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Li-Fi Inventor Builds First Working Prototype

Inventor Harald Haas has built the first prototype of a solar router that uses light instead of wires to transmit data for the internet. Haas first gained attention with a 2011 a TED talk, during which he intro... Read More...

Facebook’s Drones Could Beam Internet Connections via Lasers

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said (on Facebook, where else?) that his company is developing several new technologies to “create internet services at planetary scale.” Lately, it seems like every... Read More...

Google is Testing Internet Drones in New Mexico

With most of the world’s population still offline, everyone from aerospace companies to local governments are finding creative new ways to get more people connected to the Internet. Most recently, Google fi... Read More...

New Technology Could Double Radio Frequency Data Capacity

A team of Columbia Engineering researchers has invented a breakthrough technology that could double radio frequency data capacity. Wireless radios normally either work at different times or on different frequen... Read More...

The Effect of the FCC’s New Rules on Testing Laboratories

The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) ended 2014 with an overhaul of its Rules for device testing and certification. While everyone was getting ready to pop the champagne, the Commission released its long-... Read More...

University Achieves 5G Speeds of 1 Tbps

Researchers at the University of Surrey have achieved 5G speeds of 1 Tbps, much faster than anything that has previously been demonstrated. The next generation of cellular technology, called 5G, is largely a c... Read More...

EU Commission Corrects Standards List for R&TTE Directive

The Commission of the European Union (EU) has published a corrected list of standards that can be used to demonstrate compliance with the essential requirements of Directive 1999/5/EC, covering radio equipment ... Read More...

TIA Applauds FCC Establishment of the Disability Advisory

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) recognized December 3 as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and applauded the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on the recent announcement... Read More...

TIA Announces Call for Speakers for 2015 Network of the Future Conference

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) announced the call for speakers for TIA 2015: The Network of the Future. TIA’s flagship annual conference will take place June 2-4, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. T... Read More...

TIA Voices Support for Next Generation Text-to-911 Applications that Will Improve Public Safety

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its request for comments on the continued evolution of text-to-911 applications... Read More...

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