Technology News - Wireless

Franklin Wireless Corp. (OTCBB: FKWL) today announced the availability of its new U600 3G/4G USB mobile broadband modem through Sprint. This versatile device is the most lightweight 3G/4G USB modem available from Sprint and is an ideal wireless broadband modem solution for today's on-the-go consumers. - More

The Wireless Innovation Forum (www.WirelessInnovation.org) today announced the initial Steering Group for the Forum’s Coordinating Committee on International Software Communications Architecture Standards (CC SCA). - More

In-flight Wi-Fi deployments have moved past the trial stage and are approaching critical mass with 2,000 airplanes to be deployed by the end of 2010. - More

A security expert said he has devised a simple and relatively inexpensive way to snoop on cellphone conversations, claiming that most wireless networks are incapable of guaranteeing calls won't be intercepted. - More

Blue Jamb Media Inc. has launched the White Rock Bluezone™, a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth network enabling visitors to the city's promenade to surf the net on their laptops, receive video content about local events and happenings on their Bluetooth-enabled cell phones and download a City application, all for free. The innovative advertising concep... - More

Responds to USDA Rural Utilities Service's Request to Update Applications for Last-Mile Broadband Funding Filed Under Round Two of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - More

According to the findings of a recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) survey*, one in six cell phone users -- about 30 million people across the U.S. -- have experienced "bill shock" as a result of a dramatic increase in mobile service charges from one month to the next. - More

DellOro Group Rates Ruckus Top Market Share Leader in Outdoor Mesh AP Shipments While Gartner Ranks Ruckus No. 1 in 2009 Relative Industry Performance Among WLAN Vendors - More

Cathay Pacific Airways and Panasonic Avionics Corporation today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the provision of full broadband connectivity on all Cathay Pacific and Dragonair passenger aircraft. - More

Michael W. Sobol of the national plaintiffs’ law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, announced that three consumers yesterday filed an amended complaint in a nationwide class action lawsuit against Apple and AT&T for fraud in connection with the sale and marketing of the iPad and associated data plans. - More