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Seamless Wi-Fi on your smartphone could quickly become reality
Soon our smartphones will automatically connect to carriers’ Wi-Fi hotspots thanks to the Wi-Fi Alliance’s new Passpoint certification. Although the Wi-Fi Alliance won’t accept its first devices for...
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Confirmed: European mobile data roaming costs to fall
Terrific news for anyone living in the EU — the cost of voice, text and now data use while travelling within the continent is about to fall drastically. With 578 votes to 10, the European Parliament...
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5 cable companies cut the cord, offer free Wi-Fi roaming
A wireless network comprised of 50,000 free hotspots will appear in the coming months, but there’s a small catch: To use the free Wi-Fi service, you’ll need to be a subscriber to one of five cable...
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Verizon turns on Razrs’ GSM radios, pushes out Android 4.0 upgrade
We knew international roaming was coming to Verizon’s LTE phones – the GSM radios shipped in many of its LTE handsets were just sitting there dormant – but on Friday, Verizon is finally turning them on...
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Small and medium-sized carriers join forces to combat AT&T and Verizon
The Rural Cellular Association has officially changed its name to the Competitive Carriers Association, embracing the rather awkward reality that distinctly non-rural operators like Sprint, T-Mobile...
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Why the Verizon iPhone 5 is a globetrotter’s best friend
It used to be the case that if you traveled extensively overseas, Verizon Wireless was the last carrier you wanted to sign a long-term contract with at home. Not only were its CDMA phones incompatible...
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Thanks to telecom oligopolies, it’s always raining in the cloud
There are plenty of ways to become outraged about the state of affairs in global communications, but one of the easiest is to travel to a foreign country and try to use your smartphone like a normal...
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Court sides with FCC over Verizon in fight over data roaming
Verizon Wireless fought the Federal Communications Commission, and the FCC won -– at least for now. The U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., has unanimously upheld the FCC’s requirements that...
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International data roaming is broken. Can MVNOs fix it?
Let’s face it: if you use your phone or tablet’s mobile Internet connection while travelling abroad, well, you’re screwed. Standard roaming rates for most operators can run upwards of $20 a megabyte....
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Truphone creates a shared data plan that will cross international borders
Truphone has always had a soft spot for the international business traveler. When it became a virtual mobile carrier in 2010, its core service was a plan that charged you local rates for voice, SMS and...
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Cox opens the gates to the country’s largest Wi-Fi hotspot network
Cox Communications on Tuesday said that its premium cable broadband customers will now have free access to a Wi-Fi hotspot network spanning 150,000 indoor and outdoor public areas in major cities...
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Boingo turns Chicago’s O’Hare Airport into the world’s biggest Hotspot 2.0...
Many of you may be toting around a Samsung Galaxy S4, which comes with a nifty new technology called Hotspot 2.0. As we’ve been writing for more than a year, Hotspot 2.0 and its sister Next-Generation...
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Cheaper roaming and net neutrality: Here’s what the new EU telecoms law would...
The European Commission has formally adopted finalised proposals for a new telecoms law that will bring in net neutrality across the EU, while eliminating roaming costs. The point of the new regulation...
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Boingo Wi-Fi flies into 17 more airports with AWG acquisition
Boingo is buying a key competitor in the airport Wi-Fi business, Advanced Wireless Group (AWG), which runs hotspot networks in 17 U.S. airports, including heavily trafficked terminals like LAX, Miami...
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Fon breaks into the U.S. with AT&T Wi-Fi roaming deal
The Madrid-based Wi-Fi sharing community Fon is finally moving into the American market, through a Wi-Fi roaming deal with local carrier AT&T. Fon’s customers, known as “Foneros”, have been able to...
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Seriously, Samsung? Sorry, roamers, but the new Galaxy Note 3 is region-locked
NOTE (Friday September 27th): Samsung has now said that the region-locking only applies at the time of initial activation, allowing the use of any SIM card after that. I really thought the days of...
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Great Roaming Rip-off takes another hit as U.K.’s Three axes premiums for...
In a thoroughly consumer-friendly move that challenges its rivals, the British mobile operator Three has effectively eliminated all its roaming premiums for customers traveling to the United States....
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Sprint is building a bigger LTE network with the help of rural carriers
Sprint has teamed up with the Competitive Carrier Association and the NetAmerica Alliance to form a kind of LTE cabal. Sprint and rural carriers are joining together to build broad coverage networks...
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Vodafone UK turns on 4G roaming for customers visiting Spain, Italy and Portugal
The British carrier Vodafone has expanded the number of European countries in which its customers can use 4G while abroad. Having begun with Greece in March, the company added Spain, Italy and Portugal...
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Time Warner Cable spreads its Wi-Fi wings with Boingo deal
Now that Time Warner Cable has it made it easier for customers to access its Wi-Fi hotspot networks with its recent upgrade to Hotspot 2.0, and it’s starting to expand its wireless coverage with...
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