Consumer gadget enthusiasts might have fawned over the new Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and the Huawei Watch at Mobile World Congress, but…
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Full duplex may be the next breakthrough in mobile networking
Stanford startup Kumu Networks didn’t receive much notice at Mobile World Congress this week as the giants of the mobile industry revealed…
Read MoreBroadcom’s new Wi-Fi chip turns your phone into an IoT hub
At Mobile World Congress, Broadcom released a new chipset designed to bring Wi-Fi’s speediest technology, 802.11ac, into smartphones. What makes this particular…
Read MoreFCC’s Wheeler makes net neutrality case before global carriers
Federal Communications Chairman Tom Wheeler said on Tuesday that he doesn’t put much credibility in claims that U.S. carriers would stop investing…
Read MoreA look at Zeroth, Qualcomm’s effort to put AI in your smartphone
What if your smartphone camera were smart enough to identify that the plate of clams and black beans appearing in its lens…
Read MoreZuckerberg’s Internet.org feels the love (and fear) from carriers
At Mobile World Congress on Monday Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg took the stage with three executives from carriers in developing countries to talk…
Read MorePayPal acquires Paydiant, puts NFC into its Here readers
PayPal is buying Paydiant, a startup that provides the mobile payments and loyalty technology used by many big-name retailers use in their…
Read MoreIntel, Alcatel-Lucent unveil their cloud mobile network
A year after forming their wireless partnership, Intel and Franco-American network builder Alcatel-Lucent say they’re ready to start moving the mobile network…
Read MoreQualcomm has a fingerprint ID technology that uses ultrasound
Qualcomm has developed its own fingerprint sensor for smartphones with the aim of tapping the increasing demand for biometric security on phones.…
Read MoreJolla and SSH push Sailfish Secure as “European alternative” mobile OS
I’ve got to hand it to Jolla – despite significant teething problems, the upstart Finnish mobile-maker has clung on, using crowdfunding campaigns…
Read MoreAlcatel-Lucent’s new network concept mixes Wi-Fi and LTE
Like many network equipment makers at Mobile World Congress this week, Alcatel-Lucent is pushing the controversial idea of carriers setting up shop…
Read MoreSamsung’s Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge come pre-installed with Milk Music and Milk Video
Samsung’s Milk Music and Milk Video services could soon see a lot more users: The handset maker is pre-installing both apps on…
Read MoreT-Mobile will launch LTE in the Wi-Fi airwaves in 2016
T-Mobile came up short compared to Verizon and AT&T in the last 4G spectrum auction, but it looks like it’s found another source…
Read MoreSamsung Pay has all the tools it needs to surpass Apple Pay
A lot of the features in the new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, like curved edges and glass-and-metal design, are examples of…
Read MoreGalaxy S6 and S6 Edge: A new look for Samsung and a new wallet
We were expecting a major reboot of the Galaxy S line, and that’s what Samsung gave us Sunday night at Mobile World…
Read MoreQualcomm readies the first 4G chips to use the Wi-Fi airwaves
At Mobile World Congress next week, Qualcomm will unveil its first 4G silicon designed to tap the 5 GHz unlicensed airwaves used…
Read MoreCan ARM processors move the mobile network into the cloud?
ARM is already powering our smartphones, and it’s seeing its processor architecture migrate into networks that supply those phones their connectivity, but…
Read MoreSK Telecom uses fancy antennas to hit LTE speeds of 600 Mbps
SK Telecom just last month amped up its LTE network in Seoul to support blistering speeds of 300 Mbps, but the carrier…
Read MoreAs 4G demand balloons, here come the “super” base stations
Mobile World Congress kicks off in a little more than a week, and while most of the tech world might be anticipating…
Read MoreVisa wants to track your smartphone to prevent credit card fraud
In two weeks I’m flying to Barcelona to attend Mobile World Congress, and as I have in every previous year I’ve gone…
Read MoreThe U.S. Galaxy S5 will soon get a big speed boost thanks to carrier aggregation
When U.S. operators start bonding together their LTE networks later this year, the Galaxy S5 will be one of the first devices in the market that can tap into their increased network speeds.…
Read MoreSoftware is eating the mobile network, too, as AT&T begins its journey into the cloud
AT&T is taking the first steps toward transforming its network into a data center. It's not touching the cellular network -- at least not yet -- but it will start virtualizing its mobile core and application infrastructure.…
Read MoreWith a new set of voice APIs, Nexmo challenges Twilio head on
With voice, cloud-SMS provider Nexmo is moving in on its larger rival Twilio's turf. Meanwhile Twilio is growing its messaging business globally and targeting the enterprise.…
Read MoreEurope: We don’t know what 5G is yet, but we’re damn sure going to lead the way with it
In what had to be the strangest event at Mobile World Congress, EU digital chief Neelie Kroes expounded on the need for 5G technologies that no one has actually defined yet.…
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