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Nokia Siemens Networks consistently pushes the boundaries of what’s possible with wireless networks, but sometimes they do something just to show that it can be done. At the PT Expo Comm in Beijing, NSN fused 8 separate 42 Mbps HSPA+ carriers into one that’s capable of pumping out a theoretical total of 336 Mbps worth…
Nokia Siemens Networks is a brand that many people aren’t familiar with, and for good reason too. They make infrastructure equipment. When was the last time you met your friend in a bar and talked about the key differences between Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks RAN hardware? Exactly, it doesn’t happen. Operators buy infrastructure gear,…
After three long years of being the most trusted brand in India, Nokia has slipped to 5th place. Some might ask why did it take so long for them to lose their pole position in light of all the competition from low cost Android devices? Consider that Nokia makes devices that are actually cheap enough…
LightSquared’s CEO, Sanjiv Ahuja, recently penned a letter that was published in several U.S. newspapers that basically sums up all the problems the company has been facing in terms of push back from the GPS industry. Quick backstory: LightSquared is an operator run by a hedgefund. They have close to 60 MHz worth of spectrum…
Dish Network currently owns 40 MHz worth of wireless spectrum that they’ve said they plan on using to roll out an LTE-Advanced network. They have the potential to disrupt America’s current wireless space to such a degree that it’s difficult to put into words. There is a slight snag though. Dish knows absolutely nothing about…
At the 2011 China International Communications Exhibition ZTE showed off their first Windows Phone, dubbed “Tania”. We don’t know whether or not that’s a codename or the actual name of the product, but that’s not important. What you should be paying attention to is that ZTE has now become a Windows Phone maker. The Chinese…
Broadcom has just announced their first NFC products, the BCM2079x family of chips. Built using a 40 nanometer process, their chips use 90% less power than current solutions and they also take up 40% less space on a motherboard. They even support multiple embedded secure elements and/or SIM cards for contactless payment and secure applications.…
Smartphones with curved glass displays are nothing new. Dell used curved glass in their Windows Phone that no one really remembers, Samsung used it in the Nexus S, the question is when the technology go mainstream? According to Digitimes, our favorite Taiwanese rumor site because they have an incredible knack for getting things right, the…
Earlier this month both Samsung and LG announced Android smartphones that pack screens that can pump out an an impressive 1280 by 720 pixels. Now it’s HTC’s turn. Over the summer we got wind of a device called the HTC Vigor that was rumored to ship with a 4.3 inch 720p screen and a blistering…
SIMPLE Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator that uses T-Mobile’s network, has introduced several new plans this week. First up, the most important one, is the unlimited talk, text, and web plan for $40 per month. There’s no catch, except that you’ll be limited to “3G speeds”. When we asked them what exactly that means,…