On numerous occasions we’ve called out WiMAX, not for being an inferior technology, but for battling against a competing standard, LTE, for no apparent reason. WiMAX fanbois, and yes they do exist, have insulted us for taking this stance, but today we get a little support from a little publication you might have heard about.…
WiMax 2 comes one step closer
They say the sequel is never as good as the original but that trope doesn’t apply to tech and the WiMax 2 high-speed wireless technology should become standardized by next year. WiMax is already delivering up to 10 Mbps download speeds on the go with Sprint’s 4G network but the tech has a lower theoretical…
AT&T chimes in on Google, Verizon net neutrality issue again
It’s been a few days since Verizon and Google issued its joint policy initiative about net neutrality and AT&T is weighing in again. The issue of net neutrality is a contentious one. Broadband providers argue that some form of traffic prioritization is needed in order to manage security, ensure a high quality of services for…
San Francisco may make it more difficult for new cell towers
Oh San Francisco, you never cease to amaze me. This is the city with probably the highest Apple iPhone-per-person ratio and most of the whining you hear about AT&T reception. Of course, this city is also potentially making it more difficult to put up new cellular antennas based on aesthetics. According to the S.F. Examiner:…
Ericsson: Took us about 20 years to sell 1 million cell sites, but the 2nd million took only 3
Ericsson, the world leader in wireless telecommunications infrastructure, announced yesterday that they’ve just sold their 2 millionth cell site. They deployed the Ericsson RBS 6000, which does GSM/EDGE/WCDMA/HSPA/LTE and takes up only 25% of the space required by previous generations, to an unnamed operator working on expanding their mobile broadband capabilities. AT&T perhaps? The world…
AT&T calls Verizon-Google net neutrality plan reasonable
AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega had some kind words for rival Verizon’s joint proposal with Google regarding net neutrality. According to the Wall Street Journal: “It’s a positive sign that shows that those two companies can agree on something as different as net neutrality,” de la Vega, head of AT&T’s consumer and mobile…
Sprint spends $105 million for Wirefree’s spectrum
Sprint will be spending $105 million to purchase spectrum from Wirefree, the third-largest carrier said in its quarterly filing. Sprint will be acquiring 10 MHz of spectrum across 16 markets and it’s in the 1900 MHz band, which is also the band the carrier’s CDMA technology runs in. Sprint said it expects the deal to…
Fun Fact: 1 Nigerian operator burns through 450 liters of diesel per second to power 3,600 cell towers
Mobile telecommunications have been heralded by many as a way for improvised nations to escape the clutches of their poverty by improving many aspects of daily life for the people who don’t know what YouTube or Facebook are. The question Isaac Mbiti from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and Jenny Aker from Tufts University…
Nokia Siemens Networks creates simple software update that doubles GSM capacity
Squeezing every last bit of efficiency out of the limited amount of spectrum operators can afford to buy from the government in whatever country they’re operating is a goal that has driven technological progress in the infrastructure market since the infrastructure market was born. Forget about the latency benefits or speed gains that come with…
Google, Verizon: No net neutrality deal; We want an open Internet
Google and Verizon held a press conference today to address concerns that it is conspiring to undermine net neutrality. Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg said the companies are committed to an open Internet for wireline broadband and for wireless broadband to have similar openness with a few caveats. The companies issued…