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All four major U.S. carriers have some form of a 4G network but a new bill introduced by Congress would aim to clarify what exactly “4G” means. The bill was introduced by Rep. Anna Eshoo and it would require carriers to tell users exactly what they’re getting with their 4G network. This would include things…
The Verizon 4G LTE network is pretty darn good but a new report from Root Metrics shows that not all devices are created equally. The company compared the HTC Thunderbolt and Samsung Droid Charge and found that one consistently got faster download speeds, even though both were using the same 4G LTE network. The report…
Good news, everyone! Canada’s finally getting 4G LTE through Rogers this summer, and Ottawa has just been announced as the first market to launch. At launch, Rogers will only have a Sierra internet stick available, but it’s expected that smartphones will follow soon after. The stick will cost $79.99 with a three-year contract, support HSPA+…
AT&T will be providing the 3G connectivity for the upcoming PlayStation Vita but will having cellular data be enough to help this portable gaming device overtake the onslaught of games on phones? Sony sure hopes so. As iOS takes a larger share, Sony and Nintendo are taking different approaches to the mobile gaming space. Nintendo…
I’m live from Sunny San Diego for the Qualcomm Uplinq conference and CEO Dr. Paul E. Jacobs will soon take to stage to give us a state of the mobile industry. Qualcomm has its fingers in nearly every aspect of the mobile space, so it will be interesting to see if it takes a few…
Qualcomm is taking some subtle jabs at its competitors in its latest video, as the company is showing off how well the Snapdragon processor can work with 4G LTE networks for a better user experience. I’ll let you watch the video below, you’ll see the Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8660 in a Verizon 4G LTE device against…
After Apple’s iPhone became available in the summer of 2007, and then Google’s Android operating system launched in the fall of 2008, mobile operators had to increasingly deal with the explosive growth of data flowing through their networks. In many parts of the world, the unlimited data plan has become an extinct species, but just…
Can you believe that YouTube is already six years old? It seems like only yesterday I was watching friends’ bands play local gigs recorded with crappy cameras, emo video blogs and footage of cats doing all kinds of weird things. But ever since Google bought the video-sharing service in October 2006, it has blown up…
Verizon is expanding its 4G LTE network to additional cities on June 16. Last week we learned that the carrier expanded its LTE network to new cities along the east coast and in the south. This time around, another group of cities are getting some blazing fast mobile broadband love on June 16. Cities included…
It looks like the times are a changing for Verizon Wireless and its data plans, as the nation’s largest carrier (for now) will end its unlimited offerings this summer. While that stings, the crumb of consolation is that it will also roll out family data plans that can act as bucket of data for multiple…