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Verizon Wireless has just passed an important milestone. Only 8 months after turning on their 4G LTE network, they’ve managed to cover 160 million Americans in 117 cities with high speed wireless access. That’s half the population of the United States. The speeds they provide are nothing to laugh at either. In a nationwide test…
When you think about where the world’s advanced wireless networks are, countries that come to mind are Japan, South Korea, and Sweden, but have you ever considered Australia? Telstra, the largest operator in a nation that’s ridiculously competitive, was the first in the world to launch a 42 Mbps HSPA+ network and have said that…
Samsung, who many of you know for their mobile phones, is also one of the world’s leading suppliers of components. It’s highly likely that there are several chips in your current smartphone that bear the South Korean company’s logo. In fact, Apple is one of Samsung’s largest customers! Looking to expand their business, Samsung has…
Back in the summer of 2010, Nokia Siemens Networks announced that they would blow about $1.2 billion to acquire Motorola’s infrastructure division. As part of that deal, they took onboard roughly 6,900 employees. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that there were likely several redundant positions, which is why the recent news…
The day has finally come, Clearwire has announced that they’ll switch from WiMAX, the Intel backed 4G standard that no one is supporting, to LTE, which nearly every operator in the world is either in the process of rolling out or has plans to roll out at some point in the future. They didn’t announce…
Last week we reported on the monumental announcement that LightSquared is going to let Sprint build their 4G LTE network to the tune of $9 billon, along with $4.5 billion in “credits” that Sprint can use to pay LightSquared for access to said network, with the additional clause that Sprint can not use more than…
Huawei may be the world’s second largest provider of infrastructure equipment, but the fact that they’re a Chinese company has done them more harm than good when it comes to the interests of national security in the United States and India. Both of those countries have banned operators from using Huawei gear, and now it…
LightSquared, Nokia Siemens Networks’ 4G LTE baby, just raised $265 million in another round of funding from new and existing investors for its coming 4G network. To date, LightSquare has raised $2.3 billion despite launch issues due to GPS interference. However, the company seems to have solved its GPS woes and seems to be confident…
Of all the inventions that man has worked tirelessly to create, it’s GSM, or the Global System for Mobile Communications, that makes us shriek in absolute delight. The first GSM phone call, placed exactly 20 years today, occurred in Finland. The conversation was between former Prime Minister Harri Holkeri and Vice Mayor of the Finnish…
Ericsson, the world’s largest provider of infrastructure equipment, has once again proved their technical know-how by showing off LTE-Advanced in Sweden. Using 60 MHz worth of aggregated spectrum by bonding 3x 20 MHz channels they were able to feed a van that was driving around the city of Kista with a 8×8 MIMO antenna about…