From a technical perspective, a typical 3×3 array of 802.11ac antennas using an 80-MHz channel should, within an interference-free room, transmit over 1 Gbits/s. That’s about three times the ...

Good news for people who love fast things: Broadcom is sliding into CES with its first gigabit-speed 802.11ac chips, all based on fifth-generation WiFi technology. For those unaware, 5G WiFi is aimed ...

Gigabit-speed wireless LAN equipment that uses the emerging IEEE 802.11ac standard is about to hit the market, with Netgear saying on Thursday that it will start shipping a consumer 802.11ac router in ...

Apple's 2013 MacBook Air doesn't look like much of an upgrade from the outside, but the story is different on the inside. We've spent the better part of a week using the new Air and measuring just how ...

It's tempting, isn't it? 802.11ac is a hot new wireless technology that boasts faster and at longer ranges than 802.11n, the current king of wireless standards. It does promise some seriously ...

Need speed from your router in the worst way? Buffalo has you covered. The company has just released the new AirStation WZR-D1800H wireless router and WLI-H4-D1300 wireless media bridge, both of which ...

I picked up a new 2013 MacBook Air and an updated Time Capsule with 802.11ac. My network speeds were barely better than 802.11n which I chalked up to the OS X issues: In my setup, Network Utility ...

The first gigabit speed 802.11ac ICs allow consumers to load web content on a mobile device or home wireless network 3x faster. The BCM4360, BCM4352, BCM43526 and BCM43516 chips are also said to be 6x ...

Broadcom introduces first family of IEEE 802.11ac chips based on the 5th generation of Wi-Fi (5G WiFi) 5G WiFi improves wireless range in the home, allowing consumers to watch HD-quality video from ...