Making the most of 4G networks
Sue Marek, FierceWireless, 3/8/2010 It’s no longer a question of which technology U.S. wireless carriers will use for their next-generation network technology, but a question of when they’ll use it. With the exception of Clearwire and its wholesale network partners like Sprint Nextel, Comcast and Time Warner, service providers in the U.S. have charted a migration path that [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, Clearwire, Comcast, Femtocell, LTE, Sprint, Verizon, WiFi
AT&T Expands 3G Microcell
Sam Churchill, DailyWireless.org, 3/5/2010 AT&T is expanding its 3G Femtocell trials to Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, San Diego and Las Vegas. The AT&T 3G MicroCell (FAQ) acts like a mini cellular tower in the home. It connects to AT&T’s network using existing broadband Internet service. AT&T and Cisco developed the 3G femtocell for the [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, Cisco, Femtocell, HSPA, Sprint, Verizon
Mobile reformation: Piecing together Mobile World Congress
Keith Mallinson, FierceWireless, 3/4/2010 American poet John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887) based his well-known poem about misconceptions on an old tale from India. It is a salutary warning on the shortcomings of uncoordinated investigations on component parts and their relationships with the whole. Similarly, we should be recognise the limitations of piecemeal, space-by-space analysis of announcements, [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, Ericsson, Femtocell, GSM, LTE, Skype, WiFi
Hordes of new threats ahead for mobile networks
John Leyden, The Register, 2/24/2010 Faked femtocells will eff up your ess Malware on smartphones is just the first in a series of new security threats for mobile networks ushered in by the embrace of internet technologies, according to mobile phone encryption firms. Dr Bjoern Rupp, chief exec of GSMK CryptoPhone, warns that criminal gangs [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP), Symbian · Tagged with: 3G, Femtocell, GSM, JailBreak, Linux, Malware, WiFi
Mobile Offload: It’s So Hot Right Now
Colin Gibbs, GigaOM, 2/18/2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week has produced some eye-catching developments, from Microsoft’s unveiling of its new mobile OS to the Skype/Verizon partnership to increasing tension between Google and network operators. But the show’s overriding theme has been the ever-increasing data consumption across mobile networks — and the crush of [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, Femtocell, Skype, Verizon, Vodafone, WiFi
Wireless carriers want crackdown on cell phone boosters
Matthew Lasar, Ars Technica, 2/9/2010 “This is ‘Magic’ and this is ‘Jack’,” the little girl says in the video ad, holding her two cute puppy dogs up to the camera. The girl’s father, magicJack inventor Dan Borislow, then asks her, “Kylie, did you know that your dad is going to let everybody try a magicJack [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, CTIA, FCC, Femtocell, GSM, Sprint, Verizon, VoIP
Femtocells wilt under attack
Bill Ray, The Register, 2/2/2010 Tiny, tiny, tiny root box danger… Security researchers have turned their attention to femtocells, and have discovered that gaining root on the tiny mobile base stations isn’t as hard as one might hope. Researchers working for TrustWave will present details of their successful attacks against femtocells at the ShmooCon security [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, Femtocell, Linux
MagicJack to Launch Service for Cell Phones
Mark Hachman, PC Magazine, 1/12/2010 Ymax, the inventor of the magicJack, told attendees at the recent Consumer Electronics Show that it will develop a consumer femtocell that will allow consumers to place cell-phone calls without using their minutes. The unnamed femtocell will be priced at about $40 and be available during the second quarter, a [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Femtocell, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, WiFi
MagicJack makes a femtocell, might make that advertising worth hearing
Tim Stevens, Engadget, 1/8/2010 Femtocells now offer cell phone service for $1.70 a month with MagicJack! That’s just $19.95 a year. $19.95 a year! MagicJack’s femtocell works with mobile phones “potentially” from any carrier, though only GSM is mentioned. Apparently just coming within eight feet connects your phone to the femtocell, after which you can [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Femtocell, GSM
Coping with the Wireless Data Deluge
Olga Kharif, Mobile Tech Today, 12/29/2009 Software that helps carriers manage subscribers’ data use can shave 10 percent to 20 percent off the cost of supporting growing data traffic. So far, fewer than 10 percent of carriers have implemented subscriber management software, which can tell carriers how much data particular subscribers are using, and which [...]