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NFC payments might not have as big mobile impact as Google wants
Mobile payments enabled by Near Field Communications (NFC) won't have as big an impact as vendors such as Google are hoping for, according to IEEE fellow Jack Winters.
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Swindon first UK local authority to deploy borough-wide 4G
Swindon Council has begun deploying a borough-wide 4G Long term Evolution (LTE) network in a bid to encourage mobile working among its councillors, who intend to spend less time working at their desks and more time in the community.
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Mobile networks and wireless operators to ease mobile phone roaming
Getting your phone onto Wi-Fi networks may get a lot easier starting in about a year, but it won't necessarily get cheaper.
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Apple takes veil off third gen iPad
Apple has unveiled the third edition of its iPad, featuring a Retina display, a vastly improved camera, the new A5X processor, the high-speed mobile broadband technology LTE, and voice dictation support, but it not being called the iPad 3.
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Windows 8 on ARM on track, Microsoft says
Anyone can take Windows 8 for a spin now that Microsoft has launched the so-called "consumer preview" version of the software at an event in Barcelona on Wednesday.
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Cisco adds Hotspot 2.0 carrier-network smarts to its Wi-Fi
Cisco Systems announced its take on the reshaping of mobile networks that is emerging at this week's Mobile World Congress on Tuesday, saying it can build a Wi-Fi infrastructure spanning all the way from the access point to the core network.
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Wi-Fi Alliance hopes Passpoint standard will simplify public hotspots
The Wi-Fi Alliance will launch a program to simplify the use of Wi-Fi hotspots in July, making it easier for both users and mobile operators to get off strained cellular networks.
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Radio Spectrum Policy Programme approved by European Parliament
Wireless broadband got a boost in Europe yesterday when the European Parliament voted in favour of reallocating radio spectrum frequencies.
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Panasonic launches wireless broadband service to connect its products
Panasonic launched a wireless broadband service in Japan this week that is intended to encourage customers to use its coming wave of Internet-ready appliances and services.
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Number of public Wi-Fi hotspots to quadruple by 2015, says Informa
The number of public Wi-Fi hotspots is expected to increase by 350 percent in the next four years, as operators look for ways to offload traffic from their mobile networks, according to a report by market research company Informa Telecoms and Media.
