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Article | 8/04/2011 Japanese earthquake shelters getting PCs, WiMax
With a new laptop computer under his arm, Kenji Takemoto marched into the Takasago Day Care Center in Sendai. It's been almost a month since an earthq...
Article | 6/04/2011 Telstra launches 21Mbps mobile Wi-Fi modem
Telstra has announced the launch of a new mobile Wi-Fi modem that is capable of theoretical maximum download speeds of 21 Megabits per second (Mbps).
Article | 24/03/2011 Japan telecom networks won't be fully restored for months
Damaged caused to telecommunications networks in Japan by the March 11 earthquake will take months to fully repair.
Article | 24/03/2011 T-Mobile teams up to offer cheaper roaming for e-readers
T-Mobile USA and U.K. operator Everything Everywhere are working with Germany-based Giesecke & Devrient on embedded SIM (Subscriber Identity Modul...
Article | 10/03/2011 Aircell to boost in-flight Wi-Fi speed
In-flight Wi-Fi provider Aircell unveiled plans for its second generation of wireless links from aircraft to the Internet on Wednesday, promising high...
Article | 2/03/2011 More operators get behind HSPA at 42M bps
Deutsche Telekom has joined the growing number of operators that will upgrade mobile networks to offer 42M bps (bits per second), it said on Tuesday a...
Article | 26/02/2011 T-Mobile USA loses subscribers but gains smartphones
T-Mobile USA suffered a net loss of 23,000 customers in the fourth quarter but gained 1 million smartphone users, which helped to increase the data re...
Article | 23/02/2011 India's Parliament to investigate 2G scandal
India is appointing a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), consisting of representatives of the government and the opposition, to probe into an allege...
Article | 17/02/2011 Wireless gateway marries Wi-Fi, cellular; eases authentication, billing
Ruckus Wireless has taken a big step in making Wi-Fi hotspots an integrated part of a mobile operators wireless connectivity. The company announced at...
Article | 17/02/2011 IPWireless shows off next-generation mobile TV on iPad
At Mobile World Congress, chip maker IPWireless is demonstrating new technology called Integrated Mobile Broadcast (IMB), which will let operators off...
Article | 16/02/2011 Carriers back LTE TDD for 4G through new initiative
Mobile carriers including China Mobile, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone have launched a new initiative to promote the 4G (fourth-generation) network techno...
Article | 15/02/2011 ITU wants government help to avoid mobile bottleneck
Whitespace devices, LTE, femtocells, automatic Wi-Fi handover, optimized backhaul networks: wireless operators are already deploying a wide range of t...
Article | 14/02/2011 Ruckus gateway adds Wi-Fi to cell networks
Ruckus Wireless has developed a gateway that offers a first step toward a time when smartphone users will automatically roam onto Wi-Fi networks to us...
Article | 9/02/2011 Ericsson airs smaller mobile base stations
Ericsson is joining the move towards using smaller mobile base stations, announcing Ericsson Air (antenna integrated radio), which aims to reduce powe...
Article | 9/02/2011 Nokia Siemens integrates Wi-Fi and cellular networks
Nokia Siemens' Smart WLAN Connectivity Solution will free users from having to manually switch a device's data connection between Wi-Fi and cellular b...