Olympics News

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games will demand a massive amount of spectrum for wireless technology, leaving London officials to scurry for solutions before the games.

London residents may experience problems with their mobile devices during next summer's Olympic Games, illustrating how network traffic is becoming a consideration in advance of major public events.

Olympics athletes can tweet away in 2012, according to the event's governing committee, as long as they don't get political, try to do a journalist's job, or post a photo of what's under their uniform.

Some of the biggest U.S companies found themselves at odds with U.S. regulators this week, AT&T and Verizon squared off against each other, and a massive leak of personal information raised questions about how companies handle user data.

Amazon may have angered record companies by rushing out its cloud-based music service, while a spate of tech titans are racing to roll out mobile payment systems. Meanwhile, Apple is readying its iPhone 5, widely expected to be showcased at the WWDC conference on June 6.

Next year's London Olympic games are shaping up to be a showcase for mobile payment technology as companies race for dominance in a potentially massive market.