The company's Mobility Report projects 85 percent of North American mobile subscriptions will be tied to an LTE network by 2019. If you don't have an LTE connection now, chances are you will by 2019. And so will nearly everyone else. That's according to the latest Mobility Report from Ericsson, which found that 85 percent of all mobile subscriptions in North America will be tied to an LTE network by 2019. The region will end the year with roughly 20 percent

Blu Wireless Technology said it will use proceeds from its latest funding round to complete development of its Hydra 60 GHz baseband IP offering for 802.11ad WiGig service as well as to pursue related mobile network backhaul applications for 4G networks. The startup--founded in 2009 and based in Bristol, England--raised about $3.1 million of new funding. The round was led by Qi3 Accelerator, which represented a syndicate of more than $1.5 million from London Business Angels private investors, including Wren Capital. A

WiGig is nearly ready for primetime as evidenced by the Wi-Fi Alliance's new certification program, aimed at validating interoperability for WiGig products. The certification brand will be designated with a new logo that consumers can look for to ensure they are buying interoperable WiGig products, which are expected to start hitting the market in 2014. In addition, the alliance recently transferred the WiGig Serial Extension Specification to the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), so anything now connected by a wired