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CNNMoney: Sprint's risky bet on WiMax

Sprint is betting the farm on the WiMax standard. The U.S. mobile phone carrier's customers are melting away. Yet it has scrimped on cellular network capex to double down on wireless broadband. Putting another $1 billion into cash-burning partner Clearwire, while a rival technology is catching up, amounts to a binary bet for shareholders.

Security experts warn of dangers of rogue Wi-Fi hotspots

You're sitting in an airport lounge and seize the chance to check your e-mails before your flight departs. You log on and are tempted by a wireless Internet provider offering free Internet access. So, do you take it?

Verizon changes tune on Wi-Fi

Verizon Communications has had a change of heart about using Wi-Fi to extend its wireless broadband offering as the company announces free access to Wi-Fi hot spots for its Fios and DSL Internet customers.

Verizon Netbook to hit stores this weekend

Verizon Wireless will start selling Netbook computers from Hewlett-Packard starting May 17, the company said in a statement released Thursday.

CEOs see wireless as answer to economic crisis

Wireless industry executives at the CTIA Wireless 2009 trade show say that despite the economic meltdown, the cell phone industry remains strong.

Fortune: WiMax's last best hope

I'm zipping through the streets of Portland, Ore., in a Lincoln Navigator while a "Knight Rider" episode streams over the Internet to a screen mounted to the car's dashboard.

China restructures mobile market ready for 3G force

When Shi Rui Huan was led through the back entrance of a China Mobile store on the first day of April last year, he had no idea that he was about to be at the center of one of the most significant events in the history of telecommunications in China.

Fortune: The future of wireless is Down Under

Move over, Korea and Japan. Australia may soon be the envy of the world when it comes to advanced wireless networks and services.

Fortune: WiMax: Not dead yet

For the last couple years, depending on who you asked, WiMax was either bound for spectacular success or it was dead on arrival.

How to prepare for February's digital-TV switchover

Television as we know is about to change drastically in the U.S. in February when broadcasters switch solely to transmitting digital signals. And even though there are many benefits to this transition, there are also a few downsides.

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