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NEW YORK - Actiontec introduced its first 802.11a product earlier this month, along with two new 801.11b home networking access points and will have several additional product announcements at the International CES in Las Vegas next month.
The 802.11a Wireless Networking PC Card, shipping in January with a $149 suggested retail price, is one of the first on the market to use the new 802.11a wireless networking standard. The card works on the 5GHz band and has a data transfer rate of 54MB per second, up from the 14 Ghz, 11MB per second rate available from an 802.11b card, said Leslie Kirchman, Actiontec's director of marketing. It will be joined in February by an 802.11a access point that...