It would draw a clearer battle line between traditional cellular networks and Internet companies.
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Operators were long suspicious of Wi-Fi and the threat it posed to their paid, cellular networks.
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Voice traffic on cellular networks currently is routed with what is known as a circuit-switched system.
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Readers struggling with slow mobile internet connections may soon have a really cool alternative to cellular networks.
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The new device only uses Wi-Fi, instead of cellular networks, and will be available in the next few months.
Cargo trucks crossing multiple borders from northern Europe down to the Mediterranean where cellular networks between countries are not consistent.
Now that SMS is taking off, a new data-service wireless-application protocol, or WAP, is taking hold for digital cellular networks.
Handheld computer users want access to their corporate e-mail, applications and databases, she says, and cellular networks provide near-ubiquitous connectivity.
The other linchpin of Wi-Fi offloading is making the transition between cellular networks and Wi-Fi hotspots as smooth as possible.
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By 2015, Wi-Fi could be responsible for 46 percent of traffic, with less than 10 percent being delivered over cellular networks.
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In terms of browser marketshare over cellular networks, Android Webkit accounted for 37.6 percent of requests, while Mobile Safari netted 35.7 percent.
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In this case Motorola's innovation is deemed crucial to the GPRS data transmission standard used by GSM cellular networks across the world.
As cellular networks get more advanced, more teens will be using the same IM programs on their phones as on their PCs.
But in some areas of the United States, data-capable cellular networks aren't available, so FedEx has to use its own private networks.
One popular phone from Samsung Electronics failed to connect to cellular networks and had bugs in its Android operating system, McCarthy said.
The iPod touch has long been the iPhone for those couldn't or didn't want to use the iPhone on their cellular networks.
Users can download mobile apps from the Google Play store and share images over cellular networks by tethering to a nearby smartphone or tablet.
Unlocking is a technique to alter the settings on your phone to let you use it with compatible cellular networks operated by other carriers.
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Demand for data over cellular networks has been increasing, as has demand for new phones with bigger screens to see the data, said Marks.
Whether it ultimately arrives through Wi-Fi, WiMAX, the cellular networks or some other source, the future of connected entertainment has become easier to hear.
As more and more people use mobile devices to access high-bandwidth services such as streaming video and gaming, cellular networks are being stretched beyond capacity.
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In other iOS 6 news, Apple announced that its FaceTime video-chat feature for newer iPhones and iPads will work over cellular networks, not just Wi-Fi.
Traditional cellular networks would be drastically affected in a negative way.
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But aside from those requirements, have laptops lost out to tablets and other devices that are smaller, lighter, and configured to connect directly to cellular networks?
When considering the great technology advances of the past few decades, GPS tends to get short shrift compared to such culture-rocking innovations as the internet and cellular networks.
On a typical long-haul flight, says Mike Fitzgerald of Altobridge, a firm that makes technology to bridge satellite and cellular networks, 20 mobile phones are left switched on.
Aircraft, construction equipment and even cellular networks are suspect, too.
Increasing numbers of consumers are abandoning their home phone lines and communicating primarily over cellular networks, unwilling to submit to your high prices and paying extra for long distance.
Areas like New York City have an abundance of spectrum set aside for TV licenses, he says, airwaves that could serve the public better for WiFi or cellular networks.
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"We're changing the industry's standards for live broadcasting from mobile devices by focusing on what matters most, video quality in cellular networks, " said Max Haot, CEO and Co-Founder of Livestream.
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