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• How to set up and maintain a wireless workplace

  Wireless networks aren't just a convenience anymore; they've become an essential part of business culture. It's nearly impossible to walk into a workplace that doesn't use Wi-Fi in some fashion. For the millions of portable wireless devices--from traditional laptops to smartphones and tablets (including Apple's iDevices and the ever-expanding menagerie of Android-based gear)--that people carry with them today, Wi-Fi is the great connector, providing an industry-standard communication layer for untethered devices.

• Mobile broadband data is king to telcos

  The amount of data generated by business technology systems, digital cameras and mobile phones has grown over the past several years.

• Full-Duplex Boosts Network Traffic

  Rice University researchers have developed full-duplex wireless technology that they say could double network traffic -- at a low cost, with little need for new hardware and without much disruption in service.

• PayPal unveils mobile payments for in-store shopping

  PayPal has unveiled a mobile payment initiative for shoppers that doesn't require near-field communication (NFC) technology inside smartphones.

• Rice demonstrates full-duplex wireless technology

  Rice University researchers today announced they have successfully demonstrated full-duplex wireless technology that would allow a doubling of network traffic without the need for more cell towers.

• Verizon makes its satellite dishes available as standard service

  Verizon announced it is turning its 19 years of responding to hurricanes and disasters with ground-based mobile satellite technology into a standard service for a variety of businesses and governments.

• NFC will be worth the wait, analysts say

  Starbucks said this week it has seen plenty of customers interested in using smartphones to pay for their coffee.

• Some Verizon users still reporting LTE modem problems

  Even though Verizon Wireless claims its fast LTE network is "up and running" following an April 26 outage, it's still not working for some customers, including 50 Chicago-based users of laptops with LTE modems.

• Verizon restores LTE data network after outage

  Verizon Wireless said its 4G LTE network was "up and running" at 11 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, following a nationwide outage that began late Tuesday.

• LTE wireless for real-time, remote video streaming announced

  Verizon Wireless and LiveCast Media today announced 4G Mobile Reporter for use with Verizon's LTE network to send live high-definition video wirelessly with a laptop and USB modem.

• AT&T to enable faster uploads for Atrix, Inspire in April

  AT&T today said it plans to turn on faster upload speeds for the Motorola Atrix 4G and HTC Inspire 4G sometime in April after incurring customer wrath for not offering the faster speeds when the devices launched in February.

• Echo dual-screen smartphone coming April 17 from Sprint

  The dual-screen Kyocera Echo, an Android smartphone, will sell for $199.99 with a two-year agreement starting April 17 exclusively from Sprint, the carrier announced Monday.

• Communication key to post-disaster survival

  Parts of coastal Japan have been so badly hit by earthquakes and tsunamis in recent days that the only communication about other possible dangers such as radioactive fallout from damaged reactors has been one way, coming to residents through portable, battery-operated FM radios.

• Is GPS about to be broken?

  Could you live without your satellite navigation system?

• Verizon Wireless taps Tektronix to monitor LTE network performance

  Verizon Wireless said today that it will use Tektronix Communications' Iris software to support network monitoring of the Verizon LTE network, which is now in the early stages of being rolled out.