The movement toward "small cell" infrastructure requires wireless data networking tech like Fastback's
Vasona Networks has raised $12 million in fresh funding to help it continue to fix bandwidth problems plaguing mobile networks and smartphone owners.
Why call when you can text, e-mail, or instant message someone?
More than 110 high-speed LTE networks have now been deployed around the world with the potential to connect almost 500 million people in 50 different countries. But how is the new cellular technology affecting what smartphone owners do?
With $15 million from Andreessen Horowitz and others, ItsOn says it's found two big ways to help mobile carriers make more money: Consumer flexibility and data sponsorships.
Sure, the iPhone 5 passed Samsung's Galaxy S III in web traffic just three weeks after getting on the market. But does that say more about mobile operating systems and differences between Android and iPhone users than it says about device sales numbers?
Openet, a mobile network transaction software company, announced a fourth round of funding, for $21 million, Wednesday. Openet manages network engagement, insights, and control of a mobile network. AT&T, Verizon, and Vodafone use its software to keep tabs on their …
Wireless carrier T-Mobile will soon offer new contract-free mobile broadband plans, which are designed for the growing number of Americans who prefer prepaid options to long-term contracts, the company said today.
T-Mobile is in a precarious position as the No. …
AT&T announced today it is easing up on its “unlimited” data plan restrictions, bowing to public pressure.
Previously, AT&T would slow down your data service if you were among the top 5 percent heaviest data users in your area for …
Onavo, a company known for its iPhone app that shrinks mobile data, announced today that it has raised an additional $10 million in a second round of funding from Horizons Ventures and Motorola Mobility Ventures.
Guy Rosen, Onavo’s co-founder and …
Now Android users will have an even better sense of just how much precious bandwidth their apps are using.
Onavo, a company known for its iPhone app that compress mobile data, has upgraded its Android app today with a new …
Ericsson, a company providing technology to the world’s mobile operators, predicts mobile data subscriptions will hit five billion in 2016, 10 times larger than the current figure.
When you sign up for a smartphone, you are usually required to sign …
If you’ve ever gone on a road trip through the US, you know how maddening keeping track of mobile coverage areas can be. Enter “Coverage?”, an app that compiles data coverage maps across all major US cellular carriers.
Available for …
Notoriously well-connected Russian-American billionaire Len Blavatnik has decided to place a sizable bet on mobile data leader Acision, on Tuesday announcing he would lead the way in a $100 million funding infusion into the firm.
Blavatnik will partner his existing …
Verizon Wireless announced yesterday that it’s refunding $90 million to around 15 million customers who were mistakenly charged for data access on their phones over the past few years.
The majority of affected customers will see credits in the $2 …
