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Top digital cities for 2009

The Center for Digital Government has unveiled its annual list of top digital cities--those municipalities that are integrating information technology into operations to better serve their citizens. Read more...

Mobile computing faces plenty of hurdles

Mobile computing for the enterprise is a fine idea, but it has a long way to go before things can be truly efficient. A new study finds that browsing the web on the go is just too hard and clumsy, Read more...

Bluetooth security still a challenge

Bluetooth offers a tremendous opportunity for mobile users, but Ooi Szu-Khiam, senior security consultant at Symantec, says that security is still a big issue. Indeed, research firm InsightExpress Read more...

Finding applications for RFID

All the talk was around RFID at this week's RFID World in Boston where a lot of the focus was on using second-generation active and passive radio frequency identification tags to provide security and Read more...

Verizon Wireless files FCC suit

Having failed to sway regulators at the FCC, Verizon Wireless has moved their battle to the courts, where they have asked District of Columbia Circuit Judges to review open-access rules on about a Read more...

Of wireless wonderlands and city politics

  It is disappointing to see Chicago and San Francisco's municipal wireless initiatives falter, because the biggest losers in that delay are the citizens who are disconnected from the digital Read more...

Wired LANs losing marketshare to wireless

A new report out from the Burton Group compares gigabit Ethernet with the latest version of WiFi, 802.11n, and notes that now is the time for companies to begin switching their local-area networks Read more...

Muni WiFi: One step forward, two steps back

Well, it certainly wasn't a happy week for people waiting for ubiquitous access to wireless Internet in major metropolitan areas. Chicago and San Francisco, two cities with major initiatives to Read more...

The wild world of wireless

As wide-area wireless network technology becomes a standard element in just about every enterprise network these days, a growing number of companies are exploring new ways to wrench out more speed Read more...

Nokia and Qualcomm duking it out over IP

In the high-stakes mobility space, Nokia and Qualcomm continue their pitched battle for the hearts and minds of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). Nokia launched a fresh set of complaints Read more...

Press Releases

Verizon Wireless Invests $95 Million in Kansas

2011 Network Spending Supports Growing Company & Consumer DemandKANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today it invested $95 million in 2011 to enhance its Read more >>

Verizon Wireless Invests $132 Million in Minnesota

2011 Network Spending Supports Growing Company & Consumer DemandMINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today it invested $132 million in 2011 to enhance its network Read more >>

Verizon Wireless Honors African-American Achievements With an Online Multimedia Series

Pastor Marvin Sapp, Dr. Steve Perry, Laz Alonzo, DJ Beverly Bond, The Three Doctors, Malcolm Jenkins and Tia Norfleet Featured in Web Series Celebrating Black History MonthBASKING RIDGE, N.J., Feb. Read more >>

Verizon Wireless Deploys AnywhereCommerce for Line Busting Checkout

PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless has begun deploying AnywhereCommerce's Rover™ device, a PCI certified magstripe reader and PIN entry POS (point of sale device) which Read more >>

TelePresence Tech 4G Kiosks Part of Verizon Wireless and Alcatel-Lucent Connected Retail Experience at CES 2012

Series of Interconnected Demos Include New 4G Kiosk Technology and Cloud-Based ProcessingLAS VEGAS and BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- At this year's International Consumer Read more >>