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Article | 22/01/2013 LTE subscribers will more than double this year, IHS iSuppli says

For every person using 4G LTE now, there will be at least one more subscriber by the end of this year, IHS iSuppli says.

Article | 19/01/2013 FCC chief calls for gigabit Internet in all 50 US states by 2015

Cities around the U.S. will have gigabit-speed Internet access by 2015 if the FCC's wishes come true.

Article | 18/01/2013 Violin Memory buys Gridiron for fast flash storage access

Flash storage vendor Violin Memory has acquired Gridiron Systems for an undisclosed sum and plans to use the company's application acceleration smarts...

Article | 16/01/2013 Public Knowledge says AT&T MicroCell policy violates net neutrality

AT&T is violating the spirit of net neutrality with its policies on the use of small cellular base stations in homes, the consumer advocate group Publ...

Article | 16/01/2013 Fusion-io takes its flash cards for Web giants to smaller companies

Fusion-io has taken the flash storage cards it's been making for its biggest customers and turned them into products that almost any company can buy.

Article | 16/01/2013 AT&T adds Polycom's gear to Cisco's for its collaboration service

AT&T will expand its Business Exchange collaboration service by adding Polycom back-end infrastructure to complement the Cisco Systems technology it's...

Article | 15/01/2013 Globalstar's plan for an extra Wi-Fi band draws fire

A satellite operator's proposal to offer an extra channel of Wi-Fi might actually give average Wi-Fi and Bluetooth users less bandwidth, according to ...

Article | 11/01/2013 IPv6 can boost mobile performance, battery life, proponents say

IPv6, the next version of the Internet Protocol, could make life easier and battery life longer for electronics-addicted consumers.

Article | 10/01/2013 HomePlug moving beyond adapters to built-in networking

HomePlug networks that use the electrical wires in your home to transfer data are distributed by some of the world's biggest broadband providers and a...

Article | 10/01/2013 Tech crowd welcomes FCC's Wi-Fi expansion plans

CES attendees took to the FCC's plan for more Wi-Fi spectrum, which was announced at the show on Wednesday, like hungry gamblers to a buffet.

Article | 9/01/2013 FCC will move to give more spectrum to Wi-Fi

The FCC plans to allocate more unlicensed spectrum for Wi-Fi to improve performance in crowded public places and in homes, looking to head off a futur...

Article | 9/01/2013 G.hn home-network backers look to Asia

Vendors developing gear with G.hn, a home networking standard that can work with four different types of wires, say Asia is shaping up as a land of op...

Article | 9/01/2013 Verizon looks to LTE completion, Gigabit FiOS

After announcing its 4G LTE mobile network at CES two years ago and its FiOS fiber-based home broadband offering here in 2004, Verizon used a keynote ...

Article | 9/01/2013 Dish counters Sprint with higher bid for Clearwire

Dish Network has offered to buy Clearwire for US$3.30 per share, throwing a wrench in Sprint Nextel's deal to buy its mobile broadband partner for $2....

Article | 8/01/2013 Broadcom gears up to bring UltraHD video into homes

As TV makers show off UltraHD TVs at CES, communications chip maker Broadcom is introducing the guts of future gateways that will be able to bring vid...