At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco today, company CEO Paul Otellini (see photo) said Intel is "developing an integrated Wi-Fi/WiMAX module... that will be available for notebooks and...
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Today in London, Nokia launched the dual-mode GSM/Wi-Fi Nokia E51 smartphone - and used the launch to stress Nokia's mobile unified communications strategy. "We see a significant opportunity...
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by jeff goldman on September 18, 2007
As was widely expected, Apple today announced that O2 will be the exclusive UK carrier for the 8GB Apple iPhone, which launches in the UK on November 9th for £269. "Confirmation of the revenue...
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by jeff goldman on September 17, 2007
Sprint today announced the launch of its AIRAVE offering, a direct competitor to T-Mobile's HotSpot @ Home. The box, built by Samsung, will be first made available to customers in Denver and...
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by jeff goldman on September 17, 2007
T-Mobile USA today announced that it had agreed to buy SunCom Wireless for $1.6 billion in cash and $0.8 billion in assumed debt. The acquisition gives T-Mobile improved coverage in North Carolina,...
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by jeff goldman on September 13, 2007
Virgin America today announced a partnership with AirCell to offer on-board Wi-Fi access on every flight "sometime in 2008." "We believe that broadband connectivity on our planes will...
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by jeff goldman on September 13, 2007
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit this week granted a stay pending appeal on the ITC's ban on importing Qualcomm's chips into the U.S. due to a violation of a Broadcom patent -...
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by jeff goldman on September 12, 2007
Apple isn't planning to bring the iPhone to Asia until 2008, but it doesn't really matter - the market there is already flooded with cheaper clones of the device. According to Bloomberg's...
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by jeff goldman on September 12, 2007
Google today officially launched the mobile version of its AdWords service - as Search Engine Land's Greg Sterling explains, "Google is no longer setting up mobile as a separate ad...
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by jeff goldman on September 11, 2007
The German government stated this week that people should avoid using Wi-Fi whenever possible due to possible health risks... or maybe they didn't... "The German government's ruling -...
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by jeff goldman on September 11, 2007
Over the weekend, the AP's Todd Lewan reported that a series of veterinary and toxicology studies conducted over the past decade or so determined that implanted RFID chips had induced cancerous...
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by jeff goldman on September 10, 2007
On the same day that Apple oh-so-proudly announced the sale of its one millionth iPhone, BusinessWeek's Peter Burrows broke the news that Apple has "studied the implications of joining"...
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by jeff goldman on September 07, 2007
Apple CEO Steve Jobs posted an open letter to iPhone users on the company's Web site today, apologizing for dropping the price of the iPhone by $200 only two months after it first became...
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Pace Micro Technology, Metalink, and Runcom Technologies today announced that they've developed a combination WiMax/Wi-Fi multimedia content delivery system for the home. The system is designed...
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by jeff goldman on September 06, 2007
Cisco this week reversed its long-held position that it would wait for the final draft of 802.11n before releasing any products. How did it reverse that position? Why, by releasing 802.11n products,...
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by jeff goldman on September 06, 2007
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Jay Rockefeller today announced that they'll be introducing a bill on Friday called the Cellphone Consumer Empowerment Act, which aims to make it easier for...
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by jeff goldman on September 05, 2007
Among all the buzz today about Apple's new range of iPods, the key news here at the Wireless Weblog is, of course, the fact that the iPod is finally getting Wi-Fi. Not on the full range of new...
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Swedish carrier TeliaSonera yesterday announced plans to offer a fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) solution called Telia Home Free. "We are now integrating the mobile telephone in the digital home...
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by jeff goldman on September 05, 2007
Palm CEO Ed Colligan sent out a mass email to the company's customers yesterday, and the news it contained was quite a surprise. "I have decided to cancel the Foleo mobile companion product...
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by jeff goldman on September 05, 2007
MetroPCS yesterday made a very public offer to buy Leap Wireless for more than $5 billion, which the Wall Street Journal's Dana Cimilluca says may well have been a desperate move on Metro's...
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