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A wide area network (WAN) for data that is typically provided by the cellular carriers. Also called "wireless broadband" or "broadband wireless," wireless WANs (WWANs) use cellular towers to transmit a wireless signal over a range of several miles to a mobile device. Contrast with wireless Wi-Fi LANs (WLANs), which span only a few hundred feet to stationary and slow-moving devices rather than units in vehicles moving at high speed.
In the U.S., the EDGE and EV-DO technologies are used by cellular carriers to provide wireless communications to cellphones, laptops and PDAs. See wireless broadband, wireless LAN, cellular generations and WAN.
In the U.S., the EDGE and EV-DO technologies are used by cellular carriers to provide wireless communications to cellphones, laptops and PDAs. See wireless broadband, wireless LAN, cellular generations and WAN.
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