Cell phone makers plan to release so-called Wi-Fi phones ahead of schedule, bringing new threats and opportunities to wireless carriers and traditional phone service providers. The highly anticipated ...

The years 2023 and 2024 brought numerous changes to Wi-Fi connectivity. In 2024, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced the powerful Wi-Fi 6/Wi-Fi 6E successor. The new Wi-Fi 7 standard introduced various ...

LAS VEGAS--Networking products maker Netgear and wireless calling provider Skype on Wednesday unveiled the first Wi-Fi phone designed to work on the internationally popular voice over IP service. The ...

A recent deal between Nokia and Cisco Systems gave Wi-Fi cell phones a key boost--but analysts say the devices may be slow to catch on, because carriers remain reluctant to sell them. On Monday, Nokia ...

Handsets that offer only Wi-Fi connectivity have been a failure, according to the U.K. director of home and office communications devices for Siemens. Speaking to ZDNet UK on Monday, John Smith said ...

Let’s play “Fill in the Product Gap”: You have Wi-Fi to connect your laptop and PDA to the Internet, and you have telephones using voice over IP. You have cordless phones and cell phones so you can ...

Portable Wi-Fi/Skype phones have enormous appeal for Skype enthusiasts. Unlike the cordless DECT phones we’ve been reviewing here recently (see Related Articles)—which are really only practical for ...

The Wi-Fi Alliance has a full agenda for new interoperability and RF performance tests that it intends to conduct (see A WLAN technology maturity update). Now, what’s happening with certification for ...

You can make calls and receive texts on your Android phone using WiFi calling, even when you can't get a cell phone signal. Instead of using your carrier's cellular network, WiFi calls and texts are ...

The AP has a story about the encroaching use of WiFi phones to replace or enhance cellular usage. While there’s not a ton of new information for those who have been keeping up, it’s a nice overview of ...