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Stephen Lawson

IDG News Service

Lawson is a reporter for the IDG News Service.

Recent articles by Stephen Lawson

Nokia Siemens unveils tools to boost mobile video performance

May 21, 2013

Mobile network builder Nokia Siemens Networks unveiled tools to optimize video performance on mobile devices on Monday, just in time for the CTIA Wireless trade show that begins Tuesday in Las Vegas.

SAP to crunch and sell carriers' data on mobile use

May 21, 2013

Mobile operators collect huge amounts of data about how their subscribers use mobile data, and that information is starting to go on sale as targeted intelligence that enterprises can use to better reach consumers.

Sprint hikes bid for Clearwire to counter Dish's offer

May 21, 2013

Sprint Nextel has increased its offer to buy out Clearwire, bidding US$3.40 per share, to counter a competing offer by Dish Network.

Ericsson software automates Wi-Fi vs. cell choice in mixed networks

May 21, 2013

New network software from Ericsson is designed to make sure mobile users get the best possible connection when there is both a Wi-Fi and a cellular network available.

Corning taps into optical fiber for better indoor wireless

May 20, 2013

Bringing wireless indoors, which was once just a matter of antennas carrying a few cellular bands so people could get phone calls, has grown far more complex and demanding in the age of Wi-Fi, multiple radio bands and more powerful antennas.

40 years ago, Ethernet's fathers were the startup kids

May 20, 2013

Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup today.

Yahoo wins appeal of $2.7 billion suit in Mexican court

May 16, 2013

An appeals court in Mexico has overturned an approximately US$2.7 billion judgment against Yahoo and Yahoo Mexico in a breach-of-contract suit concerning online directories.

Cisco cites data-center, wireless for quarterly revenue increase

May 15, 2013

Data-center and wireless sales led growth at Cisco Systems in its fiscal third quarter, as it saw customers spending more in the U.S. and developing countries but reported continuing weakness in Southern Europe.

U.S. carriers line up against texting while driving

May 14, 2013

The major U.S. mobile operators are all putting their weight behind a campaign against texting while driving that will include a blitz of advertising and a driving simulator touring the country this summer.

Networks in 2020: More traffic, less energy

May 13, 2013

Networks could use far less energy by 2020 even though they'll be carrying much more traffic, an industry group says.