On college campuses, the YouTube generation is watching videos online, playing their game systems and using Skype to talk to family and friends back home. At the same time, professors are using online videos and other resources as tools to give students the...
Towerstream Corp. (TWER) said it plans to acquire fixed-wireless assets in Las Vegas and Reno, Nev., from One Velocity Inc., adding two more cities to its stable of delivering wireless Internet access to businesses. The purchase price was not disclosed. The company's stock...
The FCC created rules last fall to make unused television channels operate a new long-range version of Wi-Fi that spreads through walls. This led to collaboration between wireless communications researchers at Rice University in Houston and nonprofit Technology for All (TFA) to provide wireless...
ORLANDO, Fla. – Novatel Wireless Inc. has won an award for its tiny mobile Wi-Fi hotspot – the MiFi 4082 in the Technology Innovation/Hardware category. This is the second year in a row that Novatel Wireless has won the award.The MiFi 4082, which Novatel dubs an...
ORLANDO, Fla.—CTIA’s semi-annual survey of wireless operators confirmed what the industry already knows: Americans are in love with their wireless devices, and using them more and more for data connections.Some quick stats from the survey: Wireless penetration is at 96%, up nearly 5% from...
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.Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen the introduction of the second generation of tablets,...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In meteorology, clouds on the horizon may portend stormy weather. But in the wireless world, clouds could...
As President Obama lays out his wireless broadband initiative today at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Mich., the Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with its own plans to reduce regulatory barriers to broadband deployment. Both initiatives are evidence that the administration realizes...
The National Association of Broadcasters accused Time Warner Cable Co. of hoarding spectrum in a letter sent to several members of Congress Friday. The broadcaster lobbying group said that if a spectrum crisis truly exists, companies like TWC should not be allowed to hoard...
South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Corp. Ltd. (SKM) said it has selected Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG-Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks to as equipment suppliers for its LTE network. The carrier said it plans to begin providing commercial LTE services in Seoul, South...
Carlson Wireless Technologies is betting wireless Internet service providers will want to use white-spaces spectrum to enhance their service in hard-to-reach regions. The company recently unveiled RuralConnect IP, a radio that can bring broadband service to those hard-to-reach areas.“Rural broadband has been stymied. It's...
While 64% of Americans have broadband access, and the majority of Americans who don't have it say they don't want it, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to closing the gap in the digital divide, according to the federal government, which said it just completed...
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in our September Special Edition, Behind the Scenes, a focus on integrated subscriber and network management systems. To download the complete Special Edition, click here. Net neutrality – a concept or policy initiative that seemingly began as the...
It seems like a no-brainer today, but there was a time not too long ago when Wi-Fi was not a ubiquitous feature found in most homes, businesses or public venues. Along with that scarcity was frustration and complications for those looking to actually connect...
With 10 years and $100 million in research and development behind it, xG Technology Inc. is hoping the world is ready for its cognitive radio network. The Florida-based company stopped in Denver yesterday to demonstrate the radio and share its vision of the...
Wireless broadband access would remain largely unregulated under a joint policy proposal offered today by Google Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. The net-neutrality “compromise” offered by the two companies for the most part keeps in mind federal goals, but reserves some yet-to-be-created services that...
While nearly six in every 10 American adults are accessing the Internet via wireless technology, only 38% of all adults surveyed are accessing mobile data on a cell phone, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.Unfortunately,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Motorola Inc. has a long history in supplying equipment to the municipal service networks market, also known as muni Wi-Fi. The telecommunications equipment giant sees the latest advancements in Wi-Fi technology as a way to jump-start the space and partner with...
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,...
Twitter Inc. just did the inevitable. Twice.First it launched a geolocation-based service called Places. Then a few hours later, the entire service crashed and stayed down into the late hours of Monday night out on the West Coast.The fourth day of matches at the...
Despite the worldwide nature of original equipment manufacturers, and the knowing nod that nearly all mobile devices are made in Southeast Asia, North American-based companies controlled the leadership position in mobile device ownership in the U.S., according to a report from Comscore Inc.The report,...
Clearwire Corp. released fourth quarter and full-year 2009 results this morning showing the financial strains of launching a new wireless service, but backed by positive signs that its WiMAX service is starting to attract customers.The company posted a 34% year-over-year increase in operating revenues...
Motorola said that China buyers of its Android-driven smartphones can opt for local search engine Baidu instead of Google, the Internet giant behind the mobile software platform.AFP
The mobile advertising war brewing between Apple Inc. and Google Inc. took on a smaller rival today as Opera Software said it had acquired AdMarvel Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Oslo, Norway-based Opera said the deal will enable the company to “expand its portfolio...
