BROWSING: Wi-Fi

What mobile will be like in 5 years, according to Cisco

Read the 2013 update to Cisco's Visual Networking Index. Cisco released new estimates today regarding the size and speed of mobile data in 2016; the five year forecast is dramatic and points to a different mobile experience for users all around the world. It's of course...

Tablet wars: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 expected to face newest iPad this spring

Amid reports that Apple's newest iPad will launch next month, Samsung is unveiling its Galaxy Tab 2, set to go on sale about the exact same time. Samsung says the new tablet will launch around the world next month, starting in the United Kingdom....

Analyst Angle: Trends to watch during 2012

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. The arrival of a new year brings with its numerous expectations of what would be the changes...

Smith Micro shares soar on news of Sprint contract to offload traffic, Sprint plans reorganization

Shares of Smith Micro Software (NASDAQ: SMSI) are up more than 15% after the company said Sprint has chosen its Mobile Network Director client to provide traffic management for its networks. The software moves users from 3G to WiFi, WiMAX, or LTE as needed,...

Broadcom launches first gigabit speed 802.11ac chips

Broadcom Corp., a semiconductor solutions provider for wired and wireless communications, introduced its first family of 802.11ac (5G Wi-Fi) chips designed for a broad variety of product segments.

Reader Forum: U.S. consumers turn to Wi-Fi for all the data they can eat

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

RCR Wireless News livecasting today’s Wi-Fi Alliance event

RCR Wireless News is currently livecasting the Wi-Fi Alliance’s Hotspot 2.0 specification and upcoming Wi-Fi Certified Passpoint certification program from Dallas. The event is being presented by the technical staff of the Wi-Fi Alliance. Details and the link to attend can be found here.

Finding hidden signals with a Handheld Spectrum Analyzer

Sometimes finding a hidden signal can be very challenging, especially in cases where the signal is deliberately hidden in a way that makes it difficult to detect. High-performance spectrum analyzers help users detect and locate hidden signals. Their low phase noise and wide dynamic...

Qualcomm could see gains from iPhone 4S, Lumia phones

Qualcomm (QCOM) garnered a pair of significant wins this month as the chipmaker not only scored the main CPU for Nokia's new Windows Phone 7 devices, but also supplies the baseband processor for the iPhone 4S. (A baseband processor is a chip or part of...

India aims to bridge digital divide with world’s cheapest tablet

The $45 device, named Aakash, is aimed at eliminating digital illiteracy in the country and making available high quality study content to the students.

World’s cheapest tablet to be unveiled Wednesday in India

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.

Tablets, texts and tweets bring new dimension to live entertainment

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 to the new Longhorn Network were able to watch an unsanctioned live stream of...

AT&T given initial exclusivity of HP TouchPad 4G

HP has given full exclusivity of its TouchPad tablet 4G to AT&T just in time for the back to school shopping spree, the company has revealed. The tab, which runs on a 1.5-GHz processor, boasts 32 GB of internal storage, integrated GPS and runs on...

Developers, feast your eyes on Qualcomm’s Dragonboard

Recently, RCR caught up with Qualcomm in Taipei to take a look at the firm’s latest developer offerings and tasty treats to lure mobile engineers into the Qualcomm ecosystem.

HP TouchPad tablet premieres tomorrow after mixed reviews

About one year following Hewlett-Packard Co. buying out the dwindling Palm, HP is launching the inaugural tablet to use Palm’s webOS operating system scheduled for tomorrow. The TouchPad is similar in design to other tablets, sporting a 9.7-inch screen at the diagonals, equaling the size...

Austin’s main airport to offer free Wi-Fi

Austin's main artery for long-distance travel, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA), finally hammered out a revised deal with operator Boingo Wireless to allow for free wireless Internet usage. It was feared that the city's airport was lagging behind many other aviation hubs in the nation, which...

AT&T adds hotzone on Sixth Street

Dallas-based AT&T Inc. (T) announced that the mobile carrier is launching a Wi-Fi “hotzone” in Austin on the popular downtown nightlife area of Sixth Street. The offering is the company’s fifth major hotzone, with other venues at Times Square in New York City, Wrigleyville...

Global warming will have dire consequences…to your Wi-Fi connection!

Never mind flooding, tornadoes, tsunamis, hurricanes and the extinction of the polar bears, all that pales in comparison to the latest revelation that fluctuations in temperature caused by climate change could affect how far Wi-Fi signals can travel.

@LTE LatAm: Bolivia’s Entel pushes for broader broadband

Omar Perez of Entel used his keynote at LTE LatAm in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to discuss how mobile broadband could significantly improve the quality of people’s lives. Bolivia’s Entel runs the gamut in terms of telephony, providing everything from mobile, to fixed line, to...

Eye-Fi launches ‘improved’ wireless card for photo transfer

Eye-Fi Inc., makers of memory cards with built-in Wi-Fi capabilities, is introducing “direct mode,” which allows the transfer of photos from a camera with an Eye-Fi card for a direct and wireless transition to an iOS or Android device, including...

Dekal Wireless deploys Altai Technologies for the world’s first island-wide SuperWiFi network

PR Newswire | March 2, 2011 | Press Release PORT ANTONIO, Jamaica, March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Dekal Wireless and Altai Technologies are proud to announce the completion of the world's first SuperWiFi broadband network with nationwide coverage in Jamaica.  Dekal Wireless is an early adopter of Altai's SuperWiFi...

Dekal Wireless deploys Altai Technologies for the world's first island-wide SuperWiFi network

PR Newswire | March 2, 2011 | Press Release PORT ANTONIO, Jamaica, March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Dekal Wireless and Altai Technologies are proud to announce the completion of the world's first SuperWiFi broadband network with nationwide coverage in Jamaica.  Dekal Wireless is an early adopter of Altai's SuperWiFi...

Loss of large areas of public telephone booth operators want to transform the WiFi Pavilion

At present, public telephone booths will soon transition into a large-scale loss of public telephone booths or Wi-Fi will become the main battlefield Times reporter Pan Jingwen release author information "Today seems useless tasteless, tomorrow can be of much help." One such operator who told reporters....

New i68 4G Ultra Thin Flat Touch WIFI Phone with Built-in Compass

Dec 16,2010 - I68 quad band phone is one of top best sellers in umibuy.com due to its iPhone appearance, similar functions, cheapest price and stable high quality. Following the success of i68 phone, umibuy.com continues to launches a brand new version of fourth generation...