An integral part of mobile wireless telephony devices worldwide, the subscriber identification module (SIM) “card” is in truth an integrated …
Read moreGlobal SIM Card: FreedomPop and KnowRoaming Global SIM Card
Last year in our article on microcells and picocells, we briefly visited today’s topic, Distributed Antenna Systems (DASs). A viable …
Read moreThe Next Cellular Architecture: Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS)
Back in the day when we talked on cell phones (not smartphones) and used voice (not data), the term “roaming” …
Read moreUse Wi-Fi Instead of Cellular to Drastically Save or Eliminate Data Roaming Charges
Full disclosure—Your intrepid blogger is partial to Android and Windows when compared to Apple and iOS but is well aware …
Read moreSD Card Readers and Hub Drives: Data Storage for iOS Devices
If you recently upgraded to iOS 9 or bought a new iPhone, then you have a new feature on it …
How big are the expectations of millimeter wave (MMW) 5G technology? In November 2016 Verizon’s CEO Lowell McAdam, appearing at …
Read moreIs Millimeter Wave Technology Really “Wireless Fiber”? (Answered)
In 1967 counterculture writer Richard Brautigan published a poem called “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” which in …
Read moreLTE-M—Today’s Communication Standard for the Internet of Things
Fixed wireless services have long been a staple of communications in lesser-developed countries (LDCs), particularly those with little wireline infrastructure. …
Read moreIs WiMAX Windstream’s Ticket to Fixed Wireless Market Share in the U.S.?
Faithful readers of this space may recall that in September mention was made of “the next stop in a long …
Read more5G—Faster and Better Than Ever, But It Isn’t “True” 5G (Yet)
Wi-MAX: sounds like bigger and better Wi-Fi. Indeed it is, and people all over the world use this IP-based platform …