5G may be coming, but 3G is going away. It was the first really useful mobile data service, holding so much promise in its initial years that the very first iPhone was dinged by critics for not ...

Sprint Nextel is ending unlimited data plans for all devices except smartphones, bringing the era of all-you-can-eat mobile data in the United States nearer to a close. In a notice posted Thursday on ...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is transforming society. Connectivity is paramount for people and machines alike. As humans interact more with devices for purposes that might be professional or ...

Question: I keep hearing cell phone providers talk about 3G and 4G. These seem like big selling points. Can you explain what they are? Answer: Cell phone terminology is confusing. But the one you'll ...

In February, AT&T announced the shutdown of its 2G and 3G cellular networks, the first of several sunsets occurring in the U.S. this year. Mobile network operators are reallocating radio spectrum from ...

Microsoft has built a ton of new features and capabilities into Windows 8 that make it a prime OS for mobile devices like ultrabooks and tablets. Aside from the Metro UI that is designed to be tapped ...

The rollout of 3G (third-generation) wireless data networks began in Japan as early as 2001, but the first 3G network didn’t appear in the United States until 2002. Major rollouts began here a few ...

5G is here. Find out what it means for your smartphone and much, much more. Read now 3G offered the first taste of the transformative power of wireless data. Sure, none of us would want to return to ...

Most of the excitement at Mobile World Congress this month will be about 5G, which won’t officially exist until 2020. But vendors will also be showing off new ways to speed up the networks people are ...

As SNL so masterfully parodied, TV commercials for wireless carriers are usually a mess of vague technical jargon, meaningless graphs and annoying spokespeople. But who actually has the fastest ...