News tagged with wireless data network

Researchers boost efficiency of multi-hop wireless networks

Multi-hop wireless networks can provide data access for large and unconventional spaces, but they have long faced significant limits on the amount of data they can transmit. Now researchers from North Carolina State University ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

T-Mobile USA to make data network work with iPhone

(AP) -- T-Mobile USA on Thursday said it will revamp its wireless data network this year, with the side effect of making it compatible with iPhones and some other smartphones sold by competing carriers.

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

S. Korea's LG unveils ultra-high-speed smartphone

South Korea's LG Electronics Monday launched a new smartphone with ultra-high-speed network technology in a bid to catch up with rivals Apple and Samsung.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

AT&T takes wraps off wireless data network

Unbeknownst to most customers, AT&T Inc. has fired up a new wireless data network in five cities in the last few months, offering roughly double the speeds of its older network for a handful of devices.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 6

SK pays $920 mn for super-fast wireless spectrum

South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom has won a licence to operate super-fast wireless services after bidding 995 billion won ($920 million), regulators said Monday.

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

OMEGA at the top of the data transfer game

Researchers in Europe have successfully developed a new transfer technology for video data. An outcome of the OMEGA project, the team transferred data at an extremely fast rate of 100 megabits per second (Mbit/s) ...

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

FCC adopts rules to drive wireless competition

(AP) -- Federal regulators adopted rules Thursday to drive more competition in wireless broadband as more people access the Internet using iPhones and other popular mobile devices.

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

SKorean police say Google violated laws

(AP) -- Police said Thursday that Google Inc. violated South Korean laws and referred the case to state prosecutors, adding to a slew of privacy cases the world's largest search engine is facing.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

4G devices, networks multiply

Consumers should soon have a wide range of new, speedier and more accessible ways of connecting to the Internet wirelessly.

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google apology to New Zealanders over Wi-Fi data

Internet giant Google said sorry to New Zealanders Tuesday for collecting personal data from wireless networks for its "Street View" mapping service, in the latest in a series of apologies.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google agrees to delete Street View data in Britain

Google has agreed to delete private emails and passwords mistakenly picked up from wireless networks in Britain by its Street View cars, the British information commissioner said Friday.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Google data gathering was not a crime: NZealand

New Zealand police said Thursday that Google did not commit a criminal offence when it collected data from wireless networks for its "Street View" mapping service.

Technology / Business

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US state attorneys press Google in Street View probe

US state attorneys pressed Google to name workers who wrote the "snooping" code that captured personal data from wireless networks while Street View cars mapped streets.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google to resume taking 'Street View' photos next week

Google's "Street View" cars will return to the road next week but all wireless scanning equipment has been removed after a controversy over the collection of private information.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Australia: Google Street View broke privacy law

(AP) -- Google broke Australia's privacy law when it collected private information from wireless networks, the country's privacy commissioner said Friday, following an investigation into the Internet giant's "Street View" ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 09, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0