Through a recent blog post, ARM made major announcements both in its efforts to enable new applications and to offer its first cellular modem. The first part of the announcement is that ARM acquired ...

As the cost of cellular broadband service drops to between $40 to $65 a month, depending on provider and bandwidth, state and local governments are turning to cell modems for mobile computing ...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Oct. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Gateworks announced the GW16162, a rugged, end-device-certified family of cellular modems for industrial edge applications. By integrating Telit ...

The good: Tri-band 3G connectivity; sends/receives text messages from PCs; up to 8 GB of storage via the microSD expansion slot. The bad: Expensive service plan; not Mac compatible. The price: $50 to ...

Phone Web browsers and apps can handle many of your on-the-go Internet needs, but sometimes you have to use a laptop. What do you do if no Wi-Fi hotspot is in range? That’s when tethering–sharing your ...

Back in 2010, chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) announced that it had agreed to purchase Infineon's Wireless Solutions Business (known as WLS) for $1.4 billion. The purchase, Intel said at the time, ...

Reports surfaced a few weeks ago that Apple was struggling with its 5G modem development, and that Apple would not reach the 2H2023 target for use of its own 5G modem for some of its products. Based ...

Sprint has created the ultimate cellular data modem combo with its Sierra Wireless Compass 597. The device folds high-speed, ubiquitous data access and GPS (Global Positioning System) service into a ...

Red Lion Controls added WiFi capabilities to its Sixnet MobilityPro 5000 line of industrial cellular modems. With the addition of 802.11 b/g wireless local area network (WLAN) functionality, the ...

Your tethering options depend on your smartphone platform and on your carrier’s support–which is important, because if you decide to try it on an unsupported combination, you could be billed extra for ...