Exclusive: Ruckus completes Nokia Siemens’ HetNet puzzle
At Mobile World Congress, Nokia Siemens Networks laid out an ambitious heterogeneous network strategy, unveiling its Flexi Zone fabric of small cells. NSN, however, was missing one crucial piece Wi-Fi. NSN has now filled that hole through a deal with metro Wi-Fi vendor Ruckus Wireless.
U.S. Cellular ends punitive overage charges on mobile data
U.S. Cellular has finally done away with that relic of a bygone 3G age: punitive overage charges on its mobile data plans. Almost all carriers have stopped charging exorbitant rates the slightest breech of the cap, but until this week U.S. Cellular was the exception.
Can France’s Free keep its wireless revolution going?
The first official casualty reports emerged this week in Free Mobile’s price war against Frances’ mobile powers that be. Orange reported a 615,000 subscriber loss. But while people are flocking to Free in droves there are signs of trouble ahead for the upstart operator.
AT&T’s blame game: We didn’t raise prices; the FCC did
AT&T is heating up its retaliatory campaign against the Federal Communication Commission for denying its $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson claimed once again that the merger’s death directly resulted in AT&T raising mobile data prices 30 percent. We don't buy it.
Help! Avanquest builds a panic button for your phone
You’re in danger or about to have a heart attack. Don’t panic! Okay, go ahead and panic, but do it productively. Call 911, send your location coordinates to your loved ones, get your medical records in order. Or better yet, hit this big red button.
Comcast data caps stand in the way of Sony video service
Sony has big plans for a competitive home video service to compete with programming offers from the cable and satellite companies – or maybe I should say 'had'. Those plans are on hold until regulators decide if Comcast can keep prioritize its content over everyone else's.
Meet InToTally: the startup that’s souping up Vodafone’s 3G networks
A GigaOM exclusive: A tiny company you have never heard is about to have an outsized impact on the global mobile industry. Global giant Vodafone is using a technology developed by a small Silicon Valley/Madrid startup called InToTally to supercharge its 3G networks.
Is TD-LTE replacing WiMAX as Intel’s pet technology?
WiMAX was a big flop for Intel, but instead of giving its wounds a quick lick and chasing after the easy LTE money, Intel is investing in yet another 4G variant, time division-LTE. Why? Two reasons: Qualcomm and China.
Falcone is out, but LightSquared’s 4G chances still slim
LightSquared’s lenders view the company’s CEO and principle financial backer Philip Falcone as the biggest threat to whatever remains of LightSquared’s chances to get its nationwide LTE network. To remove that threat, Falcone is removing himself as CEO, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Forget recipes, Food52 wants to crowdsource cooking itself
Since its launch in 2009, Food52 has become a premier destination for community-vetted recipes online, but its founders Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs have grown even more ambitious. They want to build a crowdsourced clearinghouse of culinary knowledge that cooks can access anywhere on the Web.
Sincerely’s card-giving app evolves into a charitable giving app
Sincerely is adding a charitable twist to the holiday cards users generate with their mobile phones. Customers can choose from a selection of Sincerely Giving cards linked to specific non-profits. By paying a premium, the giver donates to the specified charity in the receiver’s name.
Ericsson CEO: Don’t look now but HetNet is sneaking up on us
The heterogeneous network, or HetNet, will turn today's big-tower cellular systems into dense, multi-layered and tremendously high capacity networks. Given the complexity of such systems, it’s easy to imagine HetNet as a technology of the future, but Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg says you would be wrong.
