Wireless Internet

With the economy in a recession, many Americans are trying to scale back spending. Wireless providers, however, may experience just the opposite reaction: Each carrier has a “hop to it” …

Fallout from Nortel Network Corp.’s financial troubles has forced the Canadian giant to end its mobile WiMAX business and sever its ties with Alvarion Ltd.Nortel officials said Thursday the decision …

Analyst firm Gartner has published a report highlighting eight technologies which it predicts will have a major impact on the mobile industry over the next two years. These range from …

Shares of Openwave Systems Inc. jumped after the struggling company posted a slight increase in quarterly revenues.The Redwood City, Calif.-based firm generated $48.1 million in revenues during the quarter ended …

The Senate Finance Committee later today is expected to make tax credits available to wireless carriers and others in the telecom industry that expand broadband networks to rural and low-income …

Texas Instruments, Inc. yesterday posted a 30% year-on-year drop in revenue and a 95% drop in operating profit. About one-quarter of T.I.’s revenue in the fourth quarter was derived from …

The House this week plans to vote on a massive economic stimulus bill with $1 billion earmarked for wireless broadband grants, but the smallest national wireless provider and a leading …

How well the Federal Emergency Management Agency responds to disasters may depend partially on AT&T Inc.’s wireless network.FEMA has struck a deal with AT&T Inc. that could net the wireless …

Looking to boost indoor coverage for customers, Verizon Wireless is rolling out its femtocell offering through its Network Extender base station that will be available for $250.The wireless provider unveiled …

A difficult global economy is not slowing operators’ LTE deployment plans.More than 18 operators worldwide have announced plans to deploy LTE networks, and Verizon Wireless has actually accelerated its LTE …

So there I was in the front section on the west front of the U.S. Capitol, within yelling distance of the man who would forever transform presidential campaigning and fund-raising …

With just two markets launched, Clearwire Corp.’s mobile WiMAX service is already facing an identity crisis. Unveiled late last year in Baltimore by joint venture partner Sprint Nextel Corp. under …

United Airlines has become the latest carrier to agree to offer Aircell L.L.C.’s Gogo in-flight Internet services to its passengers.The airline will offer the air-to-ground broadband service in the second …

iBeer in popularity any time soon, but this is big news for the App Store: Apple has quietly started allowing Web browser applications in.

Airport newsstands sell porn. That’s what I think of whenever I hear skeptics talk about an over-hyped market for adult mobile content. It’s tough to imagine more difficult or awkward …

Rural provider Open Range Communications can now fund its launch of WiMAX-based wireless broadband and voice, thanks to a new $100 million investment from One Equity Partners.In March of 2008, …

Tax breaks for companies that increase Internet speed or create new networks are likely to go to existing large players.

Strategic investors in Clearwire Corp. posted a flurry of bad news related to their stakes in the wireless services company on Wednesday, drawing attention to one of its other more …

Elevation Partners, the VC firm that invested $325 million last year to revive Palm, left $100 million under the tree for the handset pioneer.But that tree is bedecked with candycanes …

CONFLICTING SIGNALS WERE SENT LATE LAST WEEK over whether President-elect Barack Obama is close to naming a new chairman to the Federal Communications Commission and making other tech appointments, with …

The popularity of 802.11n is attracting more businesses to wireless LAN equipment and helping suppliers cope with the tough economic climate, industry analysts say.

Following American Airlines and Virgin America, Delta Air Lines will become the latest airline to offer in-flight Internet service to its customers.The airline, which recently merged with Northwest Airlines, will …

Code-named Fennec, the browser will use the same technology as the desktop version, including its HTML rendering engine called Gekko.

There’s a bloody brouhaha brewing in Washington, D.C., between Google and the Wall Street Journal.

With Aircell’s in-flight Internet service off the ground, the company is looking to expand the service to international airlines and have a total of 2,000 aircraft equipped with its Gogo …