Amazon says its Sidewalk community wireless network, formed by pooling internet bandwidth from users of Amazon devices, now covers 90% of the U.S. population. The milestone, less than two years… Read More
T-Mobile subscribers will be getting a satellite upgrade to their wireless service, thanks to a newly announced partnership that takes advantage of SpaceX’s Starlink constellation. But don’t expect to start… Read More
T-Mobile US added 338,000 home internet users in the first quarter, reaching 1 million customers a year after launching the high-speed wireless broadband service. The company is “bringing real competition… Read More
Amazon says it’s testing a new professional-grade device that can extend the reach of a single access point in its Sidewalk neighborhood wireless network by up to 5 miles or… Read More
The news: Jeeva, the Seattle startup founded by University of Washington researchers, has developed what it’s calling the world’s lowest power wireless chip for streaming real-time sensor data, the company… Read More
Two of the wireless charging systems made by Seattle-based WiBotic have won safety approvals in Europe, marking what the startup’s CEO calls a major milestone. The chargers and transmitters now… Read More
T-Mobile on Thursday unveiled a new suite of tools designed to protect customers from scammers and robocalls. Dubbed “Scam Shield,” the initiative expands caller ID to all T-Mobile customers and… Read More
A new program led by T-Mobile, Intel, and NASA aims to help entrepreneurs take advantage of 5G technology and write the latest chapter in Seattle’s storied wireless history. The 5G… Read More
The Federal Communications Commission proposed fines totaling more than $200 million on the nation’s largest wireless carriers Friday for selling customer location data to third parties without their consent. T-Mobile… Read More
New York Attorney General Letitia James said over the weekend she won’t be appealing a federal judge’s decision to approve T-Mobile’s mega-merger with Sprint. The two wireless carriers were cleared to… Read More
Several U.S. Senators, led by Washington’s Maria Cantwell, want the proceeds from an upcoming spectrum auction to go toward bridging the urban-rural digital divide. Cantwell introduced legislation this week that… Read More
T-Mobile will begin rolling out its 5G network across the country this week, taking the first steps toward ultra-fast next-generation wireless technology. The Bellevue, Wash., wireless carrier says 5G service will… Read More
Microsoft’s place in the battle of wireless earbud makers is going to be delayed a bit as the tech giant’s chief product officer announced Thursday that more time is needed… Read More
The tech hub that Amazon and Microsoft call home is typically referred to as simply “Seattle.” But zooming in, there are two distinct communities — separated by Lake Washington and… Read More
Pivotal Commware, one of several metamaterials startups backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, says it has secured $10 million in convertible-debt financing to help it roll out signal repeater systems… Read More
The Federal Communications Commission approved T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint on Wednesday, formalizing a commitment that Chair Ajit Pai made back in May. The vote — coupled with the Justice Department’s… Read More
Amazon is seeking the Federal Communications Commission’s approval for a six-month test of mobile radio devices and networking software – but not at its Seattle home base. The experiment with… Read More
Federal regulators approved T-Mobile’s blockbuster merger with Sprint on Friday after 15 months of negotiations, paving the way for the third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers to form another titan in… Read More
Roughly 163 million Americans are not using broadband internet, according to Microsoft estimates. It’s a pervasive problem that impacts education attainment, economic opportunity, and access to modern healthcare. Closing the… Read More
T-Mobile’s plan to merge with Sprint won a key supporter Monday. FCC Chair Ajit Pai said he will recommend that his colleagues approve the merger thanks to commitments by the… Read More
President Donald Trump wants to see deployment of the super-fast wireless technology known as 5G — and, inexplicably, 6G, which does not yet exist. “I want 5G, and even 6G,… Read More
The group responsible for Bluetooth introduced a new feature that gives the widely used wireless technology the ability to sense not just the proximity of a nearby object but also… Read More
The nation received a text from President Trump on Wednesday. It wasn’t a tweet. It was just a test. A special test of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s national “presidential… Read More
T-Mobile has hired a high-profile telecommunications executive to oversee its planned merger with Sprint. Sunit Patel, most recently the chief financial officer and executive vice president at CenturyLink, will take… Read More
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Pivotal Commware, a venture that’s backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is in the midst of a fresh funding round that could bring in $20 million or more… Read More
Editor’s note: Michael Schutzler, CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association, stresses the importance of embracing next-generation wireless technology in this open letter to Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan. For more than a… Read More
Nearly every U.S. cell provider engages in throttling, also known as slowing service selectively, according to research from Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Researchers found throttling to be… Read More
The Federal Communications Commision needs more time to consider whether to approve a multibillion-dollar merger between Sprint and T-Mobile. The FCC sent a letter to the two companies Tuesday, explaining… Read More
Pivotal Commware, the Kirkland, Wash.-based startup backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, says it’s demonstrated its solution to a wireless annoyance: getting 5G reception inside a building. Millimeter-wave 5G signaling… Read More
T-Mobile CEO John Legere believes the future of the American innovation economy comes down to his company’s intended merger with Sprint. At least, that’s the case T-Mobile is making as… Read More