WiMax backer Clearwire to start LTE trials
Sam Diaz, CNET news, 8/5/2010 Clearwire announced plans Thursday to start trial testing 4G LTE technology this fall. The move will not only allow the company to showcase the capabilities of the technology but also allow it to “examine a variety of potential future technology combinations.” The tests will be conducted through early 2011 in [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, Clearwire, LTE, WiMax
Intel’s Losing Big Money on WiMAX
Stacey Higginbotham, GigaOM, 6/28/2010 Two WiMAX networks backed by Intel have failed, delivering a blow to the WiMAX standard, but also to Intel and its venture capital arm. Intel, which has invested billions in WiMAX networks in order to encourage the spread of the technology and boost demand for the company’s chips, has already had [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, Clearwire, LTE, WiMax
AT&T, Verizon join Wi-Fi roaming group
Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service, 6/22/2010 Cisco and Comcast have also recently joined the WBA, which provides for easy roaming onto hot spots AT&T and Verizon Wireless, the two largest U.S. mobile operators, have joined an organization that ensures roaming among mobile operators’ Wi-Fi networks. The group, called the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), also announced [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Cisco, Comcast, LTE, Verizon, WiFi, WiMax
EVO 4G Battery Life Sags Under Weight of High-Speed Network
Andy Patrizio, EnterpriseMobileToday, 6/16/2010 Being on the bleeding edge of technology sometimes leaves you bleeding. In the case of Sprint customers who quickly snapped up the HTC EVO 4G phone, it’s their phone that’s bleeding. Bleeding power. Rather quickly, users found out the EVO 4G drains power so fast it makes the iPhone look durable. [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, Mobile Technology, iPhone · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, HTC, LTE, Sprint, WiMax
The Big Shift: Moving to LTE From WiMAX
Stacey Higginbotham, GigaOM, 5/30/2010 If WiMAX is a fad — a short-term bridge on the path to LTE as the global fourth-generation wireless standard — how will operators move from one network technology to another? Russian WiMAX provider Yota said last week that it would stop deploying WiMAX networks and switch instead to LTE for [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, CDMA, Clearwire, GSM, LTE, T-Mobile, Verizon, WiMax
The real world: Comparing 3G/4G speeds
Mike Dano, FierceWireless, 5/27/2010 T-Mobile USA this week laid down the gauntlet by declaring its HSPA+ network will provide “4G speeds.” While that’s debatable (I realize the International Telecommunication Union has a definition for 4G, but no carrier abides by that definition in its marketing, and for all practical purposes it’s irrelevant), T-Mobile’s assertion certainly [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, HSPA, LTE, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, WiMax
T-Mobile Expands HSPA+ Coverage Areas With “4G Speeds”
Kevin C. Tofel, GigaOM, 5/25/2010 T-Mobile today announced availability of its HSPA+ network in three new Northeast corridor areas comprised of upstate New York (Albany, Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse), Connecticut (Hartford, New Haven, Milford and Stamford) and Providence, R.I. The carrier says that Washington, D.C. and Boston are next on the HSPA+ implementation list “in [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, Clearwire, HSPA, Sprint, T-Mobile, WiMax
Sprint evaluating options, open to LTE
Sue Marek, FierceWireless, 5/20/2010 Sprint has issued a request for proposal for its next-generation of mobile network technology and LTE may be one option. Light Reading Mobile reports that at the LTE World Summit in Amsterdam this week Kevin Packingham, senior vice president of product and technology development at Sprint, said that the company is evaluating [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: CDMA, Clearwire, LTE, Sprint, Verizon, WiMax
Will 4G Fix Wireless Voice Quality?
Tony Bradley, PC World, 5/14/2010 Will WiMax and LTE address dropped calls, latency and line noise that many users have come to associate with wireless calls? “Can you hear me now?” As much marketing hype as 3G wireless networks have received, the fact remains that customers of all the major wireless providers are frequently frustrated [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, LTE, Skype, Verizon, VoIP, WiMax
Sprint 4G: The Home Broadband Alternative?
Jeff Bertolucci, PC World, 5/14/2010 In addition to being a pretty cool phone with all the latest bells and whistles, the HTC Evo 4G has one very unique attribute: It’s the first U.S. handset designed for 4G (fourth generation) mobile broadband networks. Sprint says its 4G WiMax network, a partnership between the wireless carrier and [...]