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Sprint said it will begin phasing out its iDEN network in 2013 and it will move the more than 10.6 million subscribers over to its CDMA network and still retain the much-vaunted push-to-talk feature. Don’t worry, you’ll still be able to ask chicken heads “Where you at?” According to the USA Today: The phase-out is…
One whole year after TeliaSonera launched LTE in Sweden and Norway they’ve finally brought it to the country I call home: Finland. The service works using the 1.8 GHz and 2.6 GHz frequencies, which are not in line with European Union recommendations. The EU says that they’d like to see the entire continent using the…
Multitasking, AirPlay and better handling of HTML5 weren’t the only things included in Apple’s recent update of iOS to version 4.2.1, there’s also support for Network Controlled Fast Dormancy (NCFD). What exactly is that? The folks over at Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) break it down on their official corporate blog and to make things short:…
The ITU recently decided that two wireless technologies would be worthy of the 4G title: WiMax 2 and LTE-Advanced. Despite the decision, however, Sprint has continued to call its WiMax network “4G,” and surprisingly around that time T-Mobile decided to launch a massive campaign calling its HSPA+ network “America’s Largest 4G Network.” This week, at…
Following up on an expansion to Chicago, Colorado Springs, Ft. Wayne, Louisville, and Raleigh-Durham, T-Mobile has opened up their HSPA+ network in Detroit, Grand Junction, Harlingen, Lafayette, Montgomery, Roanoke-Lynchburg, and Youngstown. On paper, HSPA+ can reach up to 21 Mbps, but the standard is 3-6 with peaks of 9 or so. That’s as fast as…
Kenya is trying something radically different in terms of business models relating to infrastructure. Instead of selling spectrum to operators, which there’s an extreme shortage of, the government may just built out an LTE network on their own and then sell access to said network to various operators. “We have close to 19 operators lined…
It looks like Verizon will be taking it to AT&T with the upcoming 4G LTE network, as the nation’s largest carrier will be sticking it to AT&T for not having a 4G network. According to some leaked promotional campaign material leaked to Engadget, Verizon will be bringing back its familiar map motif. “Verizon now has…
Bell Mobility just announced that they’ve begun the first 42 Mbps network upgrade in North America, and will have a Novatel internet stick for sale to take advantage of the speeds starting Novembver 23. Telus is getting the same upgrade since them and Bell are two peas in a pod. The rollout starts in Toronto,…
It’s not just the major carriers that are ramping up the next generation of mobile broadband, as Cellular South has just detailed its plans for a 4G network based on Long-Term Evolution technology. Cellular South will be teaming with Samsung Mobile to build out its infrastructure and we can expect two Samsung 4Gdevices in the…
TeliaSonera, the first operator in the world to launch a commercial LTE network, has released some startling numbers that really make you think about the future of broadband and how it’ll be delivered. They say that the average smartphone user consumes upward of 375 MB of data per month. That’s in line with what we’ve…