The industry has now adapted the Wireless Application Protocol, or WAP, enabling companies to distribute Internet-ready information to wireless devices equipped to receive it.
The solution: For a few billion dollars, Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) could get into the phone business itself, buying the spectrum it needs to offer not just voice service for all those iPhone users, but to build the broadband wireless links it needs to offer next generation, network-centric computing, communications and entertainment.
If Dish successfully pried Sprint away from Softbank, the company would be able to package TV and wireless services, allowing it to mix the slow-growing pay-television business with the more quickly expanding wireless industry.
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Dish recently announced that its spectrum was not up for sale and that it intended to use it to roll out its own wireless network.
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Washington (CNN) -- Airplane manufacturer Boeing builds some of the most complicated machines on Earth, but in its efforts to make wireless signals on airplanes better it turned to the produce aisle for help.
The traditional policy of the FCC to make more wireless spectrum available has been to auction it off to the highest bidder.
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Or would it be better to use it for wireless broadband?
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And not least, he thinks Sprint and T-Mobile will both almost certainly lose subscribers to Verizon Wireless as it begins selling the iPhone.
Wireless has begun to replace it as some people drop their landline service: but currently it is a basic assumption that all can, even if not will, have a landline telephone service.
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The San Diego-based communications chip vendor is shifting production of the wireless chips it sells to a new manufacturing technology that will allow it to build parts with features as small as 28 nanometers across.
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The company faces big bills to buy the infrastructure it needs to offer wireless service to new customers.
Damage to phone lines and wireless networks has made it difficult for aid agencies to communicate with each other and with the United Nations, which is in charge of coordinating relief efforts.
But it causes a rift between the agency and wireless carriers because it requires companies to test their 911 systems at local emergency call centers--rather than at the statewide level--within five years, which will require a hefty investment in technology.
It also includes Bluetooth wireless connectivity so you can connect it to PCs, mobile phones and printers that also happen to support Bluetooth.
In addition, the PowerShot ELPH 130 IS digital camera has the ability to connect to computers and select PowerShot cameras with wireless functionality, making it possible for images to be available in various locations.
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Delagi declined to give details about OMAP 5, but said TI is increasing the amount of money it devotes to wireless technology.
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For users who want to offer their support, the HopeLine app makes it easy for wireless users to donate no-longer-used wireless phones and accessories to HopeLine, Verizon Wireless' national cell phone recycling program.
The moves are all tied to a broader call asserting that wireless carrier behavior is changing when it comes to smartphones.
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"For DISH to be competitive in the wireless broadband space, it is critical that we are able to offer terrestrial broadband services to consumers, " said Tom Cullen, DISH executive vice president.
Sprint continues to bring a better wireless experience to more customers across the country as it builds out its all-new 3G and 4G LTE network.
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It provides connectivity to just about anything you want to throw at it through Wireless Network 2.4 or 5 GHz.
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Da Silva and Niebert agreed that wireless IT is about to undergo enormous change.
High-definition widescreen LCDs, powerful components and integrated wireless capabilities make it easy to play online content from a Hulu or Netflix account or connect to other online entertainment portals.
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This term, which has been popularized by Cisco, refers to the ability to walk around with a mobile device and have it stay connected to a wireless network.
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Anyone who thinks of Near Field Communications as merely a mobile payment technology may be surprised to learn that it is poised to transform how we use wireless connectivity in smartphones and home electronics.
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For the surviving ATT Long Distance business to reenter the wireless arena, it bought McCaw Cellular in 1994.
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In a wireless world, it is easy to forget that you are only as strong as your connections.
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The current version is merely a wired proof-of-concept, but Mad Genius plans to eventually make it wireless and hit Kickstarter for funding.
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