Wi-Fi group plans to simplify hotspot access
Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service, 3/22/2011 The Wi-Fi Alliance plans to start certifying products next year for easy logins and roaming The Wi-Fi Alliance plans to make getting onto a public hotspot as easy as connecting to a cellular network, a change that mobile operators are likely to welcome as they look to shift more [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, CTIA, Hotspot, T-Mobile, WiFi
FCC Rejects Free Wireless Service Proposal
Joelle Tessler, Mobile Tech Today, 9/3/2010 The FCC has rejected a plan proposed by M2Z Networks that would have allowed free nationwide wireless service. M2Z wanted the FCC to demand that the winner of an auction for the radio spectrum provide free Internet service to anyone who connects to it. M2Z’s plan had encountered resistance [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: CTIA, FCC, T-Mobile
Verizon Wireless Said to Start Offering IPhone in January
Amy Thomson, Bloomberg, 6/29/2010 Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile-phone company, will start selling Apple Inc.’s iPhone next year, ending AT&T Inc.’s exclusive hold on the smartphone in the U.S., two people familiar with the plans said. The device will be available to customers in January, according to the people, who declined to be named [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, CDMA, CTIA, Motorola, Verizon, Vodafone
Wi-Fi poised to supplement 3G
Joanie Wexler, Network World, 4/27/2010 At the International CTIA Wireless 2010 trade show and conference this week, ABI Research and the Wi-Fi Alliance are sharing new research that indicates rapid growth in the availability Wi-Fi-enabled mobile phones. ABI reports that out of 580 million Wi-Fi devices shipped in 2009, 141 million (nearly a fourth) were [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, CTIA, WiFi
4G Essentials :4G technology is on the horizon
Network World Staff, Network World, 3/31/2010 There is plenty of hype around 4G technologies but beyond the rhetoric some real implementations are happening. 4G technologies basically represent the next stage of wireless data technologies and generally deliver average download rates of 3Mbps or greater. In contrast, today’s 3G networks typically deliver average download speeds about [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, CTIA, HTC, LTE, Sprint, WiMax
Novatel MiFi gets iPhone streaming, online backup
Electronista Staff, Electronista, 3/25/2010 Novatel at the CTIA mobile expo has given the MiFi a functional boost by adding media sharing and backup features. The 3G-to-Wi-Fi router can now act as a DLNA server for content on an inserted microSDHC card and will play it to any app or device that recognizes the sharing format, [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, CTIA, MiFi, WiFi
Sprint, Clearwire CEOs ponder LTE for future
Marguerite Reardon, CNET News, 3/25/2010 Sprint Nextel and Clearwire executives admitted Wednesday that they could follow the rest of the worldwide wireless network and adopt LTE for future network upgrades. Spring Nextel CEO Dan Hesse and Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow sat down separately and talked to CTIA CEO Steve Largent during the keynote session on [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, 5G, CDMA, Clearwire, Comcast, CTIA, HTC, LTE, Sprint, Verizon, WiFi, WiMax
T-Mobile to Rollout the Nation’s Fastest 3G Wireless Network with HSPA+
Mobile Tech News, 3/24/2010 T-Mobile USA, Inc. showcased the nation’s fastest 3G wireless network on its latest mobile broadband devices at CTIA in Las Vegas. The company unveiled plans to upgrade its national high-speed 3G service to the High Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+) technology, which will deliver customers data speeds faster than the current [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, CTIA, HSPA, Motorola, T-Mobile, WiFi
Skype Mobile for Verizon Wireless Available Thursday
Mobile Tech News, 3/24/2010 From CTIA WIRELESS 2010® in Las Vegas, Verizon Wireless and Skype announced Skype mobile™ will be available this Thursday, March 25, starting with nine Verizon Wireless 3G smartphones. Skype mobile uses the Verizon Wireless voice network for the wireless connection of the Skype-to-Skype calls, providing Verizon Wireless customers with a superior [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, CTIA, HTC, IM, Motorola, Skype, Verizon
Femtocell technology showing up in AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon plans
Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service, 3/23/2010 The tiny base stations may end up in Internet gateways, in businesses, and on the street, with adoptions by three major U.S. carriers This week’s CTIA Wireless conference may be something of a coming-out party for femtocells, the tiny cellular base stations that can send voice and data traffic [...]