At Wireless Japan 2008, KDDI demonstrated the Giga-IR, an infrared communication standard with a data rate of 1 Gbps.[...]

Sprint Nextel and Clearwire will “ignite faster introduction of 2.5 GHz mobile WiMAX service and thus introduce additional new broadband competition across the country,”[...]

Zimbabwean newspaper The Herald writes that the country’s largest mobile network operator by subscribers Econet Wireless has received long-awaited approval from regulatory authorities to launch commercial 2.5G and 3G services. TeleGeography’s GlobalComms database notes that the cellco rolled out a 900MHz/1800MHz GPRS platform in the middle of 2007 but failed [...]

AT&T; Mobility’s second-quarter numbers were buoyed by a 52% jump in wireless data sales over the same quarter last year, and the carrier’s overall revenues from wireless popped by 15.8% over the same period. The carrier reported a gain of 1.[...]

Verizon Wireless said its BlackBerry customers can now manage their financial accounts on the go.[...]

So, the MVNO Virgin Mobile wanted a viral way to promote its phones while also donating clothing to nonprofits that clothe homeless teens. Sounds like a noble goal, and nothing could go wrong, right? Well, it can get sticky if you involve stripping.[...]