In-flight Wi-Fi broadband deployment is expected to surpass 6,100 planes worldwide, with revenues of up to $1.5 billion by 2015, research firm In-Stat said.

AirStrip Technologies is working with Qualcomm Life to develop wireless solutions that seamlessly connect doctors, caregivers and emergency workers with vital patient information at the hospital and from the home.

Alcatel-Lucent is set to launch the first 4G LTE wireless network in Saudi Arabia, which will bring subscribers true broadband services to their mobile devices.

A new platform for connecting wireless medical devices to cloud-based data centers for easy retrieval, storage or transferring of biometric information is gaining attention from mobile device manufacturers and healthcare organizations.

Thailand kicked off its free WiFi project with the installation of 20,000 free public WiFi hotspots in Bangkok just before the New Year.

A new wireless Internet infrastructure has improved passenger services at Haneda Airport’s new international terminal in Tokyo.

The Philippines' weather bureau has started the mass installation of more than 70 automatic solar-powered rain gauges across the country.

Massive growth in data traffic has profound implications for network infrastructure. Here are options and long-term strategies for mobile operators facing exponential growth in data traffic. Operators will use a combination of tools to manage this data explosion: acquiring new spectrum, deploying more efficient wireless technologies like LTE, putting smarter Wi-Fi everywhere, adding femtocells, and getting more aggressive about cell splitting.

In-flight Wi-Fi revenues is taking flight and will surpass the $1.5 billion mark in 2015, new research from In-Stat showed.

Ruckus Wireless has unveiled a controller based Wi-Fi system that can support up to 20,000 clients, 1,000 access points (APs), and 2,048 wireless LANs (WLANs) within a single platform.