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  • Marriott CIO: FCC message on WiFi blocking loud and clear

    The FCC's sternly worded warning about illegal Wi-Fi blocking earlier this week got through to at least one organization: Marriott International's Global CIO issued a statement Friday that the hospitality outfit is withdrawing efforts to gain clarification from the commission on what methods <em>can</em> be used to protect corporate Wi-Fi networks.

  • FCC banks nearly $45 billion in landmark AWS-3 spectrum auction

    The FCC announced today that Auction 97 spectrum auction has closed after roughly two and a half months, with winning bids totaling $44.9 billion for the 65MHz of mostly AWS-3 range. That figure is far and away the highest ever seen in a spectrum auction.

  • Smartphones, tablets & eBay taking down SkyMall

    <a href="http://www.skymall.com/">SkyMall</a>, the quirky airline catalog, looks as though it may be grounded before long. Parent company Xhibit has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and seeks to sell its assets.

  • Big visions for 5G before the FCC

    Drones, robots, high-altitude balloons and low-altitude satellites are all envisioned to provide fifth-generation (5G) wireless connections as early as 2020, according to recent FCC filings from 55 companies, including Google, Samsung, Intel and Qualcomm.

  • 10 US mobile startups to watch

    The drumbeat of news about mobile technology can be deafening at times. Smartphones are getting <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2607126/smartphones/iphone-6-pre-orders-set-all-time-record-at-4-million.html">bigger</a> and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2601842/android/samsung-banks-on-superresolution-screens-for-galaxy-note-4-note-edge.html">bigger</a>. The consumerization of IT is a <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/article/2868029/security0/7-security-buzzwords-that-need-to-be-put-to-rest.html">buzzword</a> only slightly less buzzy than cloud computing. Wearable devices of varying utility are flooding into the marketplace. Seemingly every single company in America beyond a certain size has its own official app, most likely for both iOS and Android.

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