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News U is for UMTS Speaking at a Westminster e-Forum on data roaming on Monday, Fabio Colasanti said the Commission was hesitant to impose a cap on the wholesale price of data usage while abroad, and said greater transparency to the consumer would be... [22 Jul 2008]
WiMax - spreading to more UK businesses
News U is for UMTS On-Communications has said it has decided WiMax is the best technology for providing wireless connectivity to business customers. The provider announced it would be rolling out the technology to customers in Leeds, London, Manchester... [10 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming rates: Expect EC to force cuts
News U is for UMTS Yesterday was the 1 July deadline set by European telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, for the mobile industry to voluntarily reduce the price of data roaming and sending text messages when abroad in the EU. [02 Jul 2008]
Femtocells to speed arrival of next-gen mobile networks?
News Saunders added: "It isn't a technology that we think is specific to just one of the flavours of mobile air interface - UMTS or GSM or CDMA or WiMax, for that matter - we actually think femotcells bring things to all those technologies. [30 Jun 2008]
3.5G laptops to overwhelm mobile networks?
News U is for UMTS But they could just as well prove a network nightmare, warns industry analyst Berg Insight. Berg predicts laptops with HSPA/LTE (high speed packet access/long term evolution) mobile broadband connectivity will grow from 8.4 million in... [20 Jun 2008]
WiMax Forum stamps 2.5G products with seal of approval
News U is for UMTS Earlier this week the organisation announced that 10 mobile WiMax products had received the "WiMax Forum Certified Seal of Approval". Four base stations, from Alvarion, Motorola, Samsung and Sequans, won certification, along with... [20 Jun 2008]
Mobile internet use 'rocketing in Europe'
News U is for UMTS The EU's mobile data market grew by 40 per cent last year, to €7bn, the research found, with 3G users doubling to 112 million in the year to April 2008. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… [11 Jun 2008]
iPhone 2.0 - the rumours and the reality
News And now you have the UMTS capabilities within that device I think it's got quite enormous potential to do very, very well. The rumour mill is dizzy with speculation about what 'cool new stuff' Apple's iPhone will shortly be sporting, ahead of CEO... [05 Jun 2008]
£50m mobile funding to keep police on the beat
News U is for UMTS The funding was announced by policing minister, Tony McNulty, and will see around 10,000 handheld computers distributed to 27 police forces across the UK. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… [27 May 2008]
Google bigs up 'white space' wireless plans
News U is for UMTS Google co-founder Larry Page was in Washington, US yesterday to promote the company's proposal for a new generation of wireless devices to operate on soon-to-be-vacant television airwaves. [23 May 2008]
BT business hubs to be wi-fi hotspots
News U is for UMTS BT Business Open Wi-Fi will be an extension of the communications and IT company's existing programme of creating "Openzones" using its residential customers' hubs - the hub being a wireless modem and router unit. [22 May 2008]
Google lays out mobile future
News U is for UMTS The online search giant has been ramping up its mobile applications for some time and unveiled its own mobile operating system, Android, last year. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… [13 May 2008]
Nationwide WiMax in next two years?
News U is for UMTS Speaking at a roundtable discussion yesterday, Ashish Patel said the long-range wireless technology would find an enthusiastic audience among the users of mini-notebooks and other portable web-surfing devices. [09 May 2008]
Tomorrow's wireless world: Healthcare to wear
News U is for UMTS According to the report, in-body networks could be implanted in patients to monitor their movements and/or vital health signs, such as blood sugar level, and to send data wirelessly via a home hub or portable monitor to keep doctors... [08 May 2008]
Mobile M2M connections on the up
News U is for UMTS Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… A is for Antivirus B is for Bluetooth C is for The Cloud D is for dotMobi E is for Email F is for FMC G is for GPS H is for HSDPA [06 May 2008]
