Sometimes, hardware projects get cancelled before they have a chance to make an impact, often due to politics or poor economic judgment. The Tsushin Booster for the PC Engine is one such project, ...

Cellular and mobile broadband PC modem shipments grew more than 55% in 2009. In 2008, a total of 46.4 million such modems (including USB models, PC Card modems, and wireless routers) shipped; in 2009, ...

A modem for use in a laptop or other computer with a PC Card (PCMCIA) slot. Modem PC Cards come in landline and wireless varieties, the latter enabling you to connect to a specific cellular or data ...

WWAN modem shipments in 2009 topped 72 million units, a significant growth over the 46.4 million units shipped during 2008. But both volumes pale in comparison with the expected 93 million units ...

Though mass DSL deployment has been slower than expected, the technology is here to stay as the method for residential broadband access. Consequently, PC manufacturers focusing on today's market, with ...

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In the computer networking world, the three most ubiquitous pieces of equipment are modems, routers, and switches. These are used everywhere from the datacenter hosting Google to the internet ...

Recently Sprint lowered its mobile broadband prices for using the cellular phone as a modem, leaving its pricing using PC Cards and USB modems unchanged. But even given this threat, cellular modem ...

For PowerBook owners who suffer from e-mail withdrawal when they travel, it may be time to join the wireless set. Three PC Card modems make this possible: Novatel Wireless’s Merlin and Merlin for ...

LIKE THE PC ITSELF, modems—the devices that allow PCs to communicate with other computers over the Internet or other public networks—have made dramatic strides in performance and price in a relatively ...