Cell phone makers plan to release so-called Wi-Fi phones ahead of schedule, bringing new threats and opportunities to wireless carriers and traditional phone service providers. The highly anticipated ...

The years 2023 and 2024 brought numerous changes to Wi-Fi connectivity. In 2024, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced the powerful Wi-Fi 6/Wi-Fi 6E successor. The new Wi-Fi 7 standard introduced various ...

Handsets that offer only Wi-Fi connectivity have been a failure, according to the U.K. director of home and office communications devices for Siemens. Speaking to ZDNet UK on Monday, John Smith said ...

A recent deal between Nokia and Cisco Systems gave Wi-Fi cell phones a key boost--but analysts say the devices may be slow to catch on, because carriers remain reluctant to sell them. On Monday, Nokia ...

Let’s play “Fill in the Product Gap”: You have Wi-Fi to connect your laptop and PDA to the Internet, and you have telephones using voice over IP. You have cordless phones and cell phones so you can ...

Google’s wireless network service has changed its name and expanded its horizons. What was known as “Project Fi” since 2015 is now Google Fi, the company announced this week, pairing the name change ...

Go ahead – name some big companies offering cellular service. AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint probably came to mind. Now you can add Google to that list. Google recently announced that Fi SIM cards ...

Samuel has spent years writing about mobile carriers and their networks following a stint working as a technician in a carrier phone store. Whether it's helping people avoid 36-month payment plans, or ...

Samuel has spent years writing about mobile carriers and their networks following a stint working as a technician in a carrier phone store. Whether it's helping people avoid 36-month payment plans, or ...

Worldwide mobile phone sales hit $115.5 billion in 2006, and Wi-Fi phone sales topped $535 million, up 13% and 327% from 2005, respectively, says analyst firm Infonetics Research in its Mobile and ...