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The Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA; even though it should be GMSA, don’t ask) have declared that there are now 101 operators around the world in 41 countries that have committed to deploying LTE technology. There are also 31 additional operators who are playing around with LTE, but have yet to commit to deploying an…
Verizon Wireless, due to roll out America’s first LTE network some time in November after winning a giant chunk (22 MHz total) from the 700 MHz spectrum auction that took place in 2008, is trying to get the FCC to allow them to buy more spectrum so that they can cover the state of Alaska.…
According to Dow Jones Newswires, who spoke to a Samsung Executive, MetroPCS is scheduled to turn on America’s first LTE network next month in Las Vegas and Dallas. The world’s first mobile phone, the Samsung Craft, will also be made available during that time. Now all of this is just speculation at this point, but…
TeliaSonera, which was the first operator in the world to launch a commercial LTE network, has now turned on LTE in Sweden’s second largest city, Gothenburg, and say that thanks to equipment from Nokia Siemens Networks they’re averaging 85 to 90 Mbps download speeds and even hitting peaks of 100 Mbps. Upload speeds faired just…
Sprint is apparently having difficulty gaining 4G or WiMax subscribers according to Aurigia USA analyst Chandan Sarkar. After launching WiMax this past year and rolling it to several cities nationwide, Sprint still isn’t seeing the explosion in 4G users that it was hoping for. Part of that reason is probably because it’s still very much…
Late last week we reported about a lawsuit brought against Nokia Siemens Networks by Iranian journalist Isa Saharkhiz and his son Mehdi Saharkhiz. They claim that technology sold by Nokia Siemens to the Iranian government was used to violate basic human rights and capture Isa Saharkhiz, who is still a prisoner by the way. NSN…
Paranoia has run rampant amongst Republican U.S. senators when word of Huawei becoming a potential supplier of telecommunications equipment for Sprint got out. The problem with Huawei gaining any advancement in the U.S. telecommunications market is in its dealings and business with militia groups from Iran and in China. Apparently, according to the senators, doing…
Nokia Siemens Networks is being sued by Isa Saharkhiz and his son Mehdi Saharkhiz in a U.S. federal court for alleged human rights violations perpetrated by the Iranian government thanks to hardware sold by the German-Finnish infrastructure firm that allowed spying to take place. Now this is a controversial topic, so let’s get the facts…
Ericsson, the most popular supplier of wireless infrastructure equipment, has recently published some statistics including this doozy: 225,000 terabytes of data were moved every month over wireless networks during Q2 of this year. The Swedish firm goes on to say that mobile data traffic has tripled compared to this time last year and that it’s…
T-Mobile Chief Executive Officer Rene Obermann said during a press conference almost 2 weeks ago that there are currently no plans to upgrade to LTE for at least two years. LTE, the wireless network technology that reduces latency and increases throughput to upwards of 100 megabits per second, is currently in the process of being…