Sprint is moving along with its WiMax deployment and said the 4G service would be in major cities like Boston, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. by the end of the year. The third-largest carrier is expected to blanket 120 million people by the end of 2010 and this should give it a sizable…
Novatel Wireless Today completes OTA testing of new MiFi prototype based on 4G-WiMAX
Novatel Wireless today announced that it has successfully completed over the air testing of its new MiFi prototype based on 4G-WiMAX. Novatel’s WiMAX implementation immediately achieved throughput of 18Mbps in over-the-air testing and can support theoretical peak throughput speeds exceeding 30Mbps downlink and 10Mbps uplink in a 10 MHz channel. Nice! “Novatel Wireless is pleased to…
T-Mobile stops bleeding subscribers, kind of
T-Mobile USA gained 371,000 subscribers for the fourth quarter but the majority of these were the less-lucrative prepaid customers. The company is still squarely in fourth place with 33.8 million customers, while Verizon and AT&T remain the big dogs with 91.2 million and 85.1 million subscribers, respectively. Sprint’s customers have been leaving in droves over…
MetroPCS snags Samsung Caliber
The Samsung Caliber is not going to blow away an iPhone or Droid but it appears to be a solid choice for MetroPCS customers. The Caliber has a 3.2-inch touchscreen, 3-megapixel camera, 3G, full HTML browsing, a microSD slot, and the widget-tastic TouchWiz user interface. Unfortunately, it’s only EV-DO Rev. 0, so the data connection isn’t…
Hi, I’m Marin and I’ll be your editor
I thought it would be prudent to do a proper introduction as I’m the new guy and you’ll be seeing my mug around here a lot. I’m a tech reporter who’s written about mobiles for InformationWeek, CNET, Androinica, Know Your Cell and various other sites. I’ve spent a ton of time thinking about smartphones and…
FCC seeks more wireless spectrum for mobile broadband data networks
The FCC is looking to free up to 500 megahertz of spectrum for wireless broadband over the next ten years and it will try to buy the airwaves from broadcasters. The move would help avert what FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski calls a “spectrum crisis” that could leave data-hungry mobile devices like the iPhone, Droid, and 3G-enabled…
Novatel Wireless Demonstrates Dual Carrier HSPA+ Technology at MWC 2010
A lot happened at MWC 2010 – we should know, we had the coverage to prove it – and this announcement was a pretty hot one! Novatel Wireless announced that it successfully completed a Dual Carrier High Speed Packet Access (DC HSPA+) call capable of 42 Mbps with a leading infrastructure provider on a Multicarrier…
Virgin Mobile Canada Launches Novatel Wireless MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot 2372 and MC998D USB Modem
Novatel Wireless and Virgin Mobile Canada, have announced the launch of the Novatel Wireless MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot 2372 and Ovation MC998D Wireless Broadband USB modem on Virgin Mobile Canada’s HSPA network. “Virgin Mobile’s customers are constantly on the move and want to be able to connect online wherever they are. These new additions to…
CAT Launches Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot in Thailand
Novatel Wireless, a provider of wireless broadband access solutions, has announced that CAT, the only CDMA operator in Thailand, is launching the Novatel Wireless’ MiFi™ 2220 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot. For those of you that don’t remember, the MiFi platform creates a personal cloud of high-speed Internet connectivity that can be easily shared between multiple users…
Nokia Booklet 3G now available from Nokia shop in UK
Nice and simple, this one: you can now buy the Nokia Booklet 3G from the Nokia shop in the UK for £649. The ultraportable Nokia Booklet 3G comes with Windows 7 software and boasts an impressive 12 hour battery life, along with inbuilt A-GPS and Ovi Maps – apparently making it ‘the complete solution for all day…