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Over the summer Rogers kicked off LTE in Canada with their Ottawa network, and Bell answered with an launch in Toronto and the surrounding area. Rogers is now expanding their reach to all of the major Canadian cities: Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto can now get in on the fun. To promote the launch, Rogers is…
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&T CFO John Stephens confirmed at a Bank of America conference today that they would be flipping the switch on LTE this Sunday. Opening markets will include Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, with a total of 15 markets expected to have coverage by the end of the year. The Acer Iconia Tab will…
Verizon has the nation’s fastest 4G LTE network, comparable or even faster than most home broadband connections, but it isn’t going to rest on its laurels. As it continues to deploy LTE networks across the U.S., with plans for a complete overlay by the end of 2013, Verizon is also working on LTE-Advanced. The carrier…
Maritimers in Canada will be happy to hear that Telus is rolling out 42 Mbps HSPA+ coverage at major urban centres in Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Moncton, Charlottetown, Halifax, and St. John’s are just some of the cities getting a go at the network upgrade. They’re labeling the network upgrade as 4G, even…
Broadcom, which is a company most people know for the chips they make that grants devices like Apple’s iPhone and Nintendo’s Wii the ability to connect to the internet, has just announced that they’re going to spend $3.7 billion on a company called Netlogic. You’ve never heard of them, and there’s a reason for that.…
Rogers has been testing the waters with LTE here in Ottawa, Ontario for the last couple of weeks, and now they’re ready to push in to the big city. A Toronto LTE rollout has been announced for September 28, and along with offering the LTE internet stick currently available, there will be some other new…
Dish Network, a company you typically associate with satellite based television, has 40 MHz worth of spectrum that’s currently sitting unused. They’ve asked the Federal Communications Commission if they can use said spectrum to build out an LTE-Advanced network that will cover the United States. No dates were mentioned as to when said network would…
Verizon Wireless, in a public relations stunt that we hope they’ll never pull again, issued 21 separate press releases naming cities that will get access to their 4G LTE network on September 15th. Let’s get this out of the way: Kalamazoo, Michigan; Saginaw, Michigan; Las Cruces, New Mexico; El Paso, Texas; Wichita Falls, Texas; Austin,…
Right around lunchtime I hear that all too familiar metal clanging noise that usually means I’ve got mail. See, I’m a writer for an online publication, so my office is the kitchen table in my studio apartment. Ignoring the mass of useless junk mail that was just shoved through the slit in my front door,…