Olivetti has announced the release of a wireless local area network adapter card. The card supports the Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) standard popular in Europe.
The PC Card can be used with a notebook computer to connect to local area networks (LANs) and is designed to complement the Olivetti Net3 wireless LAN system.
The Net3 Portable Kit is compatible with Ethernet and Tolen Ring and operates over the pan-European DECT radio frequency band of 1.88-1.90GHz.
The system can be used indoors with a coverage of between 5,000 and 10,000 square metres.
Olivetti claims that its multi-cell system can be deployed over wide areas and is superior to other systems that use only single-cell structures and are therefore limited in range.