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Article | 17/02/2011 Speed, handoffs to boost Wi-Fi's mobile role
Wi-Fi looks set to play a growing role in mobile networks even as LTE and other new cellular technologies with higher capacity are deployed.
Article | 16/02/2011 Femtocells, Wi-Fi to play growing role in mobile networks
Some people may yet debate the value of femtocells, but the tide has turned: in 2010, the number of femtocells around the world exceeded the number of...
Article | 14/02/2011 Voice over LTE inches closer to reality
Mobile network operators and their equipment suppliers are working hard to make telephony over data-oriented LTE (Long-Term Evolution) mobile networks...
Article | 11/02/2011 Atheros, Marvell to push fast 11n into phones
The fast, high-capacity Wi-Fi that users have been enjoying for a few years in laptops is now due to hit smartphones and tablets in a big way, with tw...
Article | 9/02/2011 Ericsson airs smaller mobile base stations
Ericsson is joining the move towards using smaller mobile base stations, announcing Ericsson Air (antenna integrated radio), which aims to reduce powe...
Article | 9/02/2011 Qualcomm aims at peer-to-peer with FlashLinq
Qualcomm plans to demonstrate a peer-to-peer wireless technology that will let devices form "neighborhood-area networks" at the Mobile World Congress ...
Article | 9/02/2011 Nokia Siemens integrates Wi-Fi and cellular networks
Nokia Siemens' Smart WLAN Connectivity Solution will free users from having to manually switch a device's data connection between Wi-Fi and cellular b...
Article | 8/02/2011 Follow that doughnut! CSIRO unveils mini guide blimp
Queensland University of Technology avionics engineering student Bryan Huang has unveiled a mini blimp that looks a lot like a shiny, floating doughnu...
Article | 8/02/2011 Suddenly everybody's selling IPv6
For IT professionals and network industry vendors alike, the events of last week represent a game changer regarding IPv6, which was developed in 1998 ...
Article | 5/02/2011 Why you shouldn't worry so much about IPv6
A critical juncture in history arrived this week as the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assigned the last IPv4 addresses to the five region...
Article | 4/02/2011 ICANN assigns its last IPv4 addresses
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has handed out its last IPv4 addresses, leaving the remaining blocks to regional registries that in som...
Article | 3/02/2011 Egypt reverses 'kill switch' to restore Internet access
Egypt returned to the Internet earlier today by reversing the "kill switch" move it made last week when it withdrew router announcements, experts said...
Article | 2/02/2011 IPv4's funeral expected to come Thursday
A press conference taking place on Thursday in Miami is expected to mark the last allocation of internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses by the ce...
Article | 2/02/2011 Advanced antennas, virtual modems to make networks greener
The GreenTouch Consortium demonstrated its work Tuesday into how using large-scale antenna systems and virtual modems, along with splitting mobile net...
Article | 1/02/2011 Address allocation kicks off IPv4 endgame
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority has assigned two large blocks of IPv4 addresses to the Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre, activating a r...
Article | 1/02/2011 Africa to continue using IPv4
Africa will continue using Internet Protocol version four (IPv4) after the global supply is exhausted in coming weeks.
Article | 1/02/2011 As IPv4 disappears, transition poses hazards
With the last IPv4 addresses about to be allocated, the good news is that IT managers -- at least in the U.S. and Europe -- don't suddenly have to get...
Article | 31/01/2011 D-Link debuts new router for small businesses
D-Link has launched a new Wi-Fi router designed for small and medium businesses. The D-Link DSR-500N Wireless N Router offers 802.11n Wi-Fi networking...
Article | 28/01/2011 With protests growing, Egypt cuts links to Internet
As protesters continue to clash with police in anti-government demonstrations, Egypt has pulled the plug on the Internet.
Article | 27/01/2011 China 4G TD-LTE trials expected to last 18 months
China has begun large-scale trials of fourth-generation (4G) mobile technology known as TD-LTE, with the tests expected to last 18 months, according t...

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