Ting Launches ‘Mobile Service That Makes Sense’ on Sprint
Eric M. Zeman, PhoneScoop, 2/3/2012 A company called Ting has this week launched its cellular phone service using Sprint’s CDMA and WiMax networks. Ting, which is operated by Tucows, provides inexpensive, no-contract access to mobile services. Potential customers will need to buy a Ting-branded phone from Ting, which range from the Samsung Reclaim for $45 [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: CDMA, Motorola, Samsung, Sprint, WiMax
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
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
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
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
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
Clearwire COO sees LTE switch on horizon, but details cloudy
Phil Goldstein, FierceWireless, 5/20/2011 Clearwire COO Erik Prusch said the company will eventually switch to LTE network technology, but declined to say when the switch will happen–and warned the plans are not definite. “WiMAX to date has been a very good technology choice for us,” he said in an interview with Cnet “We were able [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Clearwire, LTE, Sprint, WiMax
Verizon 4G LTE ‘blows away’ Sprint’s WiMAX in 1,000 speed tests
Zach Epstein, BGR, 4/1/2011 Sprint is no longer the “4G king,” BTIG Research analyst Walter Piecyk proclaimed on Friday following a massive speed test that pitted Sprint’s HTC EVO 4G against Verizon Wireless’ HTC ThunderBolt. Piecyk and his team conducted more than 1,000 speed tests in New York City to determine which was faster: the [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, HTC, LTE, Sprint, Verizon, WiMax