Obama orders government agencies to free up wireless spectrum for the people

June 14, 2013 10:55 AM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

The President issued a memorandum today to expand the availability of spectrum and bolster America's leadership in wireless innovation. He mandated that Federal agencies free up a significant portion of wireless spectrum so that it can be used by individuals and businesses.

Fastback Networks raises $15M for juicing the capacity of mobile networks before they collapse

May 6, 2013 5:00 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

The movement toward "small cell" infrastructure requires wireless data networking tech like Fastback's

FCC’s new Digital Learning director puts focus on increasing Internet in schools

April 29, 2013 12:21 PM Christina Farr
Christina Farr

The Federal Communications Commission announced today it has hired Michael Steffan as the director of digital learning. Steffen will lead initiatives to expand access to broadband Internet in schools.

Free broadband for all: FreedomPop’s Hub Burst home router now available

March 6, 2013 6:00 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

The free wireless internet startup FreedomPop is targeting the likes of Comcast and Cablevision with its Hub Burst home router, which is now available for purchase.

FreedomPop raises $4.3M more, expands ‘social broadband’ platform for free wireless

February 7, 2013 6:28 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

FreedomPop's dream of offering free wireless broadband to consumers has been a hit with its investors.

Startups find a way to get blazing fast Google Fiber

November 21, 2012 1:30 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

While Google Fiber has attracted a lot of hype for bringing insanely fast internet to Kansas City, most KC startups and small businesses won't be impacted by it in the near future.

Kim Dotcom now a bandwidth mogul, wants to build undersea broadband pipe to Los Angeles

November 5, 2012 9:49 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Fresh off rebranding his defunct MegaUpload service as a sparkling new file-sharing service called Me.ga -- yes that's Mega, but it's also ME dot GA -- Dotcom now wants to help build a new fat pipe to online content in the U.S.

Traveling to China? Here’s how to access the Internet (infographic)

September 20, 2012 7:16 PM Christina Farr
Christina Farr

China is notorious for its unreliable wifi, so it's easy to forget that it's a massive internet hub with 450 million people surfing the web.

Comcast confirms 305 Mbps Internet tier, doubles other tier speeds for free

July 24, 2012 12:13 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Comcast announced its plans to offer a new, ultra high-speed broadband Internet tier today, confirming rumors first reported last week.

The new tier will be called Xfinity Platinum Internet and will offer download speeds of up to 305 Mbps and …

Comcast may take on Verizon FiOS Quantum with its own super fast broadband

July 20, 2012 12:28 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Comcast is planning to offer a new ultra-fast broadband Internet speed tier in markets shared by rival service Verizon FiOS, according to Broadband Reports.

Comcast’s new broadband tier would offer customers the option of getting downstream speeds of up to …

Verizon debuts FiOS Quantum with crazy 300Mbps download speeds

June 18, 2012 6:14 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Verizon’s home services arm has launched FiOS Quantum high-speed Internet access that delivers up to 300Mbps downloads and up to 65Mbps uploads, making it one of the fastest mass-scale offerings in the U.S.

The new Quantum service has speeds that …

Gigabit Squared raises $200M to bring super fast internet to 6 communities

May 24, 2012 7:55 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

The dream of bringing a gigabit-per-second high-speed broadband internet connection is becoming a reality for at least six university communities in the U.S. — a country that’s known for the speed of producing its hamburgers and french fries, not its …

Dish Network could announce a multi-room DVR and broadband satellite service at CES

January 8, 2012 1:17 PM Heather Kelly
Heather Kelly

Satellite provider Dish Network might unveil a broadband satellite service and a new home DVR solution called the “Hopper” at CES Monday, according to leaked reports.

The Hopper DVR will work across multiple rooms, allowing you to stop a show …

Vint Cerf: Internet access isn’t a human right

January 5, 2012 9:49 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Vint Cerf, one of the godfathers of the web and chief Internet evangelist for Google, wrote a controversial op-ed for the New York Times today saying that Internet access is not a human right.

With all the protests and unrest …

With grand wireless plans, Dish wants to buddy up with T-Mobile if AT&T deal fails

December 12, 2011 1:03 PM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

T-Mobile certainly won’t be lacking in suitors if AT&T’s $39 billion acquisition falls through. Dish Network is interested in partnering with T-Mobile for a wireless network of its own, if AT&T can’t seal the deal, Dish CEO Joseph Clayton said …

Verizon to kill unlimited data plans on July 7

July 5, 2011 10:42 AM Matthew Lynley
Matthew Lynley

Beginning Thursday, Verizon will no longer offer new customers an unlimited data plan for smartphones, the company confirmed to FierceWireless.

Verizon is making its newest customers pick from four data plans capped at between 75 megabytes and 10 gigabytes of …

Actually Comcastic: Comcast shows off Gigabit broadband

June 16, 2011 9:06 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Comcast showed off its gigabit broadband service today.

It took about one and a half minutes for Comcast CEO Brian Roberts to download an entire season of NBC sitcom 30 Rock during the live presentation given at cable industry trade …