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Buffalo Technology recently started shipping the world’s first 802.11ac WiFi router. It’s notable because it can move data at 1300 megabits per second. If you buy that router and then connect it to your ADSL modem that provides you with a 3 megabit per second connection to the internet, then you’re obviously not going to…
China Mobile is the world’s largest mobile operator in terms of subscribers. With 665 million customers, that’s would be like giving every man, woman, and child in the United States not just one, but two mobile phones. Anyway, like every other operator in the world, these guys want to roll out 4G LTE. Unlike most…
A few days ago we wrote how Verizon’s proposed sale of its 700 MHz A and B spectrum licenses weren’t valuable. The largest wireless provider in the United States has being trying to woo the FCC into an approval of its acquisition of AWS spectrum it had attained from a consortium of cable operators, which…
Earlier this week, Verizon had announced that it planned to sell off all of its 700 MHz A and B spectrum licenses to rationalize its spectrum holdings. Of course, this sell hinged on the FCC’s approval of its acquisition of AWS spectrum it had attained from a consortium of cable operators, that includes Comcast and…
Verizon today announced its plans to sell off all of its 700 MHz A and B spectrum licenses to rationalize its spectrum holdings. This sale will go down if the government allows the largest wireless provider in the United States to buy AWS spectrum from a contingent of cable companies. The plan for Verizon is…
Not many folks know this, but LG, the handset maker, has their own wireless network in South Korea. Known as Uplus, today the company is announcing that they’re the first operator in the world to cover an entire country with 4G LTE. According to TeleGeography, the high speed wireless network cost $1.1 billion to build…
In an aggressive move to raise some more dough, T-Mobile is looking at selling some of its cell towers to help finance its ambitious vision of an LTE 4G network. Apparently, the fourth largest cell phone company in the United States has gotten the ball moving already, obtaining the services of TAP Advisors to explore…
I’m pretty happy when my phone is still chugging along around 10 p.m. at night on a single charge but Qualcomm is being a one-upper by using a Snapdragon-powered phone to film in nine cities around the world on a single charge. In the video below, you’ll see some of the footage of this 36,000-mile…
HTC’s Thunderbolt, Verizon’s first 4G LTE enabled smartphone, shipped one year ago this month. That’s pretty insane when you think about it. The Thunderbolt was laughably immature, had a battery life of about 40 minutes, and here we are, one year later, and both AT&T and Verizon have a wide portfolio of Android smartphones that…
Remember when Verizon tried to buy unused spectrum from Comcast last year? The proposed deal triggered suspicion from regulators because of the fear of customers getting fleeced by two big companies working together. Well, today both utility giants are testifying before a Senate subcommittee, to hopefully persuade the government otherwise. David Cohen, Comcast’s executive vice…