The marketing world is full of vague adjectives like "new," "better" or "healthy" that don't necessarily mean much. The wireless industry has its own buzzword: 4G. Carriers have taken the ...

As the proud owner of a 3G smartphone, you might have considered yourself a member of the leading edge of wireless services users. Then you started hearing ads and ...

Ask a European mobile-phone exec about fourth-generation cellular technology — 4G — and you can almost see them bite their tongue. These are the same folks, remember, who just five years ago couldn’t ...

Since the wireless industry can’t yet agree on a single definition for the term “4G,” it should be no surprise that the 4G World show in Chicago this week saw top service providers deliver mixed ...

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Shara Tibken was a managing editor at CNET News, overseeing a team covering tech policy, EU tech, mobile and the digital divide. She previously covered mobile as a senior reporter at CNET and also ...

As the proud owner of a 3G smartphone, you might have considered yourself a member of the leading edge of wireless services users. Then you started hearing ads and reading stories about something ...