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Both T-Mobile USA and Nokia Siemens are pitching Long Term HSPA Evolution to the 3GPP for standardization. T-Mobile, who has been very busy pushing its HSPA+ network as a “4G” network, says that continued development of HSPA will also aid in the development of LTE and LTE advanced. Both T-Mobile and Nokia Siemens also claim…
If you’re on an Android handset on Verizon, you’ll be happy to know that the nation’s largest U.S. carrier is studying the Android 2.3 Gingerbread software and mulling which devices will be getting the update. Now, it’s just a waiting game … but we may have to wait a while. Droid-Life got its hands on…
Have you been aching for a Dell Streak, but were reluctant to plunk down a good deal of cash for one? Today is your lucky day as Best Buy has just lowered the price of the Android is-it-a-phone-or-is-it-a-tablet device to just $100 with a two-year contract. It sure beats the whopping $300 you’d pay for…
Skype is not resting on its laurels when it comes to the smartphone space, as the company has just updated its VoIP-calling Android app to be more convenient for users. First of all, you can now use the Skype Android app on the Samsung Galaxy S handsets, kind of. The VoIP-calling app will only be…
Well look who’s playing with the big boys with 4G in the big cities–it’s MetroPCS. The carrier has launched LTE in New York City, Boston and Sacramento giving its customers access to some faster mobile broadband speeds. Best of all, unlike other 4G service providers, the pre-paid carrier will have unlimited data without the mess…
Japanese operator KDDI is to invest $22 million in the US-based financial service provider Microfinance International Corporation (MFIC) with the idea to develop a global open mobile payment platform. According to the carrier’s president, Takashi Tanaka, although telecom players and the financial services markets are converging, “most of them are local movements” rather than a…
Orange France launched Telmap-powered Orange Maps V2, a multi-platform mobile navigation solution. The new offering will be included on all GPS-enabled devices, including the iPhone, as part of all Origami tariff plans that come with data packages, providing users with access to free mapping, pedestrian and in-car navigation with spoken and graphical instructions. Also included…
Opera Software announced a new carrier partner for Opera Mini – Three UK. As a result, even those with low-end feature phones will be able to get a decent web browsing experience by downloading the free application from Three’s portal. Moreover, as Opera’s web browser comes with the data compression technology, users will even end…
Unlimited data is both a blessing and a curse to mobile operators. The billions they spent on their networks, including the money they dished out to governments for 3G spectrum licenses, was considered a waste by many since it created an excess in capacity. Then the iPhone came out and it changed everything. People actually…
A new MiFi device by Novatel Wireless has just landed at the FCC: model number 4082. Like all the other portable hotspots that came before it, the whole concept of a MiFi is to take the mobile broadband signals that your operator transmits and then make them usable by spitting them out via WiFi. Got…