Current Wireless-Broadband News Results

LED lights may be the future of broadband - United Press International
BERLIN, March 10 (UPI) -- German scientists say they've created a data connection that uses light produced by lamps to encode a wireless broadband signal. The researchers, led by Jelena Vucic of the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications at the ...

FCC mulling free wireless broadband for public - Seattle Times
Free federal wireless broadband was mentioned in a statement released at the "Digital Inclusion Summit" in Washington, D.C. Most of its proposals focused on educating people to increase "digital literacy." The upcoming broadband plan should increase ...

Verizon LTE Blazing Trails for Wireless Broadband - YAHOO!
Verizon, the largest wireless provider in the United States based on total subscribers, announced plans to expand its next-generation wireless broadband beyond the initial test sites of Boston and Seattle. The LTE pilot has been an overwhelming ...

FCC mulling free wireless broadband for public - Seattle Times
The FCC is considering whether to use publicly owned spectrum to provide free or low-cost wireless broadband service, according to a Reuters report today : One way of making broadband more affordable is to "consider use of spectrum for a free or a ...

Wireless Broadband Services 2008: 4G - TMCnet
4G is envisioned to support a fully IP-based technology platform that is capable of providing 100 Mbps and 1 Gbps speeds both indoors and outdoors, with premium quality and high security. 4G will offer all types of services at an affordable cost. 4G ...

U.S. regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless ... - MobileBurn
Today the Digital Inclusion Summit, sponsored by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) and the John S. and John L. Knight Foundation, was held in Washington to discuss the FCC's National Broadband Plan. One suggestion is free or low-cost ...

Wireless Broadband Services 2008: WiMAX - TMCnet
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USA Telecoms Wireless Broadband and Forecasts - TMCnet
USA - Telecoms, Wireless, Broadband and Forecasts For those seeking high level strategic information and objective analysis on this region, this report is essential reading and gives further information on: • Forecast growth in select ...

Is Cheap Wireless Broadband for Real This Time? - CNN Money
A source at the FCC assures me that the agency’s efforts, which will be detailed next week when the National Broadband Plan comes out, are not similar to M2Z’s plan. M2Z wanted to offer free subscribers dialup-like speeds of 768 kbps and would ...

FCC considering spectrum for free wireless broadband - FierceWireless
The FCC may release spectrum for "free or very low-cost" wireless broadband service to boost wider broadband adoption. The proposal is one small part of the commission's national broadband plan, which it will formally present to Congress March 17 ...