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Atheros Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATHR),Sunnyvale, Calif., a developer of advanced wireless LAN (WLAN) chipsets, has announced that NEC Corp., the leading supplier of PCs in Japan(1), has launched 12 new laptop models that use Atheros' dual-band 802.11a/g WLAN solution with eXtended Range (XR) capability. Atheros XR(TM) enables mobile users to maintain wireless connections outdoors at twice the distance of products without this feature.
The new NEC VersaPro Mobile Note or All in One Note business laptops offer industry-leading WLAN performance based on a built-in 802.11a/g miniPCI adapter using Atheros technology. In addition to Atheros XR support, these wireless-enabled laptops include support for Atheros' popular Super AG(R) high performance feature set....