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Analysts from ABI Research have come to the conclusion that WiMAX is officially going the way of the dodo thanks to TD-LTE. They say that by the end of 2016 we’ll see more than half a million TD-LTE cell towers deployed all over the world, with the majority of them being in China. “It was…
Sprint is extending the deadline for LightSquared to gain FCC approval on its proposed LTE network by 30 days. Both companies signed a 15-year agreement this past summer, that was expected to receive the go-ahead from Washington no later than December 31st. If this partnership gets the thumbs up, the company gets its goal of a…
Earlier this year, Rogers flipped the switch on Canada’s first LTE network in Ottawa, which then spread to Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Now LTE coverage surrounding the major Canadian hubs of Toronto and Vancouver will get some expanded coverage. Around Toronto, Brampton, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, and Markham will now get service, and out at the other end…
Forget about all the drama happening between AT&T, T-Mobile, and the FCC. Verizon just made things serious by announcing their intent to acquire 122 AWS spectrum licenses from SpectrumCo for $3.6 billion. Now who exactly is SpectrumCo? They’re a joint venture that’s 63.6% owned by Comcast, so they’ll get approximately $2.3 billion from the sale,…
Last week we reported the devastating news that Nokia Siemens Networks was going to dump 17,000 employees or roughly 23% of the company in order to focus on wireless networks and trying to stay alive. Several days later we found a leaked memo detailing which business units were going to stay, and which were going…
Last week, right before everyone went off to enjoy the long Thanksgiving weekend, Nokia Siemens Networks announced that they’d letting go 17,000 employees. That’s roughly 23% of their entire workforce as it stands today. What they didn’t mention was which units would get the axe. Thanks to Mobile Europe however, we now know. They managed…
Nokia Siemens Networks has just announced that they plan to fire 17,000 people by the end of 2013; that’s 23% of their workforce according to Bloomberg. “These planned reductions are regrettable but necessary,” says Rajeev Suri, the CEO of NSN. The goal is to cut $1.3 billion in annual expenses and to put a laser…
A few new Windows Phones aren’t the only handsets to be hitting AT&T shelves on November 6th. AT&T’s first LTE-enabled smartphones will be going on sale the same day, and will include the HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket. To mark the occasion, AT&T is also flipping the switch on LTE in 9…
In an interview with Forbes, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse managed to slide in a compliment for the iPhone, now that he actually likes it. Don’t be fooled by its seemingly kind nature. This is a double-whammy compliment, because while it may praise Apple, it secretly slams AT&T and Verizon in a brilliant way. Hesse claims…
Sprint just killed unlimited 4G data from its mobile hotspot plans, which means the few reasons to go with Sprint in the first place are becoming smaller. It also means that if you’re looking to sign up for new service for a mobile hotspot, there really is no reason to choose Sprint over Verizon, whose…