Wireless News

The use of Wi-Fi functionality in small-cell base stations will be a game changer for cellphone service providers, easing heavily congested data pipes while linking together billions of devices into a single network architecture, according to IHS iSuppli.

Sprint Nextel Corp. completed a $480 million deal with U.S. Cellular Corp. on Friday that brings Sprint as many as 420,000 new Midwestern customers and a stronger wireless network.

Think your network is fast? Getting a gigabyte-sized movie over your local wireless network to your hard drive in a few seconds is old hat.

After years of criticism of the wireless service on its trains, Amtrak announced Thursday that it has upgraded its cellular-based Wi-Fi offering using broadband technologies that will improve the speed and reliability of the Internet in its passenger cars.

The year 2013 is going to be a year to remember for BlackBerry shareholders and the Q5 unveiled this week at BlackBerry Live in Orlando is the latest reason to jump on the BlackBerry bandwagon.

Should Metra get Wi-Fi? Even if it's expensive and hard to implement and maintain? The commuter-rail network is considering the possibility, the Chicago Tribune and other news agencies report, but price and technology are major barriers, despite that a DePaul University report shows 48 percent of Metra riders use personal electronic devices during ... (more)

Tom Wheeler, nominated to become the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, pledged to divest stakes in AT&T Inc, Dish Network Corp, Google Inc and dozens of other tech and telecoms companies if he is confirmed.

Kyoto City has prepared "KYOTO Wi-Fi," free LAN wireless Internet access points in the city at 385 spots around bus stops, subway stations and convenience stores, for the purpose of enabling tourists to easily get sightseeing information.

Archos has been making Android tablets for almost as long as Android has been around.

A Wi-Fi-enabled computer can connect to multiple networks at the same time. Your employees can give a hacker a pathway into your internal network simply by powering up a laptop.

Verizon customers, it's time to stop feeling envious of folks on AT&T who can get the Lumia 920.

Google's support for the Bluetooth Smart Ready platform in Android is one step forward for the radio technology's dominance in the internet of things.

In the not too distant future, there will come a point where there are so many Jawbone Jambox -inspired small portable speakers that no one will be able to keep them straight -- a task that has become more challenging with every passing day.

We all use wireless technology in our lives because it is the easier way to use something without any cables to lose.

Nokia Corp. has unveiled its first Lumia smartphone with a metal cover, low-light camera features and new social network apps.

Have you heard of the company Penclic before? Here is a little context - Penclic so happens to be the creator of ergonomically functional and sleekly designed computer accessories, and they have just announced the availability of the Bluetooth B2 Mouse on Amazon.com for folks living in the US.

The Manchester Township Educational Foundation is embarking on a campaign to help provide wireless internet connectivity at all of Manchester's public schools.

Having a deck of business cards in hand is par for the course in almost every business meeting, professional lunch or convention.

The Recon Jet is designed to display information such as speed and distance on demand.

BT has published the stats to mark the number of Wi-Fi hotspots in the South-West region passing 500,000. Jon Reynolds, of BT in the South-West, said: "We are seeing growing use of our network as Wi-Fi users spend more time online and use more data."