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Telecom Feb 10, 2011

Obama promotes plan for near universal wireless

(AP) -- Saying tomorrow's economy can't thrive on yesterday's infrastructure, President Barack Obama on Thursday promoted his five-year plan to lure new industries and jobs to the U.S. by expanding high-speed wireless to ...

Consumer & Gadgets Jan 6, 2011

Verizon reveals first 4G wireless tablets, phones (Update)

(AP) -- This year, the big national wireless carriers will be racing to stake their claims in the new frontier of service: ultra-fast data access - for smart phones and laptops as well as for gadgets like tablets.

Telecom Dec 10, 2010

Verizon, other wireless carriers vary on standards for high-speed 4G service

There is no 4G. Much like the secret to bending spoons in "The Matrix," the next generation of wireless networks is very cool but built on a bit of misdirection.

Telecom Dec 10, 2010

Mobile 'revolution' eases Pacific isolation, poverty

From the rugged highlands of Papua New Guinea to the remote islands of Tonga, a telecommunications revolution in the Pacific is helping ease poverty and isolation in some of the world's poorest countries.

Telecom Dec 2, 2010

Wireless carriers muddy waters with '4G' marketing

The marketing world is full of vague adjectives like "new," "better" or "healthy" that don't necessarily mean much.

Consumer & Gadgets Dec 1, 2010

Smart phones: Slick handsets worthy of Santa's sleigh

The menu of smart phones is more diverse and interesting than it's ever been, and every carrier now sells multiple cutting-edge handsets.

Telecom Dec 1, 2010

Verizon Wireless to launch 4G service on Sunday

(AP) -- Verizon Wireless says its new "4G" wireless broadband network will start accepting customers on Sunday in 38 cities.

Telecom Nov 18, 2010

4G cellular networks might not live up to hype

If today's fastest smart phones deliver e-mails and Web pages with the speed of a thoroughbred racehorse, then the next generation of phones - now rolling onto the runway - may feel like jet planes.

Telecom Nov 3, 2010

T-Mobile renames upgraded 3G network '4G'

(AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. and Verizon Wireless are building wireless data networks using new technologies that the industry calls fourth-generation, or 4G. Not to be outdone, T-Mobile USA launched a campaign this week ...

Telecom Sep 30, 2010

Intel to invest in S.Korea wireless broadband venture

The investment unit of US technology giant Intel said Thursday it would pump 20 million dollars into a South Korean wireless broadband joint venture.

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