Verizon reports growth on wireless; EarthLink focuses on muni Wi-Fi effort

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May 1, 20071 min

Latest Wireless news

Verizon reports growth on wireless, broadband, 04/30/07: Growth in its wireless and wireless divisions pushed first-quarter revenue higher at Verizon Communications, although earnings declined from a year ago because of asset divestitures and merger costs.

Meru unveils enterprise 802.11n WLAN gear, 04/30/07: The first enterprise-class wireless LAN products supporting the IEEE 802.11n draft standard, and promising data rates of 300Mbps, have been announced this week by Meru Networks.

Vodafone gets clearance from India’s investment board, 04/27/07: The bid by Vodafone to acquire a majority stake in Indian mobile operator Hutchison Essar was cleared late Friday by the Indian government’s Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB).

EarthLink scales back, focuses on muni Wi-Fi effort, 04/27/07: EarthLink is pulling in the reins on its municipal Wi-Fi business, focusing on existing deals and big cities for the rest of this year, in a move that raises questions about the growing trend of city-wide wireless networks.