Indian Universities Gear Up For Smart WLAN Systems

Ruckus Wireless has been selected by 24/ different higher education institutions around the world over the last 90 days to supply state-of-the art Smart wireless LAN (WLAN) systems based on the emerging 802.11n high-speed wireless standard.

Among these 24 higher education institutions are five Indian universities, viz. Anna University, Coimbatore (India); Academy of Maritime Education and Training , Chennai (India); Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai (India); University of Hyderabad (India); Lovely Professional University, Jallandhar (India).

"802.11n is particularly interesting to the higher education market as IP-based video becomes more important," said Selina Lo, president and CEO of Ruckus Wireless. "Colleges and universities are looking to use 802.11n for a variety of applications from video surveillance to remote learning. IP video is one of the fastest growing applications within the higher education market and our dual-band 802.11n system addresses this need."

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