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Smartphone security is heading for 'apocalypse'

The meteoric rise in the smartphone market is creating a dangerous vulnerability in smartphone security -- one that may not be patched until the problem expands into what has been dubbed an "apocalypse."

LightSquared declares bankruptcy after GPS worries sank its mobile dream

LightSquared, the startup that planned a nationwide wholesale mobile network only to be shot down by regulators because of GPS interference concerns, is declaring bankruptcy.

For LTE network, slow but steady will win the day, Sprint says

Sprint Nextel's methodical rollout of new cell sites with LTE may not win the deployment race, but each market that gets the upgrade will see competitive speeds and more complete coverage than other carriers may offer, executives said Wednesday.

Avaya joins crowded BYOD, MDM field

At Interop this week, Avaya will toss its hat into the rapidly expanding BYOD ring with new software for its policy manager that helps IT get a handle on mobile device management.

Symantec conference puts focus on mobile security

At its annual Symantec Vision conference attended by enterprise customers and business partners, Symantec laid out its management and security product strategy for mobile endpoint devices, including the iPhone, iPad and Google Android devices.

HP, F5 partner to speed delivery of cloud apps

HP this week unveiled several initiatives at Interop 2012 in Las Vegas to enhance the provisioning and performance of virtual applications over a network, including an alliance with application delivery controller leader F5.

Going Wireless in the Data Center

Bouncing information around a data center, via 60GHz Wi-Fi, can speed things up by 30% compared to using traditional cables, a group of researchers found. The technique is still being perfected, but it could yield an interesting approach for enterprises in the not-too-distant future.

Google posts FCC report about Street View

Google has made public a report of the Federal Communications Commission's probe into the payload data its Street View cars had been collecting from unprotected Wi-Fi networks, reports the Los Angeles Times.

802.11ac 'Gigabit Wi-Fi': What you need to know

Your 802.11n wireless network and devices are about to become passA(c). Although the official 802.11ac specification won't be finalized until sometime in 2013, wireless equipment will soon appear on store shelves sporting the faster wireless protocol.

Kindle Fire accounts for more than half of U.S. Android tablets

When people refer to "Android tablets" they may soon just be referring to the Amazon Kindle Fire.

Netgear to ship gigabit-speed wireless in May with 802.11ac router

Gigabit-speed wireless LAN equipment that uses the emerging IEEE 802.11ac standard is about to hit the market, with Netgear saying it will start shipping a consumer 802.11ac router in May for a starting list price of $199.99.

How Android stacks up

Android device activations have skyrocketed lately, and now average around 850,000 a day. That's quite a leap from the first quarter of 2010, when Android activations were averaging a mere 65,000 per day. Android is currently the most popular mobile operating system in the world, as research firm Gartner reported late last year that Android devices accounted for more than half of all smartphones sold worldwide in the third quarter of 2011. Insider (registration required)

From IT to ET: Cloud, consumerization, and the next wave of IT transformation

Businesses, schools, and governments desperately need tech-savvy managers who can innovate quickly, operationalize effectively, and keep their organizations competitive. IT is being replaced by "enterprise technology" -- technology that's no longer confined to offices and office workers, but is embedded throughout the enterprise.

Canada's CTV gets a grip on international roaming voice, data costs

International voice, text and data costs can get expensive for vacation and business travelers alike, something Canadian news operation CTV found out the hard way. Now it's cutting costs with a telecom expense management system.

LightSquared wins two-year reprieve for spectrum payments to Inmarsat

LightSquared has a further two years in which to seek regulatory approval for its LTE mobile network in the U.S. before it must begin making payments to its radio spectrum supplier Inmarsat, the companies announced Friday.

Critics Pan Verizon's Proposed Spectrum Sell-off

Resale of Verizon Wireless's 700 MHz licenses could sway regulators to sign off on carrier's proposed partnership with cable companies, but plenty of groups are crying foul.

Honeywell, Inmarsat aim to improve in-flight connectivity

Honeywell and Inmarsat have signed a deal to cooperate on next-generation in-flight connectivity systems that will increase the maximum bandwidth to 50M bps (bits per second), they said on Wednesday.

Carriers cap LTE services to avoid fixed-line cannibalization, says IEEE's Saracco

Roberto Saracco isn't buying carriers' claims that they need to put caps on their LTE services due to excessive traffic causing massive engineering challenges.

BYOD: 'The inmates of the asylum have control'

Mobile devices are multiplying and -- sanctioned or unsanctioned -- finding their way onto corporate networks. For IT pros, the influx of personal mobile devices to the corporate network is raising security concerns, creating management challenges, and swamping the help desk with support calls.

Google hit with $25K fine, but FCC finds Street View data collection not illegal

Google has been slapped with a $25,000 fine by the Federal Communications Commission for impeding the agency's investigation of some of the Internet search leader's data gathering practices -- a symbolic, but small penalty for a company worth $200 billion.