New rules governing U.S. wireless carriers went into full effect on Wednesday, although many carriers had been following the guidelines for nearly a year. These…
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Soon you’ll be able to send SMS messages to toll-free help lines
On Thursday, toll-free numbers administered by Bandwidth will have the ability to send and receive text messages -- which could mean that you never have to hold for an operator again.…
Read MoreThese are the 6 ways US carriers have agreed to help customers unlock their phones
It's official: Five U.S. carriers have agreed to six new voluntary policies that will assist consumers in phone unlocks. Half of the new procedures take place within 90 days while the other half will follow over the next year.…
Read MoreIs Cisco stacking the deck with its mobile data numbers?
To hear Cisco tell it, the world is quickly running out of wireless spectrum. Tim Farrar, of TMF associates, says a look at the numbers shows that Cisco first overstated them, then revised them, and is now overstating them again.…
Read MoreCTIA: The good, the bad and the very, very ugly
I have a confession to make: I like CTIA Wireless. I'll be the first to admit that the show is dying, but the problem isn't it's place on the calendar like most people think. The problem is much simpler: It's the carriers.…
Read MoreKyocera ceramic transducer makes you hear voices in your head
Kyocera thinks the old audio speaker in your mobile phone is passé. There are too many steps: a diaphragm vibrates to produce sound waves that travel down your ear to your eardrum. Kyocera would rather just skip ahead and funnel sound directly into your inner ear.…
Read MoreFCC Chairman questions AT&T’s merger math
Performing a few mental calculations during his keynote at CTIA Wireless on Tuesday, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski quickly concluded that the same amount of mobile spectrum existed today as existed before the government slapped down AT&T-Mo. So where did this capacity crisis suddenly come from?…
Read MoreSeamless Wi-Fi on your smartphone could quickly become reality
The Wi-Fi Alliance won’t accept its first devices for Passpoint certification until late June, but once the doors to its labs swing wide there may not be much of a lag time before our smartphones start automatically connecting to carriers’ Wi-Fi hotspots.…
Read MoreExclusive: Ruckus completes Nokia Siemens’ HetNet puzzle
At Mobile World Congress, Nokia Siemens Networks laid out an ambitious heterogeneous network strategy, unveiling its Flexi Zone fabric of small cells. NSN, however, was missing one crucial piece Wi-Fi. NSN has now filled that hole through a deal with metro Wi-Fi vendor Ruckus Wireless.…
Read MoreNokia Siemens wants to shut off 2G one frequency at a time
Usually wireless equipment makers like to talk about networks they’re building, but at CTIA Wireless week Nokia Siemens Networks is talking about shutting them down. NSN is showing off a technology at the show that will help operators repurpose their old 2G spectrum for mobile broadband.…
Read MoreAT&T launching smart home pilot in Atlanta and Dallas
AT&T’s Digital Life program may have started overseas, but this summer AT&T will offer its new connected home service in two U.S. trial markets, Atlanta and Dallas, where it will install home monitoring and automation devices that homeowners can access from a browser, smartphone or tablet.…
Read MoreCTIA offers the most confusing wireless stat du jour
The CTIA wants you to know that Americans used 123 percent more wireless data in 2011 than 2010, but the wireless industry’s lobby apparently doesn’t want you to know exactly how that translates in any way a normal person understands. Instead it turned to song.…
Read MoreNational database aims to catch smartphone thieves
The feds teamed up with law enforcement and the wireless industry to curb the theft of cellphones by essentially rendering the devices useless once pilfered and fingering the thieves if they try to re-activate them. Their plan: A new database that will track stolen phones.…
Read MoreChina set to surpass 1 billion mobile connections
China is closing in on the 1 billion mobile connections mark, according to a new Wireless Intelligence report. China has always been a world power in wireless, but it’s set to become more significant still as its huge population embraces mobile data services.…
Read MoreApple, Google absent from ESRB’s new mobile app rating system
The Entertainment Software Ratings Board intends to apply its familiar game-rating stamps to mobile apps, providing a way for parents to monitor and restrict the games and content their kids download. Five mobile operators and Microsoft(s msft) have signed on but Apple and Google are missing.…
Read More@ CTIA: In Mobile, The Enterprise Still Takes A Back Seat To Consumers
In a weird way, the lack of enthusiasm around this week's CTIA Enterprise and Applications show demonstrates just how consumer-driven the mo……
Read More@ CTIA: Credit-Card Companies See No Limit On Mobile Payments
If it seems like the mobile world has been talking nonstop about the potential for mobile payments all year, it's because we have been. Ther……
Read MoreMobile Legend Bob Galvin Of Motorola Dies, Few At CTIA Notice
Bob Galvin, who oversaw Motorola's invention of the cell phone and helped change the way the world communicates, has died at the age of 89.……
Read MoreThe Morning Lowdown 10-12-11
» RIM's Service Outage Enters Day Three And Company Admits It's In The Dark (paidContent) » How Gizmodo escaped indic……
Read More@ CTIA: Wireless CEO Showdown Fizzles Amid Buzzword-Heavy Addresses
During a morning that featured far less acrimony than the last time they got together in March, the CEOs of three of the leading wireless co……
Read MoreThe Show Must Go On: What To Expect At CTIA Enterprise This Week
The wireless industry's fall gathering--CTIA Enterprise and Apps--will open Monday with an industry in mourning over the death of a man who……
Read MoreUpdated: Ice Cream Sandwich Melts? Google, Samsung Move Nexus Prime Launch
People that have been gearing up for the launch of Google's newest Android iteration, Ice Cream Sandwich, and Samsung's latest signature dev……
Read MoreNext Up for Netflix: Family Plans
Families could soon be able to add multiple users profiles to their Netflix accounts, according to statements published by the company. Netflix is also thinking about allowing simultaneous streams to multiple devices and shifting its general focus from targeting household towards targeting individual subscribers.…
Read MoreCTIA Wire: T-Mobile; Nokia; CTIA Survey; Powerwave
» T-Mobile announced its expansion of 4G products, including the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) G2x smartphone. It's also rolling out the Sa……
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