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While a single swallow doesn’t make a summer, it is safe to say that 4G wireless broadband is making a shy appearance in the U.S. The increasing availability of Clearwire WiMAX (which some say isn’t quite 4G) has now been followed by the news that Verizon, […] Read more »

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Mobile companies heart the smart grid — it can offer stable revenue in a world in which cell phone customers can be pretty fickle. Yesterday two of the largest wireless players in the U.S., Qualcomm and Verizon Wireless, announced that they have teamed up on a […] Read more »

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The U.S. wireless data market grew 5 percent quarter over quarter and 32 percent from first quarter 2008 to reach $10 billion in mobile data service revenues. It marked the first time the U.S .market has achieved the $10 billion milestone. Given the strong growth in data revenues shown by the top carriers and the increase in service revenues overall, it appears that (at least for the time being) the worst is over for the mobile industry. In summary, the recession has been all but a tiny blip (from the service revenue perspective) in its growth trend, and the U.S. mobile market has weathered the downward spiral in the economy better than its counterparts in other developing nations. Read more at GigaOM Pro »

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[qi:gigaom_icon_lte] UPDATED: Verizon Wireless plans to launch its LTE networks commercially in the second half of 2010 and finish its deployment by 2014, according to comments made by Lowell McAdams, president and CEO of Verizon, on a conference call earlier this week. That’s slower than its […] Read more »

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We are currently at an inflection point with regard to smart grid upgrades. For the first time, the smart grid movement has the backing of the U.S. government and increasing buy-in from state public utility commissions; utilities themselves are beginning to aggressively push smart meter ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »

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Qualcomm and Broadcom, two of the primary communications chip firms, agreed today to end their long-standing intellectual property feud, with Qualcomm agreeing to pay out $891 million to Broadcom over four years. Qualcomm, which owns the intellectual property related to the CDMA 3G wireless standard, has […] Read more »

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Verizon Wireless today announced additions to its prepaid phone plans that seem a bit rich compared to prepaid plans already offered by Sprint’s Boost Mobile, Metro PCS  and Leap Wireless. Those plans cost $40 to $50 a month, while Verizon’s high-end plan costs subscribers $4 a […] Read more »

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Prop 8 — The Musical Heading to Broadway; one-night only performance will be part of the Defying Inequality: The Broadway Concert benefit. (Variety) SAG Boots Doug Allen, its Executive Director and Chief Negotiator; move could signal a pull back from previous plans to call for strike […] Read more »

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Verizon Wireless today admitted that some of its employees had been looking into President-elect Barack Obama’s cell phone billing records. In a release, the company said: “This week we learned that a number of Verizon Wireless employees have, without authorization, accessed and viewed President-Elect Barack Obama’s […] Read more »

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[qi:004] Cable providers rate poorly on both customer service and pricing, but thanks to their speedy broadband service, they have so far managed to score more customers than the phone companies, according to a survey out today from research firm CFI Group. The survey, which quizzed […] Read more »

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Updated: I was mildly surprised by the news reported in the Wall Street Journal this morning that Google was in talks with Verizon Wireless to get its search bar embedded on the home screen of Verizon’s phones. Google would love such a deal — the company […] Read more »

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For people who work on the web, getting access to the Internet is vital. If we can’t connect to our colleagues and projects online, we can’t earn a living. However, we can’t always stay attached to our home base and therefore we need a way to […] Read more »

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Typically, there are two ways of getting online when you are traveling: either rely upon Wi-Fi hotspots where you can find them, or pay for a mobile broadband cellular card.  However, mobile broadband cards are very expensive when you do a pay-as-you go plan.  With these […] Read more »

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This Verizon Wireless morning announced a new pricing plan for customers.  Dubbed “E-mail and Web for Smartphone,” the new package is priced at $29.99. Verizon has aimed this data plan at those who are looking for unlimited e-mail and Internet Browsing. E-mail and Web for Smartphone […] Read more »

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CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly.MoTR 129 is 35:30 minutes long and is a 32.6 MB file in MP3 format. INTRO: Based on “Time v2.1″ by Meta Sektion, additional mixing by James Kendrick.HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel […] Read more »

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The Financial Times suspects that DISH Network is building a mobile television service thanks to its relationship with Frontier Wireless, the winner of a $712 million hunk of spectrum offered in the recent 700 MHz auction. Frontier walked away with nationwide licenses to the E block […] Read more »

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Amidst frenzied media coverage and hopes for changes to the nation’s wireless infrastructure, the 700MHz auction came to a close this week after raising $19.59 billion. Much like a political election, the incumbents won, and talk of change will likely remain just that — talk. Verizon […] Read more »

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Last week, AT&T Mobility announced a major expansion of their 3G broadband mobile network (as covered by Om). In summary, they are planning on expanding their 3G network to 80 new cities, are going to a technology called HSUPA this year, and are looking at Long-Term […] Read more »

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Did you pick up one of the slimmer and lighter Sony PlayStationPortables, aka: the PSP-2000? If you did, there’s a present for you in the form of a firmware upgrade. Version 3.90 adds Skype to your Network options which can be paired with your PSP headset […] Read more »

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Two months after saying it would open up its network to other devices, Verizon Wireless is inviting developers to a mid-March conference where they can learn more about building software and devices that will run on its network. It’s an important step, because without people to […] Read more »

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Whether it is the threat of a Google-led wireless revolution that could cause an upheaval in its empire, or it is just a realization that networks need to be open and customers need choices — Verizon Wireless today announced that by the end of 2008 it […] Read more »

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NewTeeVee will be in New York City next week for a special edition of our Pier Screenings online video show series. This month’s theme is “love stories” (and there’s still time for you to enter your video here). We’re please to announce that our judges are […] Read more »

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Anyone who has watched YouTube — and who hasn’t — knows that the short-form video that currently breaks up the monotony of a work day simply sucks. The quality of the video shown in tiny windows is maybe okay for giggles, but can get quite tiresome […] Read more »

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I’ve got a lot of friends who have recently purchased their first Macs. I’m always more than happy to help them get up and running and answer questions whenever they have them – I mean, I do that here for you people and I don’t even […] Read more »

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Exclusive: Connected Home has become one of the main themes of investment for venture capitalists in Silicon Valley. And the hottest deal to catch the imagination of carpet baggers is a little known company called Sling Media, a quasi-stealth mode company based in Silicon Valley. The […] Read more »

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Nokia bad designs continue to roll and roil The Ultimate Blue Screen of Death, Trust me on this one. Panasonic’s Ultimate Broadband Device, and cool too VoIP, is more of the old wine in a new bottle Hot Spots or Not Spots Who said going mobile […] Read more »

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Not anytime soon, but some day in the near future one could expect IPod with a massive 200 GB drive, and one would have to thank PMR for it. Perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) will be the next big leap in the hard drive storage technology, and […] Read more »

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