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If you live in Europe or have spent time there, you know just how expensive it can be to use a cellphone while travelling across the continent. Roaming fees are high in the EU, with most telecoms charging absorbent rates for service once a user has traveled outside of his home country. The group of…
Earlier this week, MetroPCS announced that it would allow customers to bring their own GSM compatible devices to their network, a result of the migration of MetroPCS customers to T-Mobile’s LTE network. Today, T-Mobile is announcing that the migration of MetroPCS customers to T-Mobile’s HSPA+ and LTE network is ahead of schedule. “We’ve already begun…
Today, MetroPCS announced that its customers can now use unlocked GSM devices on their network, which has been solely CDMA up until this point. Because of the recent merger of T-Mobile with MetroPCS, MetroPCS will be transitioning from its CDMA network to T-Mobile’s GSM network. MetroPCS customers in a handful of cities such as Boston,…
Verizon and Jennifer Lopez’s Viva Movil opened its first retail store in New York yesterday, with the new location popping up in Brooklyn, New York. Viva Movil offers Verizon devices and services, in retail locations that cater to the Latino population and are designed by J-Lo herself. The retail locations will feature staff fluent in…
T-Mobile is reportedly boosting the performance of its LTE network by adding more antennas soon, according to a report from GigaOM. T-Mobile will be utilizing 4×2 MIMO antenna technology to boost its network, which will double the number of antennas, as well as data transmission paths for LTE data. The rollout is expected to take…
The Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 will have internet speeds double that of other carriers, thanks to components that allow the device to take advantage of Verizon’s upcoming network upgrade. According to a report from Bloomberg, Verizon has started developing the next phase of its network, which utilizes Verizon’s Advance Wireless Service, or AWS airwaves to…
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Google is looking to back the development of wireless networks in emerging markets. The company is reportedly in the middle of a multifaceted effort to bring wireless service to locations such as sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, which would provide wireless access to the population that…
Samsung has been hard at work on developing a new 5G Millimeter-wave transceiver technology that will substantially increase the data speeds across the globe. The technology transmits data in the millimeter-wave band at a frequency of 28 GHz, and provides a speed of up to 1.056 Gbps to a distance of up to 2 kilometers.…
Japan has brought many innovations to the world; Anime, Pokemon, robots that care for the elderly, and now, an Android controlled toilet. The Lixil Satis Toilet changes everything you’ve ever thought about defecating, making that trip to the restroom more relaxing than anything we westerners could ever dream of. The toilet responds via Bluetooth to…
The New York Metropolitan Transit Authority is rolling out Wi-Fi and cellular service to 30 stations across the city, including stations in mid-town Manhattan, Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Lincoln Center and Columbus Circle. The infrastructure was rolled out by Transit Wireless, which has a reseller agreement with Boingo Wireless, who provides the Wi-Fi connectivity. Transit…