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Mobile network investment as a driver of economic development Society types, international development experts and diplomats are always quick to point out how mobile technology has revolutionized global development. Around …

DAS will improve data, cellular by 2016 The city of Santa Clara, Calif., is looking to enhance cellular and Wi-Fi services by installing an outdoor distributed antenna system in busy …

Wi-Fi router comes in three-pack and covers whole home The new Eero router seeks to create small-scale Wi-Fi mesh networks by foregoing the traditional one-router home setup for a base …

Italian Embassy hosts Digital Diplomacy panel discussions WASHINGTON – Since late 2012, diplomats at the Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C., have hosted a series of events called Digital Diplomacy. The goal of …

Rotten Wi-Fi asks users to run speed tests Free, public Wi-Fi access is often a big draw for businesses like restaurants and cafes looking to keep customers busy browsing the …

As the debate regarding net neutrality heats up ahead of a Federal Communications Commission vote later this month, corporations and federal lawmakers are engaged in a tug-of-war that seeks to …

SpaceX satellite Internet could challenge grounded telcos Its official: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, also co-founder of PayPal and carmaker Tesla, has joined forces with Google to bring Internet access to everyone. …

Global mobile networks will see a tenfold increase in data over the next five years, according to Cisco’s mobile visual networking index for 2015. Traffic is expected to reach an …

First in Europe to auction 700 MHz band Germany’s Federal Network Agency, which regulates the telecommunications, utilities, postal and railway industries, announced it would conduct a spectrum auction in the …

Telefónica SA considers using O2 proceeds to pay for GVT Telefónica SA is reportedly considering using proceeds from the sale of O2 UK to pay for Brazilian broadband operator GVT. …

Senior Democratic members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Jan. 20 asked Verizon Communications’ CEO Lowell McAdam whether the wireless division would continue to use “supercookie” software, …

China Mobile developing 5G technology China Mobile has started developing “5G” technologies. A senior executive of the company made the announcement during a development forum over the weekend. China Mobile …

Hotel fined $600,000 for jamming Wi-Fi hot spots After being fined $600,000 for jamming a guest’s personal Wi-Fi hot spot, Marriott Hotel Services will not press a petition against the …

FCC ups minimum speeds required for broadband standard The Federal Communications Commission redefined broadband speeds in a statement that also detailed the failure of broadband development in rural America to …

I had the opportunity to speak with Todd Greene, founder and CEO of PubNub about real-time data streams. The company is about 5 years old and offers almost instant access …

Nokia, Apple, AT&T and others reported earnings in excess of quarterly projections. In fact, holiday season sales of Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus propelled the company to the biggest …

Uber’s locating technology cited by FCC commissioner The Federal Communications Commission this week adopted new rules to help first responders better locate people who dialed 911 from indoor locations using …

Defining the industry connected car landscape was challenging. It started with the very first question for the interview participants: What category would you describe yourself as within the connected car landscape? …

Idea Cellular subscriber base growing faster than competition’s India’s Idea Cellular added more subscribers than rivals last quarter, for a 64% profit increase. Idea Cellular earned more than $125 million …

The latest research on mobile device market share shows Android solidifying its dominant position, despite a fourth-quarter flurry of iPhone purchases. Strategy Analytics said that 1 billion Android smartphones shipped …

Sprint and T-Mobile US helped boost Nokia Networks’ financial results last quarter. Nokia said today that its fourth-quarter North American sales increased 95% over last year. Nokia is an LTE vendor …

FCC vote on net neutrality set for Feb. 26 Net neutrality is gaining traction in Washington, D.C., as both a policy and political issue. Congressmen Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Greg …

FCC enforcement advisory follows $600,000 Marriott fine Hotel operators cannot block guests from using Wi-Fi hot spots rather than the hotel’s network, according to a strongly worded “enforcement advisory” published by …

2015 was supposed to be the year that EU roaming charges went away. It’s been delayed again – say it isn’t so. As a mobile operator I can see them jumping …

The Microsoft acquisition of Revolution Analytics is preparing the company for “Revolution R.” R refers to the widely used programming language for predictive analytics and statistical computing. According to Microsoft, …