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Sprint: Next iPhone will still have unlimited data plan
We’re all expecting the next iPhone to have 4G LTE support and many of you may be wondering what this will mean for your data caps. Well, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse is saying that the next iPhone on Sprint will continue to have unlimited data even if it has 4G. “I’m not anticipating the unlimited plan would change by that point,” Hesse said in an interview with Sprint. “That’s our distinctive differentiator.” Sprint’s CEO didn’t confirm that the next iPhone would have LTE but he did say that if it … Read more
Marin Perez
China Mobile launching LTE services in Hong Kong this week
China Mobile will launch an LTE network in Hong Kong on Wednesday, April 25. The world’s largest mobile operator by the number of subscribers will join CSL, which is already offering 4G services there. Pricing of the services was still not announced though China Mobile said it will unveil that information in the next few days. As for the compatible devices, some 20 LTE smartphones and tablets will be released in Hong Kong during the year, including the HTC Velocity 4G (which is already available through CSL), LG Optimus True … Read more
Dusan Belic
Droid Incredible 4G shows up on Verizon’s DroidDoes website
Whoops! It looks like someone over at Verizon goofed by outing the upcoming Droid Incredible 4G a little earlier than expected on the “Droid Does” site. This might bring some validity to the handset being rumored to hit Verizon April 26. The specs on the new Incredible resemble those of HTC’s new high-end GSM phones, the One S. The new Droid phone sports a 1.2GHz dual-core CPU, a 4-inch qHD SuperLCD display, and it runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich skinned with Sense 4. Here’s the full list of features … Read more
Charles West
Verizon to sell off some of its 700MHz spectrum holdings
Verizon today announced its plans to sell off all of its 700 MHz A and B spectrum licenses to rationalize its spectrum holdings. This sale will go down if the government allows the largest wireless provider in the United States to buy AWS spectrum from a contingent of cable companies. The plan for Verizon is to expand its LTE 4G network (which currently lives on its 700 MHz upper C band) onto the AWS spectrum it’s trying to acquire. Big Red is hell-bent on grabbing as much spectrum as it … Read more
Charles West
Brazil to surpass 18 million LTE users in 2015
Although there’s no single LTE connection in Brazil at the moment, Pyramid predicts there will be more than 18 million 4G users in the country by the end of 2015. Moreover, this prediction comes despite operators’ skepticism on the Brazil’s preparedness for the technology, which [skepticism] comes from the fact that 3G has yet to reach its maturity point. However, the country’s telecom regulator Anatel wants Brazil to have its LTE network in place and working for 2014 FIFA’s world cup. According to Vinicius Caetano, Senior Analyst for Pyramid, the … Read more
Dusan Belic
Verizon Wireless expands it 4G LTE service in California, Nevada and Maryland
Verizon Wireless has announced that its expanding its 4G LTE network to nine new markets, which are heavily concentrated in California. The areas that’ll be getting LTE include Bakersfield, Fresno, Modesto, Monterey, Sacramento, Salinas, and the San Francisco Bay area in California. The only outlying area is Reno, Nevada. All these locales will get LTE in the upcoming weeks. Verizon also confirmed that Salisbury, MD will be blanketed with 4G LTE starting April 19. [Via Verizon Wireless and Phone Scoop]
Kelly Hodgkins
Sprint LG Viper 4G goes on sale April 22, pre-orders start today
Sprint is moving closer toward releasing one of its first LTE handsets, the LG Viper 4G. We knew the LG Viper was hitting store shelves soon, once a document leaked last week. The company is slowly rolling out its LTE network, with the first test in Kankakee, Ill, so Sprint will begin to offer LTE devices more rapidly in the next few weeks. If you need a refresher, the Viper carries some sparingly decent specs, like a 4 inch WVGA display, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 5 megapixel rear camera, VGA front-facing … Read more
Charles West
US Cellular starts selling its first LTE phone, the Galaxy S Aviator
US Cellular is moving up in prestige with its announcement that it has begun selling its first 4G LTE smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S Aviator. The carrier promised back in February that its first LTE phone would be released in April and has clearly stuck by its word. The Galaxy S Aviator is a mid-range handset running Android 2.3 Gingerbread. (No word on if it will get the Ice Cream Sandwich treatment, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.) It’s graced by a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display and a 1 … Read more
George Tinari
South Korean operator LG Uplus is the first to cover an entire country with 4G LTE
Not many folks know this, but LG, the handset maker, has their own wireless network in South Korea. Known as Uplus, today the company is announcing that they’re the first operator in the world to cover an entire country with 4G LTE. According to TeleGeography, the high speed wireless network cost $1.1 billion to build and it supposedly covers “86 cities across the country, along all highways, and in subways, airports and train stations.” Are people actually using the network though? Yes. SK Telecom, the largest operator in South Korea … Read more
Stefan Constantinescu
LightSquared considers bankruptcy
After a rough few months, 4G Internet service provider LightSquared may be on the verge of bankruptcy. Philip Falcone, founder of Harbinger Capital hedge fund and LightSquared, told Reuters that he is seriously considering a voluntary bankruptcy to keep creditors at bay while LightSquared tries to figure things out. According to the Reuters report, Falcone wants to buy some time so LightSquared can overcome the GPS interference problem that has plagued the company. Recent studies have shown that LightSquared’s mobile broadband network interferes with commercial GPS. LightSquared challenged these findings … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
MetroPCS raises unlimited data plan to $70, throttles cheaper plans
MetroPCS has put into effect a price hike on its top-tier data plan. A plan that once costed $60 per month to receive unlimited calling, texting, data including 4G LTE, email and either MetroStudio on-demand video or Rhapsody now costs $70 but it throws both the MetroStudio and Rhapsody music. Considering all you get, it’s still a pretty good value. In related news, MetroPCS has began throttling the cheaper 4G LTE plans. The $60 per month plan which includes all of the above minus MetroStudio on-demand video supports 4G LTE speeds … Read more