General Motors could build a powerful wireless data network with its OnStar satellite system, but it says OnStar will remain ISP-neutral for now.
In line with what the telecom said in October, the next-generation wireless data network will launch in 38 U.S. cities and more than 60 airports this year.
Sony launches two TV sets able to join a wireless home data network.
The device will tap into fresh content via an EV-DO (Evolution-Data Only) wireless network.
Using Verizon's wireless network to transmit data, the information is fed to the cloud through Cisco's 819 Integrated Services Router.
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.
His three big bets--the Nextlink national voice and data network, the Nextel wireless service and the Teledesic satellite venture--are now at critical junctures.
Consumer companies are exploring smart vending machines that have tiny computers on a wireless network which leverage information like usage data and weather forecasts to determine replenishment schedules.
Sprint Nextel (nyse: S - news - people ), which owns 90 Mhz as part of its investment in WiMax, an advanced wireless data technology, is struggling to build out its network and doesn't plan to bid.
On the positive side of the ledger, Verizon Wireless ( VZ) has launched its new 4G or fourth-generation network in 38 cities and more airports offering data speeds faster than anything previously available over wireless.
Kentucky cities of Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, Glasgow, Radcliff and Bardstown are among the first to experience significantly faster data speeds on their wireless devices as a result of the network launch.
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In exchange for funding the WiMax joint venture, the cable companies would get equity in the business and would be able to purchase wholesale access to the network to offer their own high-speed wireless data and voice services to customers, the people familiar with the discussions said.
T-Mobile will bulk up its U.S. wireless network starting this quarter and will sell high-speed data services beginning next year, company execs said Friday.
The carrier also is spending billions of dollars to build out a next-generation broadband network, using a technology called LTE, that can handle more wireless data traffic.
I'm surprised that wireless carriers don't seem to be making a concerted effort to ensure good data network coverage at airports, especially at airports with lousy, unreliable, or paid Wi-Fi access.
Data transmitted through the Delphi connectivity system remains secure and encrypted over the Verizon Wireless network.
Without national, secure wireless network that will provide the back bone for the collection and manipulation of power data, the energy industry will always be at odds with the environment.
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.
When employees connect to an unsecured wireless network in a coffee shop or in their home, they expose all the data they're working on to the whims of whoever else controls the router.
In Europe there is movement by the wireless broadband providers to charge the Netflixes of the world for the amount of data they put over the network in order to help operators pay for additional network build-out.
"Beamforming is the next big thing in WiFi signal technology, and NETGEAR is proud to bring it to you on our market-leading 802.11ac wireless products. 802.11ac is the wireless standard you need to support the increasingly heavy demands on your network for voice, video and data, " said Sandeep Harpalani , NETGEAR director of product marketing for retail networking products.
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To better meet the growing voice and data demands of wireless customers, Sprint is building an all-new, nationwide 3G and 4G LTE network through the Network Vision program.
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Apple builds in a utility that appears during setup and will migrate data files, settings and apps from an older Mac, either over a cable or a wireless network.
Keeping up with current wireless data usage and looking into the future, Sprint is building an all-new 3G and 4G LTE network as part of a strategy known as Network Vision.
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Verizon Wireless has always taken great strides to protect the security of its customers and its network using sophisticated network intrusion and data analysis tools.
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The LG V300 also includes full support for Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) to enable sharing of data between devices as well as Intel's Wireless Display, also known as 'Wi-Di' to wirelessly stream content to a TV.
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