Faster WiFi Coming to the Sky

As a regular user of Aircell’s GoGo service on a few airlines, most notably Virgin America and AirTran, because they offer it fleet wide, I’m always happy to see greater efforts put on in-flight WiFi. The experience I’ve had has been “good enough” to “stay connected” and with all the work my team and I … Read more

Faster WiFi Coming to the Sky

As a regular user of Aircell’s GoGo service on a few airlines, most notably Virgin America and AirTran, because they offer it fleet wide, I’m always happy to see greater efforts put on in-flight WiFi. The experience I’ve had has been “good enough” to “stay connected” and with all the work my team and I … Read more

Some SpeedTests Don’t Really Prove Anything

When I see reports like this one I have to step back, take a deep breath and say, “oh well” when it comes to speed tests, especially, those done for mobile phones. You see, not only are all speed tests not created equal. But for mobile, it’s a whole new ballgame as a series of … Read more

Cut Out The Credit Card

The telcos want to be in the banking business. Plain and simple. They are already in a “own the customer” relationship and with technology they can move money and credits around as fast as any bank. This recent move by Verizon for FiOS payments shows they don’t want to be paying fees when they can … Read more

Showcases and LaunchPads Abound

Mobilze has LaunchPad. ITExpo has Startup Camp Communications. CTIA has the Showcase. Each of these events has new companies that are innovating and pushing the bounds of what was impossible a few years ago, and is now possible today. Who said innovation was dead? Who said there were no new ideas? All of these events … Read more

Italy Mobile Broadband Prices Falling

Someone has the right idea in Italy with their prepaid data prices. Wireless Moves reports that for as little as nine Euros you can find data access on the go with mobile network operator, WIND. For 20 Euros you can get 10 GB of data in a month. When you do the conversions that roughly … Read more