The groundwork for 5G communications in the United States has begun. Or at least the carrier frequencies are beginning to be sold, thus allowing the infrastructure to be built. Recently, television stations have volunteered to sell off their 126MHz “beach front” wireless spectrum to mobile carriers in an ongoing U.S. Federal Communications Commission auction, potentially […]
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Verizon Wireless is apparently looking to field test its upcoming “5G” network sometime in 2016, the carrier claiming speeds of up to 50 times that of its current 4G LTE network. The company has laid out plans to test the service with partners such as Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm and Samsung, and have established […]
Never doubt the power of an operating system upgrade. Per AppleInsider, code found in the just released Mountain Lion 10.8.4 beta build references the next-generation 802.11ac wireless protocol, hinting that Apple may soon introduce the technology in its Mac lineup. The string was discovered in the OS X 10.8.4 beta build 12E30, which was seeded […]
Apple’s looking to bring the 802.11ac protocol to the Mac this year. Now it just needs the people to do it. Per AppleBitch, a new job listing by the company advertises a position for engineers experienced with Gigabit Wi-Fi. The mention of 802.11ac comes from a new job posting listed by the company on Sunday, […]
This could lead to something nifty. Per The Next Web, Apple has reportedly struck a deal with Broadcom that will place superfast 802.11ac Wi-Fi chips in its 2013 Mac lineup. Sources familiar with the deal indicated that the forthcoming industry standard for Wi-Fi will appear in Apple’s lineup this year. The so-called “5G Wi-Fi” offers […]