Both Apple and AT&T have spoken about plans for tethering, the ability to share your iPhone's cell data connection with your computer. Aayush Arya looks into what this could mean.

Need an internet connection for your PC or laptop, but do not have access to public Wi-Fi? The solution is simple: How to tether to your phone.

Could tethering your iPhone's Net connection to your laptop soon be a reality? After earlier failed efforts to do just that, now AT&T says tethering is coming soon to an iPhone near you.

So if you are an iPhone user, you would have to purchase a separate device with its own data plan to use on your laptop or other computer with the 3G network. Nonetheless, enterprising hackers ...

Tethering allows the handset to be used as a wireless modem for a PC. Be careful how you use the feature. Wireless carriers typically include 5GB in monthly wireless modem plans. Extra megabytes ...

Tethering allows the handset to be used as a mobile broadband modem for a PC. O2 was listed as one of 22 iPhone carriers who will allow this functionality, which obviates any need for a 3G dongle.

So iPhone OS 3.0 dropped yesterday, bringing with it such overdue features as copy/paste, MMS, and tethering. Well, not MMS. Or tethering. See, while the OS is capable of both, these two features ...

Despite AT&T's lack of tethering services for the iPhone 3G, a group of intrepid developers has produced a viable method for using the phones as wireless modems for laptop or desktop computers ...