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WiMax Gets Green Light from UN

Upstart wireless tech included in next generation standards

New York Times New York Times Oct 20, 07 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a huge victory for Intel, the UN’s telecommunications agency yesterday gave WiMax a thumbs up, opening the way for member nations to devote public radio space to the upstart wireless internet technology. Intel lobbied hard for the WiMax, which can sling data 40 miles at up to 70 megabits per second. Broadband connections top out around 2 megabits per second. More »

More about:  United Nations • Intel • wireless • municipal wireless • WiMax • Qualcomm • Sony Ericsson

AT&T Eases
Its Contract
Regs, Fees

Nation's biggest wireless provider follows Verizon's lead, pressuring the rest

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Oct 17, 07 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wireless giant AT&T is following Verizon Wireless in loosening restrictions on customers who leave or change their calling plans. Flat early termination fees will be pro-rated, and plan alterations won't result in contract renewals. The move will put pressure on beleaguered No. 3 provider Sprint, writes the Wall Street Journal. More »

More about:  cell phones • Verizon • AT and T • wireless • Sprint

Britain Launches Wi-Fi Health Investigation

Study to examine wireless effects in schools, offices

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Oct 13, 07 3:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Great Britain’s Health Protection Agency has launched a two-year comprehensive study into the health risks of wireless Internet connections, responding to rising fears from advocates and educators – but they don’t expect to find anything. There’s no evidence suggesting health risks, the Agency says, and it's likely exposure levels are “thousands of times below guideline safety limits.” More »

More about:  Great Britain • Wi-Fi • wireless

Sprint CEO
Gets the Sack

Floundering wireless carrier to find replacement by December

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Oct 5, 07 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sprint CEO Gary Forsee is getting canned, the Wall Street Journal reports, as America’s number three carrier struggles to find an identity. Earlier this week activist investor Ralph Whitworth called for Forsee’s head, but it had been on the chopping block since August, Journal sources say. Sprint's net income dropped to $19m this quarter, from to $370m last year. More »

More about:  wireless • Sprint Nextel • Sprint • Gary Forsee • Ralph Whitworth

Municipal Wi-Fi Dreams Persist

Philadelphia, others survive after similar 'Internet everywhere' schemes fail

CNET CNET Sep 25, 07 5:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Citywide Wi-Fi isn't a dead horse. Despite the negative press that followed San Francisco's squashed wireless plan, other cities' networks are actually seeing signs of success because they articulated how it will be used and how it will benefit people, reports CNET. Corpus Christi's Wi-Fi initially allowed utility workers to read meters remotely; it now services police and other agencies. More »

More about:  Internet • Philadelphia • Wi-Fi • Minneapolis • wireless

Cell Phones Linked to Hearing Loss

Study finds hour a day on cell phone caused progressive damage 

WebMD WebMD Sep 20, 07 4:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Extensive cell phone use can cause progressive hearing loss, according to a new study presented at a scientific conference in Washington. The study, conducted by researchers in India, found high frequency hearing loss among users who talked for more than an hour a day for four years on their cell phones, reports WebMD. More »

More about:  health • cell phones • safety • wireless • hearing loss

Why Citywide Wi-Fi Doesn't Fly

Figures show low use
of municipal wireless

Wired Wired Sep 4, 07 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - As plans for free municipal Wi-Fi ran aground last week in San Francisco, Chicago, and St. Louis, Wired investigates why the egalitarian dream of all-pervasive wireless has failed to take hold. All to blame: the high cost of infrastructure, difficult public-private partnerships, and, above all, low consumer interest. More »

More about:  Internet • Chicago • San Francisco • Wi-Fi • wireless • St. Louis

Reality Bytes: Bobbies Bust
Wi-Fi Squatter

Web surfer jailed for freeloading on network

BBC BBC Aug 23, 07 3:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - London bobbies took a byte out of an internet surfer's liberty yesterday when they tossed him in jail for freeloading on someone else's wireless network. "This arrest should act as a warning to anyone who thinks it is acceptable to illegally use other people's broadband connections," admonished a detective. More »

More about:  Internet • London • Wi-Fi • wireless • broadband Internet

Get Ready
for the Googlephone

Company showing prototypes in bid to break into cell phone ad market

Independent (UK) Independent (UK) Aug 3, 07 3:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google is spending hundreds of millions of dollars secretly developing a cell phone which offers Google search technology and other services, reports the London Independent. Prototype phones have been shown to several wireless carriers. The company is poised to bid on wireless spectrum licenses in the upcoming federal auction, which could be used to  become a mobile phone operator. More »

More about:  Google • cell phones • wireless • communication • Google phone • radio spectrum • mobile • Vodaphone

Google Stokes Wireless Competition With $4.6B Bid

Search giant set to buy wireless frequencies

San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Chronicle Jul 22, 07 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google is poised to bid $4.6 billion in the upcoming federal auction of wireless frequencies,  to create a national broadband network that could challenge the dominance of companies like AT&T and Comcast. If Google's bid triumphs, the web search giant could expand into selling Internet, telephone and television services—or have other providers do it for them, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . More »

More about:  Internet • Google • FCC • auction • wireless • broadband Internet • Eric Schmidt • web • network • wireless frequencies

iPhones Down Duke Network

Snazzy gadgets cause wireless problems, headaches for university IT staff

News & Observer (Raleigh) News & Observer (Raleigh) Jul 19, 07 7:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wireless access points on the Duke campus are going dead for 10 to 15 minutes at a time, and the university has 100 to 150 suspects: iPhones. An IT spokesman tells the News and Observer the devices are hammering the university's wireless network with up 18,000 connection requests per second, "the electronic equivalent of repeated knocking on the door." More »

More about:  Apple • iPhone • wireless • Duke University

More Americans Go Wireless

Landline use falls; one-eighth of US households rely on cellphones only

San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Chronicle May 15, 07 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - More and more Americans are bypassing landlines and using only cellphones, a new CDC survey says. The trend encompasses people of all ages and incomes, and it's especially pronounced among the young and the poor. One-eighth (12.8%) of all households use only a cellphone—up from 3.2% in 2003—and the proportion in the 25-to-29 demographic is nearly 30%. More »

More about:  cell phones • wireless • telecom industry • telephone • telecom • communication

BlackBerry Blackout Lasts 12 Hours

Millions of data and email addicts left jonesing during service outage

New York Times New York Times Apr 19, 07 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five million BlackBerry scrollers in the U.S. and Asia were stymied for 12 hours over Tuesday night and yesterday morning while Research in Motion frantically fixed a service outage. Early-riser Wall Streeters working on deals with London were particularly annoyed by the downtime. Experts surmise the blackout was a side effect of rapid expansion. More »

More about:  US economy • United Kingdom • technology • BlackBerry • wireless • Research In Motion

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