What you need to know about 4G; Catching fish with your cell phone

Opinion
May 22, 20072 mins

Latest Wireless news

What you need to know about 4G, 05/21/07:  If you’re wondering what fourth-generation wireless deployments and services mean to you, you’re not alone.

Wireless vendors target enterprise nets with 802.11n products, 05/21/07:  One of the big surprises at this week’s Interop show will be the number of new enterprise wireless LAN products supporting the high-throughput IEEE standard in waiting

Mobile provider Alltel agrees to $27.5 billion buyout, 05/21/07:  Mobile phone and wireless services provider Alltel Sunday agreed to a $27.5 billion buyout, a deal likely to spur more such acquisitions in North America.

Mobile marketing deal could generate more ads, 05/21/07:  Advertisements could start popping up on your mobile phone soon, if a deal between Acuity Mobile and Acxiom, expected to be announced on Monday, takes off.

Guidance touts gadget for cell-phone forensics, 05/18/07:  Guidance Software, which makes the EnCase computer-forensics software product, has announced Neutrino, a 6-inch-square hardware device that can be used to acquire evidence from cell phones for investigative purposes.

Nortel, Toshiba in WiMAX deal, 05/18/07:  Nortel and Toshiba this week said they will jointly develop mobile WiMAX base stations for Japanese and global markets.

SK baits new hooks with fishing phone, 05/22/07:  South Korea’s SK Telecom has come up with an unlikely addition for its cell phones: an add-on device that promises to help anglers tackle their battle with the fishes.