https://omid.dev/tags/wireless-networking/Recent content in Wireless Networking on Omid Farhanghttps://omid.dev/images/bio-photo-150x150.jpghttps://omid.dev/images/bio-photo-150x150.jpgHugo -- 0.165.0en-US2026 Omid Farhang | All rights reserved.Tue, 11 May 2010 16:00:00 +0000https://omid.dev/2010/05/11/wi-fi-at-60-ghz-will-be-10-times-faster/Tue, 11 May 2010 16:00:00 +0000https://omid.dev/2010/05/11/wi-fi-at-60-ghz-will-be-10-times-faster/<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_vaUVXcmC3OI/S-l4ITKHbcI/AAAAAAAACJc/-gQtRmwyuho/s1600-h/wifi1%5B4%5D.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_vaUVXcmC3OI/S-l4KqylrsI/AAAAAAAACJg/36Dn7iE99tA/wifi1_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="wifi1" title="wifi1" /> </a> The Wi-Fi Alliance and the Wireless Gigabit Alliance have <a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/05/new-frequency-set-to-turbocharge-wi-fi/">reached an agreement</a> to set up standards for Wi-Fi to operate in the previously unclaimed 60 GHz frequency band, which would offer up to 10 times faster data transfer speeds. Currently, Wi-Fi operates in the 2.4 GHz an 5 GHz frequency bands.</p> <p>”The 60-GHz band allows for significant boost in performance, so we are talking about speeds in the gigabits per second range,” says the executive director of the Wi-Fi Alliance, Edgar Figueroa.</p>