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As unlimited data plans fade away, services and applications are being designed to help users manage their consumption.

T-Mobile USA said it would spend $4 billion on its wireless network to offer the high-speed fourth-generation mobile broadband service known as LTE.

Verizon and AT&T will sell a version of the upcoming iPad that runs on their newest fourth-generation wireless networks, as the battle to cash in on big investments in mobile broadband heats up.

As part of a federal effort to get more U.S. homes connected to broadband, cable companies will offer Internet service for $9.

You want it. You want it desperately. You want it desperately, but you don't even know what it is. Such is consumer desire for 4G data connectivity in mobile handsets. Call it proof positive that the phone carriers' marketing efforts have paid off -- this despite slow 4G infrastructure roll-outs, and actual 4G data rates that fall far, far below the promise of the 4G spec.

Broadband provider Virgin Media offers customers six months of free access to Spotify's premium service.

The movie studio business model is poised for its biggest shift in years as Hollywood turns to Internet delivery as the only way to boost home entertainment revenues. Across Hollywood, a quiet revolution is brewing that's about to transform living rooms around the world.

Ever heard of Petabyte? Or, for that matter, Exabyte? If you haven’t, then you are going to hear a lot about them in the future. And, that’s not all. Very soon, a new word, Zettabyte, is going to make it into our glossary. Now don’t scratch your heads. We will explain. These are all terminologies pertaining to online data transfer. They are used to describe disk space, or data storage space, and system memory.

The company envisions systems that will let consumers to download a high-definition, full-length feature film in less than five minutes, allow rural health clinics to send 3-D medical images over the Internet and let students collaborate with classmates around the world while watching live 3-D video of a university lecture.

President Barack Obama will outline his plan on Thursday for expanding high speed wireless Internet service to 98 percent of Americans while reducing the U.S. deficit by $9.6 billion over the next ten years.