Cellular Networks

Microsoft channel program will push Surface to businesses

The program creates a distributor network to push Surface to companies, government agencies and schools

Last call for Nextel, shutting down on Sunday

The aging network, renowned for push-to-talk, is finally headed for recycling

LTE makes headway on global roaming, speed and voice

The first operators are now rolling out LTE-Advanced functionality, while Swisscom has showed global roaming is possible

MIT researchers can see through walls using ‘Wi-Vi’

They say their technology uses Wi-Fi to track people moving behind walls and could fit into a cellphone

Verizon notches 500th LTE market, declares initial rollout done

The carrier plans to keep growing capacity with other spectrum bands and small cells, but will keep 3G through at least 2019

Taking the Road Less Traveled to Mobilize Desktop Software

Sprint to launch two Windows Phone 8 smartphones this summer

The HTC 8XT and Samsung ATIV S Neo will run over fast LTE

Samsung LTE-Advanced phone launches on 150Mbps network in Korea

Korean mobile operator SK Telecom said it launched the world's first LTE-A network, with a variant of Samsung's Galaxy S4

Google-backed O3b launches satellites to offer Internet connectivity

O3b's medium-earth orbit satellites aim to provide low-latency and low-cost Internet connectivity

A Facebook Reader could prove a mobile boon

If reports of new Facebook news aggregator are correct, new app could keep mobile users busy