In the litigation-fraught wireless industry, patents are equivalent to both protection (from lawsuits) and profits (from licensing). Under those circumstances, identifying which technology companies ...

In my line of industry analyst work, I get a lot of new phones and tablets, typically a new one every two to three weeks. Every phone comes with an LTE connection, like my latest experiment, the ...

In the San Francisco Bay Area, the MiFi 500 LTE by Novatel Wireless isn't exactly the best at showing off Sprint's new 4G LTE connection. Dong Ngo Former SF Labs Manager, Editor Former CNET editor ...

Verizon Wireless says 4G network testing in Boston and Seattle has gone not just well, but surprisingly so, offering wireless data at speeds that top most wired broadband connections. With such ...

Remember when 3G was the future of wireless data? It’s not even universally available in the U.S. yet, and the race is already well underway to replace it. WiMAX, the 4G network technology that counts ...

T-Mobile USA is ready to deploy a new LTE technology over the same 5GHz frequencies used by Wi-Fi following US government approval of the first “LTE-U” devices. The Federal Communications Commission ...

If you’ve seen or heard an ad about a cell phone or wireless plan lately, you may have noticed that a lot of new buzzwords are being thrown around. Words like 4G, LTE, and WiMax seem to have replaced ...

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 ...

NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New research from International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts worldwide private LTE/5G wireless infrastructure revenues will reach $8.3 billion by 2026, a ...

Roger Cheng (he/him/his) was the executive editor in charge of CNET News, managing everything from daily breaking news to in-depth investigative packages. Prior to this, he was on the ...

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has successfully demonstrated the use of drones equipped with imaging devices for inspections of its transmission lines using a Private LTE (P-LTE) wireless network ...