Defense researchers are looking to update the wireless platform currently used for military communications to deliver 100Gbps connections. While fiber-optic cables provide the long-haul backbone for most data and voice communications networks without issue, radio signals often face electronic interference and degradation over long distances, resulting in reduced communications efficiency to soldiers in the field. …

The Federal Communications Commission wants to require all cellular carriers and Internet-based messaging providers to support text-to-911 messages. While the four largest U.S. wireless carriers have already signed on to the plan, the U.S. agency today proposed guidelines that would require “over the top” text messaging apps — those capable of sending text messages to phones — to be part …

A group of tech companies is pressing Congress to provide more spectrum for use by portable electronics devices such as tablets and smartphones. A letter sent to lawmakers today and signed by Alcatel-Lucent, Apple, Cisco, Ericsson, Intel, Nokia, Qualcomm, Research In Motion, and Samsung urged the technology committees in the House and Senate to consider auctioning some of the spectrum …

It appears that BlackBerry 10 — Research In Motion’s next operating system — will support deep integration of the online notes service Evernote. Now that RIM has released BlackBerry 10’s SDK and APIs for software-makers to start coding in earnest, one of the apps in the new operating system generating buzz is a personal information manager (PIM) called “Remember.” RIM …

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has thrown his agency’s support behind the greater use of portable electronic devices on airplanes during flights. The Federal Aviation Administration should “enable greater use of tablets, e-readers, and other portable devices,” the FCC’s Julius Genachowski said in a letter today to FAA acting chief Michael Huerta. The FAA currently prohibits airline passengers …

Joining the battle to control as much of the production process as possible, LG has reportedly begun designing its own processors. The South Korean electronics maker plans to unveil in-house designed mobile processors at the Consumer Electronics Show next month, according to the Korea Times. The company reportedly has more than 900 chip designers working on chips to be used …

Sprint will begin charging Nextel iDEN customers who do not upgrade to Sprint’s CDMA push-to-talk service an extra $10 a month starting in January. The move is apparently designed to encourage customers migrate from the iDEN network, which Sprint plans to shut down on June 30, 2013. The charge will not apply to CDMA customers. “Customers that migrate prior to …

A laptop, an inexpensive transmitter, and a little technical knowledge is all that’s necessary to take down the high-speed wireless data networks that are being embraced as the future of wireless communications, researchers warn. As wireless consumers are increasingly doing more with their smartphones, demand for faster, persistent connections is also growing. Boasting speeds four times as fast as current …

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics reported on Friday (local time) a record quarterly profit of $7.4 billion, crediting strong sales of its Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets with making up for weak chip demand. The electronics giant said its third-quarter operating profit increased 91 percent to $7.39 billion, in line with guidance offered earlier this month. Revenue for the quarter …

One day after Apple finally announced new iPads that would run on Sprint’s network, the wireless carrier announced a set of new data plans it says offers up to 20 percent more data than Verizon or AT&T at the same price. Beginning November 11, Sprint customers will be able to choose among four no-contract rate plans for 4G LTE-enabled tablets, …