Features

• Technology argument 5: 4G wireless vs. 5G wireless

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 07 November, 2011 09:12

  Using more spectrum and advanced antennas, vendors and operators plan to increase mobile speeds. But the key to increasing speeds as researchers look at future networks, which will someday be dubbed 5G by marketers, is to shorten the distance between users and base stations, and allowing them to automatically be reconfigured.

• Text message of 'death' threatens smartphone security

  By Keir Thomas | 08 January, 2011 05:49

  Security researchers have shown that carefully crafted text messages sent to cell phones via short message service (SMS) can cause them to shutdown without the knowledge of the owner.

• Four technologies for faster broadband in 2011

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 08 December, 2010 03:14

  A number of different technologies are being developed or improved to offer higher speeds for fixed and mobile broadband networks, as operators are preparing to compete with each other and carry video traffic in 3D and at higher resolutions, which is expected to happen in the coming year.