Many fixed-term contracts for mobile phones, broadband and landline services have small print in their terms and conditions allowing prices to be put up, with at least 30 days' notice.
Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) devices today operate in 555 megahertz of spectrum in the 5 GHz band, and are used for short range, high speed wireless connections including Wi-Fi enabled local area networks and fixed outdoor broadband transceivers used by wireless Internet service providers to connect smart phones, tablets and laptops to the broadband network.
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For universal-service funds and for telecoms in general, the trend is clear: phones first, broadband later.
Have a look at the growth of broadband Internet access, cellular phones.
In this third cycle the unleashing of wireless broadband connectivity in handheld smart phones and smart tablets will be like proverbial fuel on the fire.
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Consumer business is one of Huawei's three business groups offering a range of products that include mobile phones, mobile broadband devices, home devices, clouds, and consumer chipsets.
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Its strong suite of mobile phones, mobile broadband devices and home devices is testimony to Huawei Device's focus on customers and its commitment to providing user-friendly mobile internet experiences through ongoing innovation.
Indeed, the spread of broadband internet links, mobile phones and, in particular, home wireless networks over the past few years has led some people to conclude that the dream might even be about to become a reality.
The likely changes will affect not only contracts for mobile phones but also for broadband and landline services.
We look forward to deployment of this innovative technology in smart phones, tablets and other mobile broadband devices, to provide faster data throughput, better coverage and wider range.
How useful is a super-fast wireless broadband network if there are no super-speedy phones that run on it?
And what about the prospect of competing with smart phones and netbooks subsidized by carriers selling broadband connections?
Writer Will Self is well-versed in modern technology but chooses not to get broadband, sat-nav or the latest mobile phones.
South Korea is one of the world's most advanced countries when it comes to mobile phones, and the world leader in broadband adoption.
Cruising right alongside wireless broadband and DMB (Digital Media Broadcast) cell phones, telematics refers more specifically to automobiles receiving remote information from commercial service providers.
Since broadband links can carry both voice and data, some countries (such as Chile) are starting to subsidise broadband roll-out instead of just concentrating on phones.
Along with Microsoft's new generation of Internet-oriented software, users will need other non-software technologies tailored for the Web, such as broadband access, wireless communications, smart cards, phones with large screens, handheld computers and PCs with integrated microphones and cameras, Gates said.
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Qualcomm, Broadband, and others offer chipsets that are basically wireless phones on a chip or a set of chips.
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They would likely use the spectrum to improve Internet access to mobile devices as people increasingly use their phones for messaging, e-mail, broadband video, over-the-air purchases and mobile TV.
The company sells mobile phones at highly subsidized rates as mobile business and broadband Internet are expected to be the big growth drivers for the company.
Its customers are able to watch satellite TV and listen to streaming music on their cell phones, as well as access the Internet over broadband connections.
He bets that corporations will ditch their old wire-line telephone hardware and buy new phones that send and receive calls over the same broadband connections that hook desktop computers to the internet.
Customers have to plug their phones into an adapter, which then connects to a broadband Internet connection.
Here is the real irony: iPhone and Android phones run portable hotspot software so the Fire will have broadband access to the net via these devices.
If we freed even part of this for wireless broadband, we could have as much throughput as we wanted to our phones and laptops almost anywhere in the country.
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At that time, Verizon Wireless's terms of service required all customers who wanted to use their phones for tethering to subscribe to the company's Mobile Broadband Connect service, at an additional charge.
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Mobile phones, it seems, are the advance guard for mobile-broadband networks that will extend internet access to the whole of mankind.
Engaging user experiences can be designed by combining features found in smart phones such as camera, GPS, digital compass, tilt sensors and broadband connectivity.
These companies own big businesses tied to dying services (land-line phones) and low- or no-growth services (such as broadband internet or cable subscriptions), so profits and share prices generally went down.
While it works well as a wireless-broadband technology for PCs and laptops, however, the technology is not yet supported in mobile phones.
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