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
AT&T to unveil first two 4G LTE products
Roger Cheng, CNET News, 7/12/2011 AT&T is jumping into the actual 4G game with its first two LTE products. The Elevate 4G mobile hot-spot devices is one of the first products that will use AT&T’s upcoming 4G LTE network. (Credit: AT&T) The telecommunications giant plans to show off a laptop card called the USBConnect Momentum [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Hotspot, HSPA, LTE, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, WiMax
Mobile hotspots: AT&T, Sprint and Verizon compete on price, features, speed
Brian Nadel, Computer World, 6/17/2011 Which carrier’s mobile hotspot packs the most punch? You’re sitting in your hotel room and you need to connect your laptop to the Internet to get some work done. But while many hotels offer free Internet access, you’re staying in one that thinks of it as comparable to the room’s [...]
In: Blackberry, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Bluetooth, Hotspot, MiFi, Samsung, Sprint, Tether, Verizon, WiFi
Verizon Gets Hit With FCC Complaint Over 4G LTE Tethering
Jordan Crook, Mobile Crunch, 6/7/2011 Verizon Wireless got hit with an FCC complaint this morning by an organization called Free Press, over the restrictions placed on Verizon’s 4G LTE smartphones. The group claims that Verizon’s rules don’t necessarily jive with the regulatory policies of the Federal Communications Commission when it comes to tethering to Verizon’s [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, FCC, LTE, Tether, Verizon
4G Coming to WP7
Eric M. Zeman, Phone Scoop, 5/24/2011 Microsoft said today that its existing hardware partners — Samsung, LG, and HTC — will be shipping new phones with Mango this fall, and they will include 4G. Microsoft didn’t say what type of 4G would be supported.
In: Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: 4G, HTC, Samsung
Verizon to lean on Wi-Fi, sees 4G-only phones by 2013
ArsTechnica, 5/20/2011 Verizon Wi-Fi to offset 3G, 4G in public areas Verizon CTO Tony Melone in a speech at the TIA conference said Verizon would be using Wi-Fi to help offset heavy cellular demand. He was adamant that it wouldn’t “cover up flaws and capacity limitations,” a slam against AT&T’s public hotspots often going up [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Hotspot, LTE, Verizon, WiFi