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ENGL

ISH

The FCC and their counterparts outside of the U.S. have set aside bandwidth for
unlicensed use in the ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) band. Spectrum in the
vicinity of 2.4 GHz, in particular, is being made available worldwide. This presents
a truly revolutionary opportunity to place convenient high-speed wireless
capabilities in the hands of users around the globe.


10. What is the IEEE 802.11g standard?
Approved in June, 2003 as an

IEEE

standard for wireless local area networks

(

WLAN

s), 802.11g offers wireless transmission over relatively short distances at up

to 54

megabit

s per second (Mbps) compared with the 11 megabits per second of

the

802.11b

(

Wi-Fi

) standard. Like 802.11b, 802.11g operates in the 2.4

GHz

range and is thus compatible with it.