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Well look who’s playing with the big boys with 4G in the big cities–it’s MetroPCS. The carrier has launched LTE in New York City, Boston and Sacramento giving its customers access to some faster mobile broadband speeds. Best of all, unlike other 4G service providers, the pre-paid carrier will have unlimited data without the mess…
In the future, wireless carriers could charge their customers based on application usage or usage during a specific time of day as a way of managing network data traffic. An application-based plan would provide the customer with unlimited access to an application or a group of applications. An example would be a social networking-friendly plan…
Skyfire has been the go-to browser for users who are heavy video users, but the app really took off and gained notice when it was announced for the iPhone. Despite the raging popularity on the Apple platform, however, the Android version is still being cared for by Skyfire. Today the service announced a small update…
The Federal Communications Commission has just released a report about the U.S. broadband market and it found that an astounding 68% of these offerings don’t even meet governmental agency’s description of what “broadband” is. Could 4G networks help solve this problem? In an 87-page report, the FCC said more than 2/3 of the services labeled…
Sprint is gradually making its WiMax network available in more areas this year, and it looks like Denver, Colorado is next on the list. After successful and recent launches in New York City and Los Angeles, the folks of Denver have quite a bit to look forward to. Of course, we all know that these…
Yahoo is beta testing local mobile content and this is aimed at delivering hyper-local results directly to your phone. You can check it out on your Android and iOS device right now by going to http://beta.local.yahoo.com. According to Yahoo, the local mobile provides: – Local News and Information – delivering relevant hyper-local neighborhood and city…
It looks like the trend is toward tiered data plans, as AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless have implemented multiple ways to purchase data beyond just the unlimited data plan. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said the company doesn’t have plans for tiered services but he left the door open for it in the future. Speaking at…
It looks like the rumors were on to something, as Verizon Wireless will be providing some free 3G data to the upcoming Chrome OS netbooks. Chrome OS was just released by Google today and it’s essentially an operating system that is all browser. Because of this, it’s very important that the netbooks running this platform…
We’ve been seeing impressive LTE speed tests as of late, and while that will change once hoards of users are on board, it’s still tantalizing nonetheless. So when word of an LTE-equipped MiFi modem from Samsung getting cleared by the FCC hit, we got pretty excited. The idea of having all that speed on the…
We could see Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphones as early as February but the company is still trying to decide on how to price it, according to the parent company. “The trick is not to price too high that you scare people off the service, but price high enough that as applications and services start…