The new 802.16m WiMax standard offers 170M bps download, 90M bps upload speeds
Chip giant Intel, a major backer of the movement to provide mobile WiMax wireless broadband to Internet users around the world, expects the next major release of the technology to be deployed starting in 2012, an executive said Tuesday.
The VoIP service's push for access to wireless services may be gaining momentum.
2010 is shaping up to be a good year for Skype. A few weeks back, spokesperson Peter Parkes confirmed the company's VoIP iPhone App would soon be able to access AT&T's 3G network. Now it appears Skype could be making its way to Verizon's network.
Expected device may run on both AT&T and Verizon 3G networks.
An Apple tablet computer, expected to be introduced next week, will run on both AT&T and Verizon Wireless 3G networks, but two industry sources warned today to not assume Verizon is on board.
Sony hopes the short-range wireless system will replace cables for sending data between gadgets
Sony will launch the first laptop containing the new TransferJet short-range wireless system on Saturday. Sony hopes TransferJet will replace cables for shifting data between gadgets, but the technology's success will depend on its use in products from the big-name consumer electronics companies that have pledged to support it.
A startup adds a software-defined radio and TV channels for private smart grids
A Silicon Valley startup has combined the technology underlying WiMax with a software-defined radio to build smart grids for electric utilities.
RCA device might ship this summer; other wireless charging devices emerging
RCA showed a prototype of its Wi-Fi Hotspot Power Harvester called Airnergy that's designed to convert Wi-Fi radio signals into DC power for charging small wireless devices such as smartphones.
Mobile phone services grow by 4 million: 2009 report
Adoption and use of 3G networks and wireless broadband exploded last year as consumers flocked to grab the latest Internet-ready mobile, according to new research.
Aruba Networks hopes to simplify troubleshooting of network downtime
Aruba Networks is adding support for wired networks to the next version of its AirWave network management tool, it said on Monday.
From 3D home-theater gear to tablets, tablets, everywhere, here's what we loved and hated at this year's show.
Our crack staff of editors hit Las Vegas this week to cover the annual Consumer Electronics Show. We braved bedbugs, bad PR people, long taxi lines, and greasy convention-center food, all to find the hottest new gadgets and gear. We saw 3D HDTVs, tiny iPhone accessories, and tablets, tablets, and more tablets.
The city hopes to buy the system, originally built by EarthLink, for $2 million
The city of Philadelphia plans to buy a controversial Wi-Fi network that was built by EarthLink in 2006 but sold only two years later as the struggling ISP pulled out of the municipal wireless business.
FTTP trumps wireless, according to NBNco head
Fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) is a better and cheaper alternative for the National Broadband Network (NBN) than a wireless network rollout, according to NBNco CEO, Mike Quigley.
The specification promises 7-gigabit speed and a range of more than 10 meters
The Wireless Gigabit Alliance has completed its specification for a technology to deliver as much as 7G bps (bits per second) over a very high unlicensed frequency band.
The service can break WPA passwords in just 20 minutes
For US$34, a new cloud-based hacking service can crack a WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) network password in just 20 minutes, its creator says.
It will resell Motorola's enterprise WLAN gear and develop unified wired and wireless management software
Extreme Networks on Wednesday announced a new set of enterprise wireless LAN products based on Motorola technology as part of a broader partnership that will also produce a unified control system for both wired and wireless infrastructure.
The promotion will last for a few months around the holidays
People all over Earth can already access Google's services online. For the next three months, some of them will be able to access those same services from above Earth too.
