Sprint rolls out LTE; Republic Wireless wi-fi

Sprint rolls out first LTE cluster, claims 3G network enhancements coast to coast
androidandme.com
Back in October, Sprint announced an aggressive LTE rollout that would bring full nationwide LTEcoverage by the end of 2013. The LTE network would launch in several cities sometime in mid-2012, and Sprint is apparently hard at work building out the ...

Republic Wireless disrupts industry with wi-fi fueled plan
Columbia Daily Tribune
Republic is built for “Wi-Fi people.” The premise is that most people are around Wi-Fi most of the time — about 60 percent of the time, the company says on its website — and users are supposed to use the phone on Wi-Fi whenever possible. ... http://worldwifi.republicwireless.com/

Japan Gets Wi-Fi Dispensing Vending Machines
TechCrunch
The Wi-Fi will be available for free, is accessible with multiple devices, without registration, and for anyone to use (meaning users won't have to buy any drinks to go online through the machine). It's possible to use the web for about 30 minutes ...

TechCrunch

Wi-Fi desk rodents break free from oppressive cabling
Register
By Bill Ray • Get more from this author A reference design for a wireless mouse has received Wi-FiDirect certification, making it the first rodent to achieve such fame, though not, perhaps, the very first to ditch the wire. The design comes from Ozmo, ...

Wi-Fi Protected Setup security hole discovered
The Verge
By Jamie Keene on December 28, 2011 08:43 am 0Comments Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) has become popular among router manufacturers as a way to make adding new devices to your wireless network simpler, meaning you don't have to remember your wireless key ...

4G LTE mobile market's pros and cons
Channel News Asia
By Avelyn Ng | Posted: 28 December 2011 2019 hrs SINGAPORE: SingTel's latest fourth generation (4G) mobile broadband Internet service may not take off in a big way so quickly. The telco launched the service which uses the Long Term Evolution (LTE) ...

NTT DoCoMo, Samsung and four others create joint venture for LTE development
BGR
NTT DoCoMo, Samsung, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Semiconductor, NEC and Panasonic announced plans on Tuesday to establish a joint venture in which the firms hope to work together to create LTE and LTEAdvanced products. The fabless JV will specifically focus on ...

NABA helps provide Native communities with broadband
Cherokee Phoenix
In an effort to address this, the Native American Broadband Association was developed to assist them in obtaining broadband access. NABA is part of the National Broadband Plan, which is designed to provide broadband availability data from providers ...

China Telecom Explains "Fake" Broadband
CRIENGLISH.com
China's largest fixed-line service operator responded to reports that it had provided "fake" broadbandservices recently by saying it offered consumers "shared broadband" access, the Beijing News reports. A survey by the Data Center of China Internet ...

Keychain Access: Wi-Fi Passwords & Holiday Sanity
The Mac Observer
Let's be fair, here—a lot of people don't know what their Wi-Fi passwords are through no fault of their own. Maybe your relative had the Comcast guy set it up or asked a neighbor kid to do it. Or perhaps your dad wrote it down somewhere, and it's been ...

The Mac Observer

Fibre cable broadband 'boosts tourism'
Comms-express.com
The deployment of fibre cables to support super-fast broadband can provide a tourism boost for many areas, it has been claimed. Brian McCrow - who successfully campaigned for improvedbroadband services in the Borders town of Innerleithen - said ...

VIVA LAUNCHING 4G NETWORK IN BAHRAIN
Gulf Daily News
By MANDEEP SINGH , Posted on » Wednesday, December 28, 2011 MANAMA: VIVA last night announced the launch of the fourth generation (4G) long term evolution (LTE) network in Bahrain on New Year's Day. With the launch of the state-of-the-art network, ...

Gulf Daily News

AT&T Details More Than 1400 Wireless Network Upgrades Year-To-Date in the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
28, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- AT&T* customers in Philadelphia and surrounding communities including southern New Jersey are expected to experience improved mobilebroadband coverage and voice performance as a result of continued investment by ...

Broadband Computer Company set to fly after rethink
nebusiness.co.uk
Newcastle-based Broadband Computer Company (BCC) has spent the four years since its inception in the research and development phase, gradually raising awareness of its system, known as Alex, which enables the computer illiterate to get online and make ...

Faster broadband is coming to Ivybridge
Plymouth Herald
MORE than 6000 homes and businesses in Ivybridge will have access to faster broadband by next summer according to BT. The town is among 43 South West communities included in the latest roll-out plans for BT's next generation broadband service delivered ...

HTC EVO Shift 4G now just $49.99 on Sprint's After-Christmas Sale
Technology Bloom News
First to be offered is the HTC EVO Shift 4G which can now be had for just $49.99. As expected, you need to sign a contract that stipulates your stay with Sprint for two more years to take advantage of this deal. This offer is very hard to refuse ...

Technology Bloom News

BFACC to expand WiFi service
Rapid City Journal
The Belle Fourche Area Community Center will have a dedicated WiFi hotspot soon. The city council approved removing an obsolete theater ticket booth with a dedicated WiFi area for public Internet access from smart cell phones, laptops and other ...

Broadband Revolution: How MainOne challenges innovative youths
Vanguard
When Main One Cable, in July, 2010, commenced broadband operations in Nigeria and Ghana following successful completion of its multimillion dollar undersea fibre cables from Portugal, it promised to stoke a broadband revolution. ...

Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate, Captivate, Vibrant, Epic 4G & Tab Android 4.0 Ice ...
Wireless and Mobile News
Now, Samsung reportedly is reconsidering its decision not to update the Samsung Galaxy Tab, Fascinate, Captivate, Vibrant, Epic 4G or Tab. The Samsung Galaxy S was a huge hit last year. The Samsung Galaxy S 4G is also named as the top best smartphones ...

Wireless and Mobile News

French Award More LTE Spectrum
Light Reading
The three successful applicants, which have been busy formulating their LTE plans, will pay varying amonts for their licenses, which will be awarded in January. Bouygues is paying €683 million (US$893 million), Orange France is paying €891 million ...

Accor North America and Meraki Complete One of the World's Largest Wireless ...
MarketWatch (press release)
28, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Meraki, the leader in Cloud Networking, and Accor North America today announced the completion of a nationwide WiFi deployment across all of Accor North America's Motel 6 and Studio 6 properties. ...

Getting to a gigabit. How Sonic.net will take on caps, residents and AT&T in ...
GigaOm
I spent some time talking to Dane Jasper, the CEO of Sonic.net about how he plans to take on the incumbents, the cost of a fiber build out and the natives of a city that already have sued to stop AT&T from building out fiber to the node broadband. ...

GigaOm

Chance to apply for funding for faster broadband in Bromsgrove
Bromsgrove Advertiser
BROMSGROVE communities are being encouraged to attend a session that will help them access funding to bring faster broadband to the town. Two dedicated sessions are being held by Worcestershire County Council in January to help groups of residents put ...

The tablet boom: Great for Wi-Fi, but not for carriers
GigaOm
But Sandvine's top 5 projections for the new year are always worth a glance; its status as one of the telecom industry's biggest packet sniffers gives it unique insight into how consumers use their mobile and wireline broadband connections. ...

GigaOm

Thailand to unveil free WiFi in Bangkok but locals not convinced yet
The Next Web (blog)
Almost out of the blue, authorities in Thailand announced that they will introduce free public WiFi to the country's capital city Bangkok today, according to a report from the Bangkok Post. The surprise introduction marks the start of an roll-out, ...

The Next Web (blog)

''3G HSPA will be the main technology carrier & LTE will complement it''
Voice & Data Online
Right now, Ericsson is very much engaged in broadband. With 3G systems being rolled out, we see a great future for mobile broadband. Along with mobile broadband, there are a lot of devices with 3G HSPA and TD-LTE, which we are promoting here. ...

Nokia Windows Phone diagnostics app contains references to CDMA, AT&T LTE
PhoneDog
Remember those rumors that Nokia is prepping Windows Phone handsets with support for AT&TLTE? Those reports have just gotten a bit of support, all thanks to Nokia's own on-device Windows Phone diagnostics app. The folks over at Nanapho did some ...

T-Mobile Follows Up On January Promise, Launches 25 4G Devices In 2011
TmoNews
Furthermore, T-Mobile promised at least some of those devices would run on the 42Mbps HSPA+ network and they've achieved that with two smartphones, the Galaxy S II along with the HTC Amaze4G and one Sonic 4G Mobile Hotspot. Now for the question of the ...

Alcatel-Lucent Helps Taiwan's Asia Pacific Telecom Bring New High-speed Mobile ...
VAdvert Press Center (press release)
Sophia Chiu, Chairman of the Asia Pacific Telecom Co., Ltd said: “APT is committed to 'Making Better Changes' for our customers and working with Alcatel-Lucent we will be able to do this, offering our customers seamless fixed and mobile broadband ...

Wi-Fi Pin Vulnerability Discovered By Research Team
By James Johnson
Researchers for the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) have issued a warning regarding a Wi-Fi router vulnerability for users of the Wi-Fi.
The Inquisitr

HTC myTouch 4G Slide and EVO View 4G added to list of free ...
By Cory Gunther
It appears that HTC is staying true to their word completely because they've continuously been adding phones and tablets to the ever growing list of supported.
Android Community

New Wi-Fi Dispensing Vending Machine
By Darrell Nelson
We all know Japan is the land of the vending machine with intelligent vending machines, eco vending machines and now thanks to Asahi Beverages a new Wi-Fi service vending machine. The drinks manufacturer announced yesterday that it ...
Trends in Japan - Marketing and...

dailywireless.org » Automotive Telematics Goes 4G
By Sam Churchill
DailyWireless.org covers current developments in broadband wireless, including WiMAX, LTE, WiFiand mobile aps. Online since 2002, with nearly 10000 in-depth articles, we also cover social impact of 5 billion mobile users.
dailywireless.org

Kankakee, IL Sees Early LTE Cluster Deployment from Sprint
By Quentyn Kennemer
Sprint's confident in their plans to get their LTE network to a majority of their customers by the end of 2013 and they keep rolling on with deployment. Today.
Android Phone Fans

Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G LTE Review – Droid Life
By Kellex
As a “Nexus” on Verizon, the release of this phone marked an industry first on a number of levels including the combination of Ice Cream Sandwich, 4G LTE, NFC, an unlockable bootloader, and the support of the entire developer community. ...
Droid Life

WiFi Protected Setup Flaw Can Lead to Compromise of Router PINs ...
By Dennis Fisher
US-CERT is warning about a new bug in WiFi Protected Setup that enables easy brute-forcing of the WPS PIN.
threatpost - The First Stop for...

Vending machine in Japan dispenses drinks and WiFi | Ubergizmo
By Tyler Lee
Vending machines typically dispense foodstuff, such as drinks and snacks, but what about one that dispenses WiFi? Well, technically it does not actually dispense WiFi, but Tokyo-based Asahi Soft Drinks recently took the wraps off a new ...
Ubergizmo

HTC Bootloader Unlock Now Supports myTouch 4G Slide
By David
HTC has kept their word, albeit slower than we expected to continue offering bootloader unlocks for various devices within their line up. As of today they've.
TmoNews

Comparison - LG Optimus 3D vs HTC Sensation 4G
The LG Optimus 3D was announced in February and the HTC Sensation 4G was announced in April of 2011. The have similar 4.3-inch screens, and both run on the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS.
Mobile88.com - Mobile Phone and...

Thai government deploys 20000 Wi-Fi hot zones in Bangkok ...
By Esme Vos
The Thai government has announced that it has begun the deployment of 20000 Wi-Fi hot zones in Bangkok; they will be installing 20000 more in 2012. These Wi-Fi hot zones will be placed in government offices, police stations, municipal ...
MuniWireless: WiFi, LTE, 4G,...

Ozmo Wireless Mouse Design Achieves Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi ...
Ozmo Devices, the innovator in low-power Wi-Fi Personal Area Network (Wi-Fi PAN) semiconductors and software, today announced the successful Wi-Fi Direct™ certification of its OZMO2000 Wireless Mouse reference design by the Wi-Fi ...
Enterprise Communications and...

A Feature Look Towards Galaxy Nexus 4G LTE | AndroidEgis
By Mubasher Iqbal
Android is a well-known operating system (OS) which is present in lots of devices and Galaxy Nexus4G LTE is also one of them. We can say that for people who are in vanishing necessitate of 4G LTEconnections, the Verizon's Samsung ...
AndroidEgis

Comcast's $10 Broadband Hard to Qualify For - NBC Universal ...
News: Comcast's $10 Broadband Hard to Qualify For - NBC Universal Merger Condition A Little Hollow.
www.dslreports.com/.../Comcasts-10-Broadband-Hard-to-Qual...

New WiFi Setup Flaw Allows Easy Router PIN Guessing - Slashdot
Trailrunner7 writes "There is a newly discovered vulnerability in the WiFi Protected Setup standard that reduces the number of attempts it would take an attacker ...
mobile.slashdot.org/.../new-wifi-setup-flaw-allows-easy-router...

US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#723755 - WiFi Protected Setup PIN ...
The WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) PIN is susceptible to a brute force attack. A design flaw that exists in the WPS specification for the PIN authentication ...
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/723755

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