NPR’s Science Friday welcomed Mike Cassidey, the head of Google’s “Project Loon”, on today’s episode. Project Loon is Google’s experimental effort to provide 3G internet service to the most remote regions of the earth using helium balloons. Cassidy and his team are working on the prototype of the system in New Zealand. Interesting stuff! Click…
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Samsung to Launch Galaxy S 4 Advanced, International Unit With LTE Support
Samsung is not relenting in releasing new iterations of their Samsung Galaxy S 4, with the newest international model, the Galaxy S 4 Advanced to come packing LTE support, according to a report from Reuters. The new Galaxy S 4 Advanced will utilize LTE-Advanced 4G technology, which will provide data speeds double that of current…
President Obama Issues Order to Open Up Wireless Spectrum
President Obama issued an executive order today which will free up 500 MHz of Federal and non-federal spectrum over the next ten years, which will allow telecoms to expand their data networks and cover more Americans with 4G wireless broadband service. Although the spectrum shift will take place over the next decade or so, a…
FreedomPop adds voice to its free smartphone data plan
FreedomPop announced today that it will soon add voice minutes and unlimited text messages to its free smartphone data plans. The new plan will be available to Android owners and will include 200 VoIP-based calling minutes. Calls and texts will not count against the user’s 500MB allotment of data. According to Fierce wireless, FreedomPop will also…
North Korea to offer foreign visitors mobile internet, citizens get left out
North Korea and its partly owned mobile phone provider Koryolink plan to offer mobile internet access at 3G speeds to foreign visitors and residents from abroad. This after the company recently hit a milestone of 1 million mobile phone users in the country. Citizens of North Korea will not be able to use the 3G…
Study: smartphone owners consume more data than tablet owners
According to a report from mobile analytics company Arieso, smartphone owners now outpace tablet owners when it comes to data consumption. “For the first time, smartphone users are consistently consuming more mobile data than tablet users. Out of the top ten most voracious devices (excluding dongles) six were smartphones, three tablets and one a ‘phablet’.…
CES 2013: Qualcomm unveils blazing fast Snapdragon 800 and 600 series chipsets
Qualcomm used it CES 2013 keynote to introduce its new 800 series processors. This upcoming mobile chipset outperforms all processors from competitors says CEO Paul Jacobs. It’ll deliver significantly better performance across the board with a dramatic reduction in battery consumption. The new quad-core Snapdragon 800 will top out at 2.6GHz per core with a…
FreedomPop starts pre-orders of Freedom Hub Burst, offers home customers 1GB of 4G data for free
FreedomPop is storming the wireless market with yet another groundbreaking offer for free wireless internet connectivity. Instead of smartphone-based plans, the start-up is now giving away 1GB of 4G wireless data to home owners who use their new Freedom Hub Burst device. The device doesn’t require a contract and supports up to 10 wireless or…
C Spire to offer shared data plans starting December 3
C Spire announced today that it will start offering shared data plans on December 3rd. The new SHARED Data plans will let customers select a single data allotment that can be shared between 10 devices. These plans also include unlimited texts, unlimited calling and unlimited picture messaging. Video streaming and mobile hotspot are also included…
FreedomPop increases its retail presence by offering its products on Amazon
FreedomPop is trying to make waves in the wireless arena by offering low-cost 4G wireless broadband access. To attract additional customers, the company has moved beyond its own storefront and is now selling its wares on Amazon’s website. As of November 26, FreedomPop is selling hardware like its Freedom Spot Photon 4G Mobile Hotspot directly through…