4G wireless vs. 5G wireless
Mikael Ricknäs, ComputerWorld, 11/4/2011 Using more spectrum and advanced antennas, vendors and operators plan to increase 4G mobile speeds. But the key to increasing speeds as researchers look at future networks, which will someday be dubbed 5G by marketers, is to shorten the distance between users and base stations, and allowing them to automatically be [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, 5G, EDGE, Femtocell, LTE, WiFi
Smartphone Apps to Dominate Mobile VoIP by 2016
Juniper Research, 10/19/2011 mVoIP clients downloaded to the smartphone will account for four fifths of 640 million mobile VoIP users by the end of 2016, while alliances between carriers and mVoIP specialists will remain relatively few in number. Improved technology, more intuitive interfaces and increased user awareness all account for the increasing dominance of the [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, mVoIP, VoIP
Sprint converts its network to LTE, plans ‘aggressive rollout’ to be completed by 2013
Joseph Volpe, Engadget, 10/7/2011 We knew more or less that an announcement of this sort was coming. Back in July, Dan Hesse had teased us face-to-face with the promise of a “great story this fall around 4G,” and now the time to tell that tale has arrived. At its strategy event today, Sprint finally went [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, Clearwire, Ericsson, FCC, LTE, Samsung, Sprint, WiMax
Sprint set to launch next-gen PTT service over faster CDMA
Matt Hamblen, ComputerWorld, 9/27/2011 Ruggedized Kyocera DuraMax will be first phone to support Sprint Direct Connect push-to-talk service Sprint on Sunday will launch a new rugged wireless phone along with a next-generation push-to-talk service called Sprint Direct Connect that offers speedy data capabilities. The ruggedized Kyocera DuraMax, which will be available on Sunday for $69.99 [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, Bluetooth, CDMA, Sprint
Newly Launched IM+ Video Lets You Video Chat With Facebook Friends
Sarah Perez, TechCrunch, 9/2/2011 SHAPE Services, makers of the popular, cross-platform IM+ mobile instant messaging applications, is today launching its first video chatting app: IM+ Video. The new app, available here on iTunes, lets you video and voice call with your Facebook friends – and not just those using IM+. The VoIP calls made using [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, EDGE, IM, Skype, VoIP, WiFi
Cisco, NEC team up on LTE networks
By Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service, 8/30/2011 The deal could help NEC sell more base stations and Cisco more back-end switches Cisco Systems and NEC will jointly sell LTE networks to carriers under a deal announced on Tuesday. Cisco will provide its ASR 5000 mobile packet core switch and NEC will supply base stations for [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, Cisco, LTE
App Creates Mobile Cloud for Android, Windows
Tony Bradley, ComputerWorld, 8/30/2011 Wyse has improved on its PocketCloud Pro app to seamlessly connect Android mobile devices and Windows PCs Wyse is introducing the concept of a personal cloud–a seamless connection between your mobile device and your PC–with the launch of the latest version of Wyse PocketCloud Pro for Android. The new PocketCloud Pro [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, WiFi
Wi-Fi hotspots, the once and future network king
Kevin C. Tofel, GigaOM, 8/29/2011 Wi-Fi hotspots will continue to grow in terms of locations, the total number of connections and their importance to network operators who face growing data demand. In its latest report, In-Stat research provides some numbers to give some sense of scale for the hotspot trend, estimating that in 2015, wireless hotspots will account [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, Hotspot, WiFi, WiMax
Clearwire Announces Intent to Add LTE to Its Network to Accelerate Wholesale Business
Clearwire, 8/3/2011 KIRKLAND, Wash, Aug. 3, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Clearwire Corporation (Nasdaq:CLWR), a leading provider of 4G wireless broadband services in the United States, today announced its intent to add “LTE Advanced-ready” technology to its 4G network. The announcement follows the successful completion of 4G technology trials that achieved download speeds exceeding 120 Mbps [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, Clearwire, LTE, WiMax
Will HTML5 kill the mobile app?
Mark Sullivan, PC World, 7/20/2011 With a powerful new upgrade to HTML now emerging, developers may opt for apps that run in mobile browsers For a couple of years now, we’ve been talking about apps for a multitude of purposes. Mobile apps continue to be the preferred way to deliver new services or content to mobile [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, Cloud, HTML5, WiFi