Clearwire 4G users and data use booming
Stephen Lawson, ComputerWorld, 1/24/2012 Clearwire said WiMax data use by subscribers of Sprint and other partners grew at twice the rate of customer growth Clearwire exceeded 10 million subscribers in the fourth quarter but still needs to raise more money to build its planned LTE network, a task that could be funded in part by [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, Clearwire, LTE, Sprint, WiMax
Sprint drops WiMAX phones for LTE, ‘all’ to get NFC
Electronista, 1/14/2012 Sprint to move phones wholesale to 4G and NFC Sprint in commentary during CES confrimed that it was dropping WiMAX on smartphones. The initial LTE smartphones were ultimately representing a full-scale switch to the technology for 4G phones, PCMag was told. The carrier was being more aggressive than it had suggested before and, [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, HTC, LTE, NFC, Sprint, WiMax
AT&T Mulls Price Increase as Spectrum Crunch Looms
Forbes, 1/9/2012 AT&T switched on 4G access in 11 areas over the holidays, but speedy service is likely to strain spectrum and raise prices for users. AT&T Business Solutions chief John Stankey announced AT&T 4G now reaches New York, San Francisco, San Jose, Austin, Los Angeles, Oakland, Orlando, Phoenix, Raleigh and San Diego, as the [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, FCC, T-Mobile
For blazing fast wireless internet, Broadcom announces its first 5G WiFi chips
Dean Takahashi, GamesBeat, 1/5/2012 Broadcomis announcing today its first WiFi chips that will allow wireless to surf the web at a speed of 1.3 gigabits per second. That is several times faster than existing network speeds, and these so-called 5G WiFi chips will be used in products coming out as early as the second quarter. [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, 5G, LTE, WiFi
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
AT&T Wi-Fi usage skyrockets
Marguerite Reardon, CNETnews, 10/24/2011 AT&T is relying more and more on its Wi-Fi networks to help off-load data traffic, which should ultimately lead to better network performance for its wireless customers. This week the carrier said it has seen Wi-Fi usage on these networks triple in the last year. In the third quarter, AT&T said [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, HSPA, 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
AT&T’s 4G LTE network set to go live today
Dan Seifert, MobileBurn, 9/18/2012 Today is the day that AT&T has said that its 4G LTE network would become operational and available to general consumers in the five test markets previously announced. Residents in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio should be able to take advantage of AT&T’s flavor of LTE today. AT&T is [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, Hotspot, HTC, LTE, Verizon
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