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  • Google Voice: 10 Reasons to Check It Out

    Now that Google Voice is open to everybody in the U.S., small business owners, particularly those with less than 25 employees, should take a close look at Google's free phone management service. Here are ten good reasons why:

  • Apple promises fix for iPad Wi-Fi problems

    Apple will issue a fix to answer complaints from iPad owners of weak wireless signals, dropped connections and slow surfing speeds, the company said in a recently-published support document.

  • Wi-Fi, WirelessHD cozy up to WiGig standard

    The Wireless Gigabit Alliance may be on its way to dominating the market for multi-gigabit in-room wireless networks after the powerful Wi-Fi Alliance said it would study the group's specification as part of Wi-Fi certification and a key rival announced it would include WiGig in dual-mode chips.

  • Clearwire, partners name 19 upcoming WiMax US cities

    Clearwire's WiMax mobile broadband will come to 19 more markets across the U.S. this summer, with partner Sprint Nextel reselling the service in all those areas and partners Comcast and Time Warner Cable coming on board in some of them.

  • Apple's iPad 3G arrives April 30

    Apple today said that the more expensive iPad models that connect to the Internet using AT&T's wireless network will go on sale April 30 in the US, barely meeting the company's self-imposed deadline to ship the tablet by the end of the month.

  • LTE may heat up mobile net neutrality debate

    Fine-grained network controls that are coming with next-generation mobile technology could make some demanding mobile applications such as video perform better but may also raise net neutrality concerns.

  • Telstra teams with Ericsson for LTE broadband trial

    Telstra is to shortly begin trials of Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, including offerings from Huawei, Nokia Siemens Networks and Ericsson, as it seeks to test the feasibility and technical capability of LTE as a way to deliver the next generation of mobile broadband to its customers.

  • WiMAX device shipments surged in US

    In another sign that the 4G wireless Internet market is revving up, market research firm reports that shipments for WiMAX devices grew by 147% in 2009.

  • More fiber will help US wireless crunch

    Laying more fiber is one way to make more efficient use of wireless spectrum, former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said on Wednesday.

  • NSW gets world's largest Wi-Fi network

    NSW will soon have the largest centrally-controlled wireless network in the world with Wi-Fi covering every school in the state, according to the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET).

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