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
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
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 [...]
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Can the cable industry succeed at wireless?
Sue Marek, FierceWireless, 8/11/2011 The third time is not always a charm–at least not when it comes to the cable industry succeeding at selling wireless services. By my count, the cable industry has made at least three attempts over the past two decades to gain a foothold in the wireless industry and build the elusive [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Clearwire, LTE, Sprint, 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