Tag: Wireless

September 22, 2015

The City of Berkeley has fended off a lawsuit filed against it by CTIA, the wireless industry trade lobby. In a preliminary injunction today, the city has been asked to change a single sentence of the public health language it […]

September 11, 2015

Virtualized networks, small cells, LTE-U and lots of millimeter-wave capability are the components of the future network, according to the wireless testing companies that help shape them.With demand apparently insatiable, wireless carriers are on the hunt for more bandwidth – […]

September 11, 2015

The slow but steady rollout of Google Fiber, the company’s high-speed Internet project, continues apace with the addition of three new prospect cities. Google extended an invitation to three additional cities to participate in its high speed Internet service, called […]

September 9, 2015

Big IT companies have largely been mum on plans to use drones, but emerging technology from Bay-area startup PreNav appears to have at least intrigued wireless service providers and cell phone tower operators. Founded in 2013, PreNav has secured $1.2 […]

September 7, 2015

Fujitsu is developing technology that doubles the capacity of individual cells in cellular networks through task-sharing and efficient scheduling.The approach effectively allows for transmission and reception of radio signals on the same frequency. The company sees it as a step toward […]

August 3, 2015

The No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier AT&T Inc said it will bundle its wireless service with DirecTV’s pay-TV offerings after the $48.5 billion deal was approved last month. The company and the biggest satellite-TV provider DirecTV became the country’s largest […]

July 31, 2015

Following up on the release last spring of its newest SonicWALL TZ firewall, Dell Security is introducing a new version that partners say addresses significant pent-up demand for wireless upgrades. Read More

July 27, 2015

Samsung Electronics thinks it can help unclutter your home with a monitor that can wirelessly charge smartphones and other mobile devices. The SE370 monitor will come in 23.6-inch and 27-inch formats and is the industry’s first to have an integrated […]

July 15, 2015

  SanDisk announced the newest addition to its wireless storage line – the SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick. The Connect Wireless Stick ranges in capacity from 16GB to 128GB and in price from $30 to $100. SanDisk’s first Wireless Stick, the […]

June 25, 2015

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler rejected calls from T-Mobile and others Thursday to expand the amount of wireless spectrum being reserved for small carriers in the upcoming wireless spectrum auction. In a blog post, Wheeler held that the “current reserve size […]

June 24, 2015

Last week, we wrote about a wireless Internet service provider called Webpass that sells 500Mbps upload and download speeds for just $55 a month.That service is only available for businesses and multi-unit residential buildings in big cities because it wouldn’t […]

June 23, 2015

  Las Vegas (Creative Commons) Las Vegas is hoping it has hit the jackpot on a new water management monitoring system that officials say saves money and scarce resources. The Las Vegas Valley Water District is testing the system as […]

June 10, 2015

Congress will step up oversight of a wireless broadband network for emergency personnel that has been plagued by criticism, a key Republican promised this week. The FirstNet system is a wireless broadband network meant to be used by first responders […]

May 2, 2015

Verizon’s Enterprise Solutions unit today announced a bigger push into smart cities and smart agricultural support services that rely on wireless networks and Internet of Things technologies. The new initiatives include alliances with the Smart Cities Council and the Thrive […]

April 24, 2015

The Postal Service is exploring the use of self-guided vehicles that can move mail within processing and distribution centers — something that may not be possible without 802.11ac, the newest version of the Wi-Fi standard. 802.11ac supports gigabit speeds and […]

April 14, 2015

For the state of Oklahoma, the days of running Ethernet cables to the desktop may soon be over. “With the performance we’ve seen from our recent 802.11ac Wi-Fi deployment, it won’t be long before new offices will need only a […]

March 30, 2015

Sprint plans to add more than 540 jobs and 115 stores in the Chicago area along with its first LTE-Advanced upgrade in the nation. LTE Advanced has the potential of delivering 100 Mbps wireless download speeds. The impact on the […]

March 30, 2015

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): Federal regulators are one step closer to unlocking a large swath of airwaves that could be used to deliver much cheaper wireless service. Traditionally, wireless carriers have paid billions of dollars at auctions […]

March 19, 2015

Cisco Leading The Way, Aruba Gaining Traction As wireless continues to grow through mobile devices and BYOD, new and familiar faces are finding footholds in the lucrative Wi-Fi market. Cisco Systems continues to lead the way with no close competition […]

March 10, 2015

From the police department to forestry to transportation, just about every agency in the state of Oregon depends heavily on network connectivity to fulfill its mission. Oregon’s IT staff recently conducted a study that found that 70 percent of the […]