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• Western Sydney Uni to roll out 802.11ac Wi-Fi

  Western Sydney University is set to embark on a two-year deployment of 802.11ac Wi-Fi across its campuses.

• Aerohive targets education with 802.11ac access point release

  Aerohive Networks today announced the availability of the AP130, the company's latest wireless access point to target educational institutions.

• No rush for enterprises to deploy 802.11ac Wi-Fi

  Wireless vendors are pushing the 802.11ac standard because it offers the fastest Wi-Fi speeds yet, but most Australian businesses can afford to wait another year before upgrading their Wi-Fi networks, according to analysts.

• How not to waste your money on the second wave of 802.11ac wireless gear

  The best way to avoid wasting your money on Wave 2 of 802.11ac access points is to not buy them right away, and the second-best is to not overreact to their presence on your network.

• CIO guides strategic review at MTC Australia

  A new CIO has led MTC Australia through a strategic review of its not-for-profit educational organisation.

• Full speed ahead for 802.11ac Gigabit Wi-Fi

  Last December customers were peppering wireless LAN vendors with questions about whether to upgrade to the pre-standard-but-certified 802.11ac products flooding the market or hold off until 2015, when more powerful "Wave 2" Gigabit Wifi gear was expected to become prevalent.

• Updated: Telstra customers to provide foundation for national Wi-Fi network

  Telstra home and enterprise broadband users will be able to access 2 million Wi-Fi hotspots around Australia in five years if they agree to share their own connection, under part of a $100 million strategy announced today by Telstra CEO David Thodey.

• Public-facing Wi-Fi deployments taking off

  Wi-Fi network deployments in stadiums and city councils are growing in Australia, according to IDC's Asia/Pacific Quarterly Wireless LAN (WLAN) Tracker Q3 2013.

• IN PICTURES: Wi-Fi’s latest speed boost: 802.11ac client radios

  Here’s an alphabetic sampling of products; prices as of October 10, 2013, based on data from Google Shopping and Amazon.

• New Wi-Fi coming in waves, but surf at your own risk

  802.11ac is all the rage, and rightfully so. It represents another fundamental change in the innovation of the Wi-Fi 802.11 protocol that promises to boost wireless LAN speeds into the gigabit world.

• Cloud computing is about to get personal

  While businesses have been deploying cloud technology for some time, it's only recently that personal cloud services have emerged. The advent of the personal cloud means content, applications and computing power can move off the device. So, will we still need sophisticated tablets, PCs and smartphones if the power resides elsewhere?

• WLAN revenues dip as buyers wait for 11ac products

  Revenues for wireless LAN products dropped 7% in Q1 2013 compared to the previous quarter. The drop in part is due to buyers delaying purchases as they wait for new WLAN products based on the so-called "Gigabit Wi-Fi" standard, IEEE 802.11ac, according to Infonetics Research.

• Technologies to watch 2013: Gigabit Wi-Fi

  The next major advance in Wi-Fi, the still-in-draft IEEE 802.11ac standard, seems like a slam-dunk: It promises data rates ranging from 433Mbps to, in some configurations, 1.3Gbps, hence the label "Gigabit Wi-Fi." What's not to like?

• 802.11ac standard will bring gigabit speeds to WiFi

  Although the wireless 802.11n standard has just recently been made official, IEEE has begun work on the next iteration of WiFi.