Mimo May Be Wi-Fi's Successor -- If Warring Factions Agree; Two Competing Flavors; Standards battle slowing rollout of better products for wireless networking.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)

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Byline: MIKE ANGELL

If you are shopping for products to set up home wireless networks, gear vendors hope you look for the Mimo label.

Mimo is a new version of the popular Wi-Fi wireless network standard. Companies such as the Linksys unit of Cisco Systems, Netgearand privately held D-Link offer Mimo gear or soon plan to.

Mimo -- which stands for multiple input, multiple output -- can transmit data up to 10 times faster than Wi-Fi.

But there's a big problem. The industry is split into two competing camps over technical standards for Mimo. This results in higher prices for the gear and a potential lack of compatibility that would make...

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