Dick Lynch, chief technology officer of Verizon Wireless, explains that no wide-area wireless network can afford to build out wide-area data capacity to handle bursts of demand for wireless data that change from airport gate to gate every 30 minutes or so.
Nokia's clash with RIM centred on wireless local area network (Wlan) connections to the internet.
My car, outfitted with a GPS position finder and an off-the-shelf wireless local area network (WLAN) communication system, was tipped off by another car carrying the same gear.
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The company, which provides phones that work off a wireless local area network (WLAN)--a Wi-Fi network designed for the workplace--had recently acquired KIRK Telecom, a privately held Danish provider of wireless communications products.
To provide these notifications in real time, the wireless wide-area network modules from Novatel Wireless securely connect through HSDPA and EV-DO networks to the Microsoft Exchange Server, storing user information and filter policies.
Now that wide-area wireless network operators recognize Wi-Fi hotspots as complementary to their advanced packet-data networks, they will end up owning or leasing most of today's hotspots and will build out coverage.
Nielsen's survey didn't find a dominant social class on Twitter as much as they found a geographical one: Those who use Twitter are more likely to live in an urban area where there's greater access to wireless network coverage, Mancini said.
Add free Netflix streaming to the list of reasons why people are choosing cable as their broadband provider, particularly if they live in an area that is covered by the new network of free wireless hotspots.
The HP DreamScreen, a companion to the PC, connects easily to a wireless or wired network to bring photos, music and video into any area of the home.
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The tablets were too bulky, too slow, too expensive, and wireless connectivity had not yet advanced to broadband Wi-Fi and wide-area network services.
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Verizon Wireless's network performed a bit better, with calls going through in much of the area.
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