2011

DALLAS – The current waves impacting the financial markets have not gone unnoticed by the tower industry, though many in the space seem to think their ship is water tight enough to handle whatever investors can throw at it.

The PCIA 2011 Wireless Infrastructure Show has already yielded two acquisition announcements, each linking a Maryland company to a North Carolina company. Network Building & Consulting LLC  of Hanover, Maryland is …

Deployment of 4G networks is a huge theme at this year’s PCIA 2011 Wireless Infrastructure Show in Dallas, and 3M (NYSE MMM) is hoping to facilitate this transition with its …

The PCIA 2011 Wireless Infrastructure Show kicks off today in Dallas. PCIA Chairman Marc Ganzi, who is also CEO of Global Tower Partners, outlines the key themes for the show …

According to the latest report by the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), mobile HD voice based on AMR (Adaptive Multi Rate) wideband technology  (W-AMR), is currently being supported by 32 …

The tablet will run on Google’s Android platform. It will have WiFi connectivity for accessing the web and cloud storage. The device comes with 256 MB RAM, a 2 GB SD memory card, a 32 GB expandable memory slot, and two USB ports.

The company that is spending billions to build a business invisible to consumers wants a consumer products heavyweight in its corner. LightSquared has chosen Japan’s Sharp Corporation to make smartphones …

Executives at T-Mobile are not waiting around to find out whether they’ll soon be working for AT&T — instead they seem to be working overtime to build the T-Mobile brand …

During your average day how many times do you speak or text on your smartphone, browse on your tablet, or work on your laptop? In the evenings you may read e-books, message from your mobile, or check your Facebook. You go on vacation and watch videos while waiting for the plane, take pictures with your phone and send them to friends back home.

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Pecan Street Inc., Austin’s non-profit smart grid and clean energy research organization, today announced the roster of companies that will help it develop and deploy a smart grid in hundreds …

Note:  This article was originally published in The 2011 Official Show Guide of the Wireless Infrastructure Show – click here to view the full show guide in digital format.  The …

App developers who are chomping at the bit to increase search engine hits will soon be able to join the race to buy keywords. Search engine Chomp is launching a …

While Facebook users were busy posting and tweeting about its new look and new features, mobile content developers were absorbing the latest news about Facebook Mobile – the service now has …

If you grew up on the West Coast, you may or may not have heard the term “hurricane party” before – it’s a multi-day party held during a hurricane, where guests …

SUNTEC, Singapore – Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is better known for its smartphones and is possibly the strongest contender to Apple Inc.’s iPhone. On the mobile networks side, Samsung strongly positioned itself as a WiMAX-focused vendor and is still the No. 1 provider of WiMAX equipment globally.

Touchscreen keyboard firm Swype said it’s goal is to be on a billion devices and become ubiquitous across phones, tablets and even TVs, despite a stinginess on the OEM side …

Verizon Wireless subscribers in Austin and 25 other U.S. cities may find themselves working faster today. Verizon is rolling out LTE in 26 additional cities as of September 15. Cities …

Social networking is expanding the audience for some of Austin’s biggest events this fall. During UT’s first football game of the season, thousands of fans who did not have access …