"As a Wi-Fi market leader, Broadcom is honored to be one of the primary certification solutions for the Wi- Fi Alliance MiracastTM program and is committed to driving new Wi-Fi standards, " said Dino Bekis, Senior Director, Wireless Connectivity Combo Group at Broadcom.
The firm has been refining the Dash Express since May 2007 and plans to make a big push at CES. Robert Acker, Dash's senior vice president of marketing, says location-based services and wi-fi are a natural pairing.
This means a substantial number of seniors access the Internet only from shared or public computers (such as at libraries, Internet cafes or senior centers), or by bringing a laptop to a location with open Wi-Fi.