Tag archive: mobile data networks

The FCC will soon free up a new band of the wireless spectrum and it might be worth $120 billion, according to Fierce Wireless. In the next five years the 300 MHz spectrum will be released and within 10 years the commission plans to release the 500 MHz band to help increase mobile data communication as part of an initiative by the Obama administration. “We can drive billions of dollars in private investment,” Genachowski said at an… Read More

Mobile operator Sprint is rolling out more WiMax-capable gear, announcing two new Sprint 4G Mobile Broadband Routers. The Sprint Personal Hotspot PHD300S enables up to four WiFi-capable devices to connect to the Internet using mobile data networks, while the Cradlepoint MBDR-1000 Broadband Router is aimed at businesses that nee to hook up as many as 32 WiFi devices to the Internet—and both devices support latching onto Sprint's… Read More