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Republic Wireless relies on Wi-Fi for for dirt cheap $19 mobile service
VentureBeat
The company likens its network to hybrid cars — instead of relying entirely on expensive cellular bandwidth, Republic Wireless has built its phones to utilize Wi-Fi networks whenever possible. Most of us are surrounded by Wi-Fi connectivity at work ...
LTE Evolved Packet Core Spending to Cross Half a Billion Dollars in 2012, Says ...
MarketWatch (press release)
ABI Research's latest study, "Mobile Gateway and Server Market Data," (http://www.abiresearch.com/research/1003946 ) tracks core network deployments for 3G and 4Gtechnologies, including WCDMA, CDMA2000, LTE, TD-LTE, and WiMAX. ...
Infotel Broadband acquires 38.5% stake in Extramarks Education
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Mukesh Ambani-owned Infotel has acquired 38.5 per cent stake in digital learning solutions firm Extramarks Education, a move that will help Reliance Industries (RIL) to strengthen its content pipeline as it looks to launch its broadband ...
Optus NBN offerings undercut its rivals
The Australian
OPTUS has beaten Telstra to the mark to become Australia's first major carrier to unveil pricing for its National Broadband Network service. The carrier will today reveal that it will make its NBN service available in first-release sites from November ...
Verizon doubles its 4G data caps (for now)
Christian Science Monitor
A new Verizon promotion, tied to the launch of the Droid RAZR, offers to double the amount of data that subscribes can download each month over 4G. By Matthew Shaer / November 7, 2011 Verizon has introduced a double-data promotion, although how long it ...
Boingo Wireless Announces Personal VPN, Launches Wi-Fi Security Initiative
MarketWatch (press release)
Boingo experts are available for interviews focused on Wi-Fi security trends and the company's newWi-Fi security initiative. Boingo Wireless, Inc. /quotes/zigman/3641271/quotes/nls/wifi WIFI +1.68% , the world's leading Wi-Fi software and services ...
Wi-Fi Security Tips: 11 Do's and Don'ts
CIO
Wi-Fi can be secure if you use the right security measures. Unfortunately, the Web is full of outdated advice and myths. So here are some do's and don'ts of Wi-Fi security, that address some of the myths. By Eric Geier, Wi-Fi is inherently susceptible ...
Red Pocket Mobile Partners with LightSquared to Deliver No Contract Wireless ...
MarketWatch (press release)
With US wireless data usage expected to grow 4000 percent in the next four years, Red Pocket Mobile will leverage LightSquared's 4G-LTE network to make next-generation mobile broadbandservices available to millions of consumers nationwide. ...
Former Minn. House speaker to lead broadband study
BusinessWeek
Former House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher will lead a 15-member state task force examining ways to expand access to broadband Internet across Minnesota. Gov. Mark Dayton named Kelliher and the others Monday, hoping to advance a campaign promise ...
4G-capable Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus coming to T-Mobile this month
Mobile Burn
Today Samsung announced the coming availability of the 4G (INFO) HSPA+ capable Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus for T-Mobile USA. This 7-inch Android 3.2 Honeycomb-powered tablet comes equipped with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and 16GB of internal storage ...
7 charts that predict the future of mobile broadband
GigaOm
Given that file sharing isn't something operators are crazy about and streaming is stressful on the network, operators will likely try to influence folks to take those applications onto Wi-Fi networks or charge more for them. A lot more. ...
Plea for superfast broadband to be rolled out in university area
Yorkshire Post
STUDENTS and academics could be among the next beneficiaries of superfast broadband in Hull, as the city strives to improve some of the lowest rates of usage in the country. Hull-based telecoms firm KC will shortly announce the location for the next ...
NCC will put six LTE licences up for grabs in 2013
TeleGeography
However, in June 2010, in an unexpected nod towards the respective operator's LTE ambitions, the NCC took the step of addressing rumours that some of the country's WiMAX operators intended to convert to LTE technology. NCC spokesperson Ta-Sung Lee ...
The 4G March Continues — and Not Just for the Giants
IT Business Edge (blog)
Twice reports that US Cellular said that it will roll out LTE services during the first quarter of 2012, though PCmag.com notes that the timing represents a delay from previous statements. Twice says that the rollouts will be in Wisconsin (including ...
Free WiFi at Airports Tops Lists of Travelers' Wishes According to GO Airport ...
PR Newswire (press release)
But free WiFi topped the results, with close to 30 percent saying they wish it was available in all airports. Once the computer is shut off, seven percent noted they would like to be able to get spa treatments, such as manicures and massages. ...
National broadband outage caused by router bug
TechSpot
At the moment, Level 3 is fully operational, but there have been and may continue to be connectivity issues throughout the day. broadband , outage , time warner cable , national , juniper , level3.
Acer Debuts the New 4G-Enabled Iconia Tab A501 in Canada Exclusively at ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Customers can connect to Wi-Fi networks via Acer InviLink Nplify 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED wireless technology. They can also set up multiple email addresses and view Microsoft Office(R) documents using the trial version of the "Docs to Go" app for ...
Samsung Focus Flash Review: 4G Comes To Windows Phone 7
PCWorld
It's one of the first 4G WP7 phones available, and is kept speedy thanks to a 1.4 GHz processor. But while the Flash is one of the better WP7 phones out there, it has a few small shortcomings that prevent it from being the best. ...
Dish Networks defends its satellite LTE plan
Digitaltrends.com
Back in August, satellite TV operator Dish Network launched an ambitious plan to create a 4G mobile broadband network based on LTE technology. The idea is similar to the service that LightSquared is currently trying to roll out: Dish Network would ...
Microsoft Talks CDMA, LTE Windows Phones
PC Magazine
The missing support for 4G LTE in Mango may be holding some carriers back. While Nokia is so far the only company to commit to building LTE Windows Phones, other manufacturers might follow quickly. The current Mango "bits" don't support LTE, ...
No quick for for Broadband Infraco
Creamer Media's Engineering News
It will take time and possibly further poor audit results before the corporate governance crisis atBroadband Infraco is resolved, the company's acting CEO conceded on Tuesday. "It will take time to clean up. We may still have to table irregular ...
iPhone 5 release date in 2012 takes 4G LTE from mistake to mainstream
Beatweek Magazine
by Bill Palmer The iPhone 5 won't see release date until 2012 because allowing the next iPhone to surface this year with embedded 4G LTE networking would have been a mistake. It's the same mistake which some competing smartphones have made in 2011, ...
MtronPTI Announces the Release of a New ISM Band 915MHz SAW Filter for 4G/LTE ...
MarketWatch (press release)
This new product is designed specifically for applications in the 4G/LTE wireless infrastructure, sensor networking and SmartGrid markets. The SF2620R has one of the smallest form factors, 1.4mm x 1.1mm x 0.7mm, available for a SAW filter designed for ...
Extreme Networks to Demonstrate Next Generation 4G Mobile Backhaul Solutions ...
Sacramento Bee
Extreme Networks E4G Mobile Backhaul offering enables mobile operators to deploy a 4G packet network that addresses the current requirements of 3G services while laying the foundation for a sophisticated and faster 4G mobile broadband network meeting ...
Sprint Nextel raises $4bn in debt offering
Financial Times
The Network Vision project will enable Sprint to support multiple network technologies including LTE, the favoured 4G broadband mobile data standard. Sprint plans to deploy its own LTE network beginning in mid-2012. “We thought Sprint needed to raise ...
Broadband plan ads miselading
The Australian
The consumer watchdog has won a case against internet service provider TPG Internet over misleading ads. TPG Internet has been slammed in the Federal Court after its ad campaigns for $29.99 plans were found to be false and misleading by not clealry ...
Consumer Reports recommends iPhone 4S, rates 4G Android devices higher
ZDNet (blog)
By Larry Dignan | November 8, 2011, 7:15am PST Summary: Network speed matters and a 4GiPhone would have changed the Consumer Reports rating equation. For now the land of 4G remains with Android. Consumer Reports said that Apple has fixed its antenna ...
HTC Radar 4G: The First Windows "Mango" Phone
TheStreetTV
HTC Radar 4G: The First Windows "Mango" Phone.
NTT DoCoMo's Galaxy S II LTE makes way through FCC with ...
By Zachary Lutz
Among the litany of smartphones that NTT DoCoMo announced last month, the SC-03D -- otherwise known as the Galaxy S II LTE -- was undeniably. ... NTT DoCoMo's Galaxy S II LTE makes way through FCC with swagger. By Zachary Lutz ...
Engadget
Gadgetbox - Verizon doubling 4G data allowance
By Wilson Rothman
In what sounds like a pretty nice deal, Verizon Wireless is doubling the data allowance for 4Gsmartphone customers.
Newsvine - Gadgetbox - Articles
Verizon aims at AT&T, doubles LTE data caps
By Ed Oswald
Verizon Wireless wants its customers to upgrade their phones and take advantage of the carrier's next-generation LTE network, and is sweetening the data pot to get them to do so. Beginning Tuesday, Verizon will double the data allotments ...
BetaNews
Verizon to double 4G monthly data allotment for limited time
By Todd Haselton
Verizon Wireless will soon offer a promotion that provides its 4G LTE customers with twice the amount of data for the same monthly price. The special will kick off on November 11th at 11:11 a.m. EST to coincide with the Motorola DROID RAZR ...
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Verizon doubles 4G data caps | TG Daily
By Mark Raby
In a rare case of a mobile service provider actually giving consumers more for their money, Verizon is set to offer an irresistible promotion. Apparently, the carrier will let anyone who currently has a capped data plan have the ability to double ...
TG Daily
Can You Boost Spotty Wi-Fi Signals With a Baking Pan?
By Andrew Tarantola
Wi-Fi network's range is limited by the transmission power, antenna type, and environmental obstacles (i.e. trees). So, if you're out in the boonies where the signal is spotty, you may be SOL. Unless, of course, there's a baking pan handy.
Gizmodo
Verizon temporarily doubles LTE data caps – Cell Phones & Mobile ...
By Will Shanklin
In a bold move, Verizon is offering a limited-time promo that will double the data caps for LTE users. Starting tomorrow, November 8, Big Red will let both new and existing owners of LTE phones use twice the data that they are typically allotted. ...
Geek.com
T-Mobile's HTC Amaze 4G Compatible With AT&T 3G/4G?
By Chris Chavez
Well, this was certainly out of left field. Apparently, some curious HTC Amaze 4G users over on XDA got to fiddling around with their devices and.
Android Phone Fans
iClarified - Apple News - Wi-Fi Mapping Software For Mac
NetSpot 1.1 lets anyone run a quick and extremely effective Wi-Fi site survey and quickly map wireless coverage of a living area, office space, new building, etc.
iClarified - Apple News and Tutorials
[Leak] US Cellular to Launch New 4G Network With Galaxy Nexus ...
By Stacy Bruce
Another thing the document mentions is US Cellular's 4G network, which is all ready to go, just has no devices yet to support it. My guess is that the ... Tags: 4G LTE, galaxy nexus, launch, leak, network, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, us cellular ...
Android News, Rumours, and Updates
Verizon to offer double the 4G data fun (for a limited time ...
By Devindra Hardawar
Verizon 4G LTE Hoping to push more 4G smartphones this holiday season, Verizon Wireless will offer double the monthly amount of 4G data to its subscribers. The limited-time offer will begin Tuesday and is meant to coincide with the launch ...
VentureBeat
LTE vs. WiMAX
The chief reason for WiMAX's downfall in the consumer handset space is a simple ... “It should be clear to everyone by now that LTE will be the 4G technology of ...
www.networkworld.com/.../102011-tech-arguments-lte-wimax...

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