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Author: Kristin Abraham

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EVDO Rev. B Promises More Than 9Mbps Down
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Qualcomm has announced that EVDO Revision A is already old hat and Revision B is on its way. Revision B will incorporate new hardware and software updates and offer backward compatibility with older models. Company tests have version B running at an average data rate of 9.3Mbps download speed compared to the previous model's 800kbps....

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Google Announces Free In-home Wireless Broadband Service
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Technology has now made gaps in cell phone coverage a thing of the past, that is if there is a Wi-Fi Hotspot nearby. Smart phones, complete with Wi-Fi capabilities are hitting the market, albeit slowly, and allow you to make VoIP phone calls, check email, read the latest news and other activities via the internet....

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Court Backs FCC In VoIP Case
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The FCC's decision stands. A three-judge panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in Minnesota agreed with the 2004 FCC decision that companies, such as Vonage, provide interstate services, which put them out of an individual state's control. This decision and its reaffirmation is mainly focused on Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, which...

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EarthLink To Offer Wi-Fi Handsets
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EarthLink has a new Wi-Fi phone, which may be hitting the market this summer. Currently in beta tests, the phone will let you make calls over the Internet through wireless broadband connections. To push this initiative along, EarthLink has been working with a number of cities to establish municipal Wi-Fi networks. The EarthLink phone and...

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WiMedia UWB Becomes A Standard, Opening Door For 480Mbps Wireless USB
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That web of wires behind your computer and under your desk may soon become a thing of the past. Once WiMedia's Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology and Wireless USB products based on WiMedia UWB hit the market. Which could happen in the very near future. UWB has finally become a standard technology as the International Organization...