mobile Internet

FCC to Revise Emergency Backup Power Rule for Cell Phones

Stevie Converse — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:14:25 -0800

Poorer Nations Go Online on Cell Phones

Stevie Converse — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:12:38 -0800

All the Social Networks, Together on Your Smartphone

Stevie Converse — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:43:38 -0800

Google's Android also Comes with a 'Kill Switch'

Stevie Converse — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:56:16 -0700

Consumer Electronics Vendors Experiment with Connectivity

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:55:18 -0700

T-Mobile Lifts Bandwidth Cap for Google Phone

Stevie Converse — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:39:50 -0700

Startup Berggi Takes Web Content Mobile

Stevie Converse — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:27:34 -0700

Broadband Providers Cap Monthly Usage

Stevie Converse — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:54:27 -0700

At one time, the word "unlimited" meant unlimited. Sprint's mobile broadband service is the latest to abandon the term and the principle in favor of a monthly cap designed to keep their heaviest users from overwhelming their network. But Sprint isn't alone: its two 3G competitors also cap usage, and two wireline broadband operators are testing explicit caps as well.

Tim Wu: iPhone Central to Future of the Internet

Stevie Converse — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:51:44 -0700

At a conference this weekend, Tim Wu, the Columbia Law School prof who has done so much to popularize ideas about wired and wireless network neutrality, called Apple's iPhone the device "at the center of the battle for the future of the Internet."

Wavelength War: White Spaces for the People

Stevie Converse — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:21:16 -0700

It's a sad state of affairs when the interests of American consumers - and our digital fate - are being better represented by Google than by government. But that's the state of the debate over what to do with the "white spaces" between TV channels.

Panelists Debate Success of U.S. Deregulation in Broadband

Stevie Converse — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:22:03 -0700

Experts on both sides of the Atlantic squared off on Monday about whether the United States’ broadband policies were a success, with Europeans arguing that U.S. broadband cost too much, and an American praising a deregulatory telecom policy.

Wireless Carriers Draw Fire for Service Charges

Stevie Converse — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:15:13 -0700

Legal pressure is mounting against U.S. wireless operators over their role in facilitating either false or misleading charges for mobile content -- primarily ringtones.

The resulting fallout threatens to stunt an area of potential growth for declining ringtone sales: so-called "off-deck" service providers.

FCC Boss Says No to Skype's Desire for Open Cell Networks

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:00:19 -0700

Last year, Skype asked the Federal Communications to force wireless phone carriers to allow any device and application to operate on their networks. During a keynote at the CTIA Wireless trade show this morning, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin gave Skype some bad news, saying that he didn't think it was necessary to force the cellular carriers to abide by the 1968 Carterfone decision.

Verizon to Use New Spectrum for Advanced Wireless

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:53:50 -0700

Verizon Wireless said on Friday it would use the airwaves it won in a government auction last month for its next generation of high-speed wireless services, expected to debut around 2010. In a telephone conference with analysts, the company said the $9.36 billion worth of new 700 megahertz spectrum would give Verizon Wireless, the No. 2 U.S. mobile service, enough resources to build a faster wireless data network.