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Fact-Checking the Spectrum Food Fight

Mark Cooper, Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America in Voices on February 20 at 4:28 pm PT

Could new, unlicensed designations lead to new competition for cellular wireless broadband service?

CES Lost and Found: A Hot Spot for Hotspots and Lost Teeth

Lauren Goode in News on January 10 at 9:54 am PT

Hold on to your teeth: It’s another spin through the CES Lost and Found.

Need Mobile Email? You’ll Need a Data Plan.

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on March 27, 2012 at 6:04 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions on mobile email access and iPad charging.

Mobile Internet Access — No Strings Attached

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on March 20, 2012 at 5:09 pm PT

NetZero, known for offering free dial-up access in exchange for watching ads, is back and is applying its budget-conscious approach to mobile broadband.

New iPad a Hotspot Now for Verizon, Not So Much With AT&T

Ina Fried in Mobile on March 16, 2012 at 11:26 am PT

AT&T says it is still working on the capability, which lets the iPad serve as an Internet connection for a laptop or other Wi-Fi device.

Verizon, AT&T Get to Duke It Out Over 4G iPad; Sprint, T-Mobile Stuck on Sidelines

Ina Fried in Mobile on March 7, 2012 at 2:12 pm PT

AT&T and Verizon will each sell LTE-capable versions of the new iPad, but buyers will have to decide between the two at purchase.

Movable Internet Service

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on May 4, 2011 at 6:00 pm PT

Walt answers a reader’s question on using a smartphone’s hot spot to replace an Internet service.

Verizon’s ThunderBolt Moves Like Lightning

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on March 23, 2011 at 6:19 pm PT

Verizon’s ThunderBolt 4G cellphone is a speed demon, zipping past rival 4G phones’ cellular-data speeds and even past many home land-line Internet connections.