Cisco Systems’ Android-based Cius tablet will go on sale at the end of July, and the company plans to launch an application ecosystem to help spur adoption. The company unveiled today AppHQ, an application development platform that big companies can use to create and test applications for the Cius tablet. Companies will be able to …

Microsoft says it has the fix to the world’s spectrum crisis: unused broadcast TV spectrum called “white space.” But consumers shouldn’t get too excited. It could take years before technology supporting white space spectrum finds its way into popular mobile products. On Monday, Microsoft announced that it has joined forces with broadcasters and technology companies in the United Kingdom to …

The Ask Maggie column is a year old this week. And the No. 1 question I consistently get is about the next iPhone. So it was only fitting that for the first anniversary of this column, I highlight yet another “When is the next iPhone coming?” question. In this week’s Ask Maggie, I help one reader decide if he should …

As unlimited data plans from traditional wireless carriers go the way of the flip phone, savvy bargain hunters have another option: prepaid services that offer cool new smartphones with cheap unlimited data plans. After months of anticipation, Verizon Wireless is expected to introduce a new pricing scheme July 7, which will eliminate its unlimited data plan. AT&T did something similar …

MTV and Comedy Central fans may soon be able to get that programming through the Time Warner Cable iPad after all. Apple iPad Apple Viacom, which owns MTV and Comedy Central, and Time Warner Cable have put their legal fight over whether Viacom content can be viewed through the iPad app on hold, according to a story in The Wall …

Confused about which 4G wireless broadband service really is the fastest? U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) wants wireless operators to disclose the true speeds of their self-proclaimed “4G” services. The congresswoman today introduced a billed called the “Next Generation Wireless Disclosure Act,” which, if passed, would require carriers to inform consumers at the point of sale of the minimum data …

Gary Shapiro, the head of the Consumer Electronics Association, is frustrated by TV broadcasters’ lack of innovation, and he isn’t shy about voicing what he thinks they should do with spectrum licenses that have been give to them for free. Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association CEA Shapiro and the CEA, which lobbies in Washington, D.C., on behalf …

T-Mobile USA has finally responded to opponents of its proposed merger with AT&T. Since the $39 billion merger was announced in March, AT&T has taken the lead in explaining the benefits of the merger, which has sparked opposition from competitors as well as consumer advocates and some states. But today it was T-Mobile that added its voice to the debate. …

LightSquared, which is building a nationwide 4G LTE network, said today it has a fix that will ensure its network doesn’t interfere with GPS navigation equipment. The company said it is setting aside spectrum that is in the spectrum band adjacent to the one used for GPS or Global Positioning Systems. LightSquared has worked out a deal with satellite provider …

Three of the top wireless providers in the U.K. are joining forces to speed up the deployment of mobile payments that will allow shoppers to pay for things with their cell phones, according to Reuters. Thursday the news service reported that Everything Everywhere, the joint venture between Orange and T-Mobile, Vodafone and Telefonica’s O2 have agreed to create a mobile …