Number of Wi-Fi Hotspots to Quadruple by 2015

Number of Wi-Fi Hotspots to Quadruple by 2015, Says Study
PCWorld (blog)
To handle the growth, operators will have to use a number of different technologies, including Wi-Fi,LTE (Long Term Evolution) and traffic shaping, according to Thomas Wehmeier, principal analyst at Informa. Users don't care about acronyms like 3G, 4G ...
Cheap broadband, PCs aimed at low-income families
USA Today
Cox, Charter, Time Warner Cable and other Internet service providers plan to offer $9.95 monthly broadband service to households eligible for school-lunch aid, and PC refurbisher Redemtech will sell $150 laptops and desktop PCs with monitors. ...
China Telecom, China Unicom Face Monopoly Probe
Wall Street Journal
By LORETTA CHAO And AARON BACK BEIJING—Chinese regulators are investigating China Telecom Corp. and China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd., the country's two main fixed-line operators, over alleged monopolistic action in the broadband Internet market. ...
Droid RAZR review: What you should know
Washington Post
It's hard to appreciate how thin that is without holding the RAZR in person; apart from the now-familiar Motorola camera bump at the top, most of the body is just as thin as an iPod touch, but there's a 4G LTE radio in there. That thinness is courtesy ...
Why the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet are Wi-Fi-only
Computerworld
A data plan can range from $20 to $70 a month depending on the carrier, which for many would be on top of a cell-phone data plan or a home broadband connection used to support home Wi-Fi. T-Mobile USA, for example, on Tuesday announced that a 4G-ready ...
Alvarion(R) Announces BreezeCOMPACT Super-fast Wireless Broadband Compact Base ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BreezeCOMPACT is a zero-footprint wireless broadband base station based on Alvarion's field-proven 4Motion(R) 4G technology designed to help carriers face the increasing challenge of delivering high-quality indoor and outdoor coverage in a ...
Infonetics: Telecom Capex up 6% to $311B in 2011, Revenue up 8% to $1.86T ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"The near-6% increase in global telecom carrier capex we expect in 2011 over 2010 is due in large part to AT&T's ramping LTE deployments, HSPA+ upgrades, and investments in WiFi hotspots for traffic offload. This offsets Verizon Wireless' slowing ...
Regulation would only hamper the Web
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Federal Communications Commission adopted a sensible noninterference policy in 1998, and hundreds of billions of dollars of investment in high-speed broadband infrastructure followed. Withoutbroadband, do-it-all smartphones and two-way video calls ...
LG Electronics Honored for First 4G LTE Dual-Persona Smartphone
Sacramento Bee
The Revolution™ by LG with VMware Horizon Mobile™ is a virtualized LTE Android smartphone - the first of its kind selected as an Honoree for the 2012 CES Innovations Award. By LG Electronics NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics, ...
Harman Chases Dashboard Broadband
Radio World
Services like video-on-demand streaming, off-board navigation, Internet radio, dynamic loading apps and interactive online manuals will need constant, fat broadband data connections. The availability of 4G/LTE will expand the possibilities for the ...
Equity Research on NetLogic Microsystems Inc. and MIPS Technologies Inc ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The company has also announced a new family of processors for LTE mobile infrastructure among other things. LTE is a 4G broadband wireless technology that has been gaining traction recently. Because of this, many companies, including MIPS Technologies, ...
Samsung Exhibit II 4G 
CNET
On the back is that 3-megapixel camera with flash, and lurking beneath the back cover is the microSD card slot, which can hold up to 32GB of memory. You'll find your usual complement of Android features in the Exhibit II 4G, like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, ...
BroadBand Tower -1qtr group results
Reuters
Nov 9 (Reuters) - BROADBAND TOWER INC CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (in billions of yen unless specified) 3 months ended 3 months ended 6 months to Year to Sep 30, 2011 Sep 30, 2010 Dec 30, 2011 Jun 30, 2012 LATEST YEAR-AGO H1 LATEST RESULTS ...
Ofcom boss warns of low interest in 'superfast' broadband
Register
By Kelly Fiveash • Get more from this author Ofcom chief Ed Richards has warned that cash-strapped UK consumers lack enough incentive from ISPs in the country to upgrade to "superfast"broadband packages. Richards said that the virtual form of Local ...
Republic Wireless Offers $19 Unlimited Android Plan
InformationWeek
The company sees Wi-Fi connectivity as a way to reinvent the mobile carrier price structure. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek In an era when many smartphone bills in the US approach three figures after data and text charges are added and consumers ...
Optimus LTE confirmed for Bell Canada
SlashGear
Last time the Optimus LTE was tipped to be called the Eye on the Canadian network. However, the official LG statement never refers to the Optimus LTE as the Eye. The device will operate on the Bell 4G LTE network and the smartphone has a very ...
Mediacom Broadband LLC And Mediacom LLC Report Results For Third Quarter 2011
TheStreet.com (press release)
By Business Wire 11/09/11 - 08:31 AM EST MEDIACOM BROADBAND LLC AND MEDIACOM LLC, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Mediacom Communications Corporation, today each reported financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2011. ...
LG hedges bets on LTE phones
한겨레
By Kim Jae-sup LG Electronics has shifted focus to the “LTE Phone,” the fourth generation of smartphones for mobile communication. This has been viewed as a strategy toward a comeback after falling behind in the intense smartphone competition. ...
Landrieu trying to salvage broadband grant
Monroe News Star
Mary Landrieu has asked officials with the US Commerce Department to explore ways to salvage an $80 million federal grant designed expand broadband Internet access to rural areas in northeastern Louisiana. The Commerce Department rescinded that $80 ...
You missed the AT&T LTE phone sale that wasn't
BetaNews
AT&T apparently dramatically dropped the price of its new 4G LTE phones one day after offering them for sale. The HTC Vivid fell from $199.99 to a cool hundred bucks on the company website. The Galaxy S II Skyrocket listed for $149.99, not the original ...
HTC Vivid review
Engadget
With a 1620mAh battery that pales in comparison to the 1850mAh of its featherweight 4G LTEstablemate, the phone's mass is simply baffling. If you were hoping its casing would be to blame for this excessive girth, prepare to be sorely disappointed. ...
T-Mobile offers 4G Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus for $450
Computerworld
T-Mobile's 4G wireless version of the 7-in. touchscreen tablet runs over its fast HSPA+ network as well as Wi-Fi; several national retailers will offer, or have begun offering, Wi-Fi-only versions for $400. Best Buy joined some other retailers in ...
GPS Group Seeks Partial Ban on LightSquared
PCWorld
LightSquared wants to build an LTE (Long-Term Evolution) network using frequencies near the band used by GPS (Global Positioning System). The FCC has said it can only do so if interference between the two systems is resolved. After tests showed strong ...
HTC Radar 4G Windows Handset Is First US Mango Phone, Starts at only $49
Mobile bloom News
The HTC Radar is exclusive to the T-Mobile wireless broadband platform at a retail price of $199 with a two-year contract. Aside from 3G and 4G, wireless connectivity is also offered by Bluetooth 2.1 and Wi-Fi 802.11 b, g, n access. ...
Carriers desperately seeking higher mobile data prices
GigaOm
Allot surveyed 100 operators to discover how they price mobile broadband and discovered about 80 percent had already moved to some form of volume-based pricing (think buckets of bytes) while 35 percent were trying to charge based on the applications ...
AT&T to deploy LTE-Advanced in 2013
FierceWireless
Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) said in October it will deploy LTE-Advanced on its 800 MHz spectrum by the first half of 2013. Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR) has said it can deploy LTE-Advanced technology in a TDD-LTE overlay on top of its mobile WiMAX network, ...
MTN pilots LTE at AfricaCom
IT News Africa
MTN piloted the first ever Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in Cape Town at the 2011 AfricaCom conference. AfricaCom is the continent's largest annual telecommunications conference, attracting over 5 000 delegates from across the world. ...
FCC broadband push; Kindles in stores; Mark Cuban invests
TechJournal South
The US Federal Communications Commission has received commitments from most of the large US cable compaies to provide low introductory broadband service to low income households that have not had it before. The initiative will provide service at $9.99 ...
PMC's GPON Solutions Certified by Broadband Forum ONU Certification Program
MarketWatch (press release)
The program is the industry's first to verify that GPON products adhere to the ITU-T GPON standard and Broadband Forum specifications. This paves the way for interoperability, which enables service providers to cost effectively expand their high-speed ...
Samsung WiFi Camera for Surveillance | Ubergizmo
By Eliane Fiolet
The Samsung WiFi camera can be used for surveillance or as a baby monitor. Samsung claims that the set up is super easy unlike other surveillance solutions, with only one push on the Wi-Fi (WPS) button on the device and router and it will ...
Ubergizmo
The Results Are In: AT&T's LTE Is Fast as Blazing Hell (Updated)
By Sam Biddle
AT&T's first LTE phones are here, meaning you can finally carry non-bullshit 4G in your pocket—no laptop needed. We gave the quickfast data a spin in Washington, DC, and I will say this: wow.
Gizmodo
Cable Companies To Offer Broadband To Low-Income Households ...
By THE DEADLINE TEAM
Most major cable companies have committed to supply broadband Internet access to low-income households for $9.99 a month, the Federal Communications System is expected to announce Wednesday. FCC chairman Julius Genachowski ...
Deadline.com
Leading the LTE pack, Verizon doubles data limits — Mobile ...
By Kevin C. Tofel
Launching a 4G LTE network across a wide geographic area before rivals is helping Verizon, according to a report from Informa, which says 63 percent of the world's current LTE subscriber base are Verizon customers. Informa expects Verizon ...
Mobile
LG confirms Optimus LTE heading to Bell in Canada | Android ...
By Shane McGlaun
The device will operate on the Bell 4G LTE network and will have a 4.5-inch screen with a resolution of 1280 x 720. The display is a True HD IPS unit and should look great with promised natural color and battery efficiency. The Optimus LTE ...
Android Community
The Future of Wi-Fi Is Dim, at Best - 24/7 Wall St.
By Douglas A. McIntyre
The Wireless Broadband Alliance has every reason to promote its view of the future. Its members are in the business of the manufacturing and deploying Wi-Fi technology. The association says 3G and4G networks will interoperate with Wi-Fi ...
24/7 Wall St.
Verizon doubles 4G data caps on phones for a limited time - latimes ...
By Nathan Olivarez-Giles
Verizon Wireless is doubling the caps on its 4G LTE user's data plans at no additional cost in a limited-time promotion that began on Tuesday. The promotion only applies to 4G smartphones, and not other products such as tablets, USB air ...
L.A. Times Tech Blog
F--ked in Park Slope - A Brooklyn Blog - Home - Free Wi-Fi ...
By Kerri
Back in June, Mayor Bloomberg announced that 20 city parks would receive free, public wi-fi. This past Thursday, AT&T blessed the picnic house in Prospect Park with the gift of Internet. Let the autumn, outdoor blogging begin! [Via Park Slope ...
F--ked In Park Slope (FIPS)
Public Wi-Fi Hotspots To Quadruple By 2015
By The Huffington Post News Editors
(Reuters) - The amount of public Internet hotspots (Wi-Fi) globally will grow more than fourfold to 5.8 million by 2015, boosted by consumers increasing demand for connections on smartphones and tablets, an industry study showed on Wednesday. Telecom operators see ... "Fixed operators are extending broadband services beyond the home and office, and Wi-Fi is supporting busy mobilebroadband networks," said Bruce, who is also chief executive of BT's Openzone. ( Reporting By ...
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Gingerbread Rolling out for Sprint's Samsung Epic 4G Tomorrow ...
By Kevin Krause
After months of leaks and speculation, is the Samsung Epic 4G finally getting its update to Android 2.3? That's the word from a source speaking to Android.
Android Phone Fans
Results are In – AT&T 4G LTE Speeds Are FAST
By Stacy Bruce
It's only been a day and a handfull of hours since AT&T launched their new 4G devices, the HTC Vivid and the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket. Only a few markets have access to the new network already and a few early adopters have some ...
Android News, Rumours, and Updates
$450 AT&T Veer 4G Phone {Giveaway} — Tip Junkie
By Laurie
The HP Veer 4G phone comes with a preloaded SIM card granting the winner one month of free cell and data service on AT&T. It has HSPA+ with enhanced backhual. It has intergrated Wi-Fi and supports AT&T Hot Spots. It has a built-in aGPS ...
Tip Junkie
NetSurveyor: Advanced Signal Analyzer For Wi-Fi Surveys
By Farshad
NetSurveyor is an advanced Wi-Fi network discovery application for gathering information about wireless access points in the vicinity. It displays data in the.
AddictiveTips
New wifi-minded carrier offers unbelievable $19 unlimited phone ...
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