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 ...

If you’re using a smartphone as a hotspot, you aren’t alone—sales of USB sticks and embedded PC modems are plummeting as a result of that use. Shipments of these products are expected to decline by 24 ...

For anyone who experienced it, the screeching hiss of a modem handshaking over copper phone wires is unforgettable. The technology may have tied up the family phone line, but modems were the gateways ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While 56K bit/sec modems have been on the market since 1997, the wrangling continues over who deserves credit – and royalties – for the technology. Analog Devices, which makes modem chipsets, last ...

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 ...