Cablevision is getting ready to pick a fight with your mobile phone company. Next month, the cable operator is going to introduce a low-cost mobile phone service dubbed Freewheel that’s based… Read more »
Emergency calls have been a bit of a risk for people dialing from cell phones. Efforts by the FCC to modernize the emergency calling (and texting) framework could find success using… Read more »
Apple likes to let new radio technologies mature, so it’s hardly a shock that the newest Wi-Fi tech didn’t make its way into the iPad. But we’ll have to wait longer… Read more »
An open sourced software defined radio project on Kickstarter called HackRF is taking hard-wired radios and making them a thing of the past. Which means, in the future you could see… Read more »
The Wi-Fi Alliance has kicked off its 802.11ac certification program. First in line to get the official Wi-Fi stamp of approval was the Samsung Mega 6.3, followed by two other Mega… Read more »
WSJ reports Google has ambitions of connecting a billion new people to the internet using a combination of white space, satellite and aerial technologies. Given those technologies’ limitations, though, a billion… Read more »
Showrooming. Everybody’s heard of it by now — conniving shoppers checking out a product in a retail store, then buying it online later for less. But today it makes more sense… Read more »
Wi-Fi has moved from an at-home convenience to a public service as mobile devices continue to take over. Here’s a look at the new opportunities to connect with consumers, and how… Read more »
Certification for WiGig products meant to stream data over short distances at up to 6 Gbps may not happen in 2013 after all, which could delay products well into 2014. Read more »
Another year has come and gone with more mobile advances than ever before. What’s in store for the year ahead? Our mobile staff looks a five trends that are likely to… Read more »