Boost Mobile today announced a new mobile wallet application for its Android smartphones. Boost Mobile Wallet is a mobile banking service targeted at the underbanked that lets Boost Mobile customers send money to people in 135 countries, pay bills, top-up prepaid wireless accounts, transfer funds between accounts, as well as deposit checks directly from the […]
Verizon Wireless today announced plans to use small cells to supplement its LTE 4G network in select areas around the country beginning in the second half of the year. Verizon calls the use of small cells a “balanced approach to network capacity.” They will be deployed in areas where capacity is constrained due to high […]
CAT today announced the availability of the B15, a rugged Android smartphone. The device, which debuted earlier this year, runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and has a 4-inch WVGA display that works with wet fingers. It also includes a 5-megapixel camera, a MediaTek dual-core 1GHz processor, GPS, Wi-Fi, and support for microSD cards. The device […]
The Federal Communications Commission has informed the National Telecommunications and Information Administration that it plans to hold an auction for wireless spectrum in September 2014. By law, the FCC must give the NTIA 18 months notice of such auctions. The auction will be for two spectrum bands, 1695-1710MHz and 1755-1780MHz. The NTIA had already indicated […]
The government today introduced a new tool that it hopes smartphone owners will take advantage of in order to protect their smartphones and personal data. The Federal Communications Commission, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Trade Commission, National Cyber Security Alliance, CTIA-The Wireless Association, and Lookout announced the Smartphone Security Checker, a web-based check list […]
Expanding a service already in place monitoring traditional wired broadband promises and performance, the US Federal Communications Commission has announced a program to monitor performance of wireless Internet service using actual data collected by volunteers. An open meeting is scheduled for September 21 at the FCC headquarters to discuss the proposal to start a program […]
On Tuesday, the Senate Transportation Committee voted to consider making texting while driving an infraction. Nine states have now completely banned the use of hand-held phones by drivers with at least 35 states prohibiting texting behind the wheel. Drivers today spend more time on the road than ever before, and Ford recognizes the need to […]
A plan introduced by the Cellular Telecommunications Internet Association (CTIA) to issue a rating system for mobile app has met with apathy by the two largest players in the industry, Apple and Google — both of whom have chosen not to implement it. The ratings, which would be operated by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board […]
T-Mobile gave its Bobsled VoIP service a boost with the start of the CTIA phone show by expanding it beyond Facebook. The service is now available on the regular web through a Facebook sign-on but also through free iOS app as well as an Free Android app. While the mobile apps don’t offer text messaging, […]
As promised, the CTIA has asked a federal court to block the enforcement of San Francisco’s Ordinance that warns users of the potential radiation danger from cellphones. The “Cell Phone Right-to-Know” ordinance allegedly violates the First Amendment to free speech, the CTIA argues. It also purported conflicts with federal law that governs the safety of […]
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