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Scientists hit wireless speeds of 2.56Tbps using light vortex beams
- Researchers at USC, JPL and Tel Aviv University have managed to transfer 2.56 terabits of information by multiplexing 8 x 300Gbps "twisted" streams of visible light into a single beam. The feat exploits a phenomenon which, up until recently, scientists…
Belkin unveils 802.11ac router lineup, $139 and $159
- According to this press release, Belkin will be joining a small but growing club of vendors who offer wireless routers with 802.11ac. The latest Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ac operates on 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands simultaneously to deliver higher speeds than current…
Intel buys 1,700 wireless patents from InterDigital for $350 million
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InterDigital Inc. announced on Monday the sale of around 1,700 patents covering various wireless technologies to chipmaker Intel Corporation for about $350 million, a move that pleased shareholders and sent shares in the company up by 27 percent...
Western Digital intros four wireless routers, one with 2TB of storage
- Western Digital, a company who is better known for its enduring legacy in storage solutions, announced that it will be dipping its toes into the consumer wireless network market. The company unveiled four new home router products that will cover…
Verizon's Share Everything plans will go live June 28
- Verizon Wireless today announced its new Share Everything Plans that will allow customers to share a single pool of data, voice, and text messages across multiple devices. The new plans mark the biggest revamp in wireless pricing in years and…
Marvell unveils first 802.11ac chip with Bluetooth 4.0, NFC
- Marvell has pulled the curtain on its first 802.11ac chip, a debut which makes Marvell the second manufacturer to produce an 802.11ac solution thus far. The Avastar 88W8897 may feature a name only an industry OEM could love, but marks…
Cricket offers prepaid iPhone 4, 4S for $55 a month starting June 22
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Cricket Wireless (subsidiary of Leap Wireless) has announced the upcoming availability of the US' first prepaid iPhone. The offer will open on Friday, June 22 and gets you Apple's handset contract free for $55 a month. Naturally, that also means the devices aren't steeply discounted...
Five US cable providers join forces to offer 50,000+ wireless hotspots
- Five cable companies have announced a joint effort to provide wireless Internet hotspots across the US. Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable have agreed to let their high-speed Internet subscribers access each other's Wi-Fi networks.…
802.11-2012 Wi-Fi promises 600Mbps, 3.65-3.7GHz, mesh networking
- Over the past 15 years, the Wi-Fi (802.11x) standard has been revised only a handful of times, evolving to include major revisions like 802.11b, g and n and smaller, incremental amendments like 802.11a. For the fourth time since 1997, the…
"Biggest ever" review finds no link between cell phones and health
- It seems like every few months, new research surfaces which either validates or invalidates links to cell phone radiation and human health. So, what's the truth -- the real truth? It may disappoint you to know the jury is still…
iPavement stones with embedded PCs used as wireless app hotspots
- Urban dwellers may soon find a new way to obtain information wirelessly while on the go. A Spanish company called Via Inteligente has developed a product called the iPavement stone that, as the name suggests, includes an embedded computer with…
25% of the world's households have Wi-Fi, will hit 42% by 2016
- Roughly two thirds of US and Canadian households are now outfitted with wireless Internet, according to a study by Strategy Analytics. The outfit reports that 439 million households worldwide (or about 25%) had Wi-Fi installed at the end of 2011,…
AT&T bringing 4G LTE to 12 additional markets by the summer
- AT&T has announced that they will be extending their 4G LTE coverage to an additional 12 cities starting in April. The telecom company hasn’t given an exact date on when each city will see the new service activated but we…
Neowin Trivia Tuesday: The many waves of Wi-Fi
- Millions of people use Wi-Fi every day to connect wirelessly to the Internet through their home or work routers; I know I do, not only for some of my PCs, but also for my smartphone and other portable devices. It’s…
Panasonic demonstrates new WiGig wireless SD cards
- Japanese Electronics giant Panasonic has been demonstrating its new WiGig SD memory cards this week, which the company claims it has developed for the past few years looking to provide users with a simple solution to short range, high-speed data…
Windows 8 to integrate mobile broadband, simplify wireless connections
- Windows 8 will make it easier for users to manage Wi-Fi and mobile connections. Group program manager on Microsoft’s devices and networking team Billy Anders has published a post on the company’s Building Windows 8 blog that outlines steps taken…
AT&T increases wireless data plan caps, raises prices
- AT&T Wireless is about to make some slight modifications to its data plans which may benefit some customers, but hurt others. The good news? Starting January 22, AT&T will be replacing its 200MB and 2GB data plans with 300MB and…
Broadcom introduces first gigabit-speed 802.11ac chips
- Broadcom is ushering in a new generation of Wi-Fi technology with the release of its first gigabit-speed 802.11ac chips. The company says the new chips are aimed at enabling higher-bandwidth services like HD movie streaming over wireless connections. They are…
Wi-Fi Protected Setup design flaw leaves routers open to attack
- Design flaws in the Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) standard used by most modern routers could make it easier to retrieve a wireless network's password through brute force and leave it open to attack. The issue was first brought to light…
Dish Network interested in T-Mobile deal if AT&T acquisition fails
- Dish Network may be the next in line to strike a deal with T-Mobile should the acquisition by AT&T fail. Dish CEO Joe Clayton said in an interview with Reuters that the company is serious about getting into the wireless…
AT&T throttles top 5% of wireless data users, still charges overage fees
- As we mentioned this summer, AT&T was slated to begin throttling data plans as of October 1 this year. Reports of throttling are finally beginning to surface as more and more users complain they have received this dreaded text message from…
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