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Industry watcher Gartner predicts India's wireless market penetration will rise from nearly 20 percent now to over 60 percent by 2012. According to industry associations, India has 272 million wireless subscribers, of which 205 million are GSM subscribers, reports EE Times. They predict Indian wireless subscribers will grow at a compound annual rate of 21 percent in the next four years, exceeding...

Linksys' Dual-N Band Wireless Router ($200), announced today, gives users simultaneous 5GHz and 2.4GHz bands so 802.11N users and 802.11G users can coexist without N users having to use the crowded 2.4GHz space. Also, since it's dual N-band, two N users can connect (one to each frequency) without interfering with the other, explains Gizmodo. A USB storage device allows access to your music,...

Sen. John McCain said at a campaign stop Tuesday that he will push for a national broadband wireless network for public safety, reports C/Net. Speaking at the National Sheriff's Association Annual Conference, McCain said a national, interoperable public safety broadband network was long overdue. "For more than a decade now, I have tried to persuade the Congress to provide dedicated radio spectrum...

Some 55 percent of Americans had broadband service at home in April this year, compared with 47 percent the year before and less than 35 percent in 2005. Only 10 percent of Americans still use dial-up Internet service at home, according to the latest findings from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.. Broadband is still too expensive (or scarce) for many Americans. Of the 10% of U.S....

Sprint's new Airave service, like T-Mobile's Hotspot@Home delivers customers unlimited mobile minutes while at home. Like T-Mobile's service, AIRAVE works with either DSL or cable broadband service. Unlike T-Mobile, Airave does NOT use WiFi to connect to a cellphone, it uses the cellphones own radio The new femtocell-based system can extend cellular coverage and offer unlimited calling for an...

At Glastonbury (wikipedia), the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world, Orange is trialling a dance-powered phone charger and a solar- and wind-powered charging tent. Not to be outdone, the UK's O2 is showcasing its new pedal-powered charger at the O2 Wireless Festival in Hyde Park in London from 3 to 6 July 2008. The company is letting people charge up their...

Minutes ago I was looking at the list of networks I could pickup in my home. MetroFi-Free and MetroFi-Premium were listed and then both suddenly disappeared. They have not reappeared in the last 5 minutes, which I take as a sign that the power has been pulled. Can anyone confirm that they see the same thing? Michael Weinberg President Personal Telco Project, Inc. A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit...