The Federal Communications Commission just took a bold step and redefined broadband as 25 Mbps for downstream speeds and 3 Mbps for upstream speeds, a move that FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler… Read more »
Caribbean operator Digicel is the latest carrier to take exception to its customers trading its voice services for OTT apps. It’s trying to block VoIP, but Viber is still getting through. Read more »
It’s been a disheartening year for net neutrality and the open internet. While much of the furor has focused on the implications for video-streaming services, Zingaya’s CEO Alexey Aylarov thinks the… Read more »
Cellular One is connecting its customers directly with doctors via Skype and Facetime as part of a larger effort from the Competitive Carriers Association to bring telemedicine to rural communities. Read more »
AT&T’s Sponsored Data plan is a potentially new advertising and revenue model for the wireless industry. But is it a problem that regulators or startups should fear? Not on mobile networks… Read more »
Hitting the road and don’t want the hassle of international data plans or multiple SIM cards? GigSky has an option: A single SIM card that automatically provisions itself for 3G and… Read more »
Wheeler not only has to manage an enormously complex spectrum auction next year, he faces two huge policy debates: the battle over net neutrality and the ramifications of the telecom industry’s… Read more »
Hotspot 2.0 bolted from the gate more than a year ago, but since then it’s gone nowhere. Boingo is trying to break the stalemate between carriers and device makers by opening… Read more »