05. october 2002 Using planar phased-array antennas and a single switching box, startup Vivato Inc. (San Francisco) will launch an 802.11-compliant wireless-LAN solution this week that promises an outdoor range of up to 7 km and an indoor range of up to 2 km. Touting low-cost deployment, scalability, wide coverage, centrally located management, high data rates and mobility, the company said its WLAN solution not only shreds the business model of current 802.11 networks but also undermines that of certain 2.5G/3G and fixed-broadband wireless deployments. Look closer New WiFi antenna