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MWC: EC offers £43m funding for 5G
The European Union is ?shooting itself in the foot? when it comes to the mobile industry, Europe's Digital Agenda Commissioner told CEOs in Barcelona.
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Wi-Fi Alliance to take over WiGig development and certification
The long courtship between the Wi-Fi Alliance and the Wireless Gigabit Alliance, which promotes a fast wireless LAN technology that runs on very high frequencies, is set to end in marriage just a little too late for the International CES trade show next week.
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Wearable technology market will top £3.8bn by 2016
Demand for real-time data, including personal health information, is driving the market for wearable, wireless devices that will grow from 14 million items this year to as many as 171 million in 2016.
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WiGig gigabit-speed wireless notches another chip partnership
Wi-Fi chip makers are lining up to add WiGig technology to their wireless LAN products, preparing the way for tri-band equipment that can deliver multi-gigabit speeds within a room.
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Windows Phone 8 previewed by Microsoft
Microsoft is planning to base its upcoming Windows Phone 8 OS on the same OS core as its Windows 8 software for desktop and laptop computers, the company said yesterday.
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Nokia Siemens to tap into Ruckus for service-provider Wi-Fi
Ruckus Wireless will announce two deals at the CTIA Wireless show this week which reflect service providers' growing interest in the unlicensed wireless technology.
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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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Android smartphones link to new Samsung TV
With ever-thinner screens and 3D technology failing to excite consumers much, TV maker Samsung has come up with a new gimmick to shift sets ? turn them into hubs for smartphones and tablets.
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Medical wireless networks fighting for spectrum frequencies
The battle over scarce radio spectrum that has embroiled the mobile broadband world even extends to a little-known type of wireless network that promises to reconnect the human nervous system with paralysed limbs.
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Sharp debuts new 7-inch model from Galapagos tablet pc line
Sharp said Wednesday it has no plans to abandon its Galapagos tablet line and announced a 7-inch model that can serve as a WiMAX router.
