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AT&T CFO John Stephens confirmed at a Bank of America conference today that they would be flipping the switch on LTE this Sunday. Opening markets will include Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, with a total of 15 markets expected to have coverage by the end of the year. The Acer Iconia Tab will…
Verizon has the nation’s fastest 4G LTE network, comparable or even faster than most home broadband connections, but it isn’t going to rest on its laurels. As it continues to deploy LTE networks across the U.S., with plans for a complete overlay by the end of 2013, Verizon is also working on LTE-Advanced. The carrier…
Later today, Bell Mobility will launch its next generation 4G LTE wireless network service in areas of Toronto, Mississauga, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo and Guelph. The new network will provide users with the “fastest mobile Internet speeds available,” offering HD quality online TV and video, wireless video conferencing and chat with “quality previously available only on wireline…
Canada’s Rogers Wireless will be adding the LTE-enabled version of the Samsung Galaxy S II to its portfolio. Starting from September 28th, customers in Toronto and Ottawa will be among the first ones to get their hands on the super-fast and super-awesome Android smartphone. Yep this includes our very own Simon Sage, who will undoubtedly…
The engineers at Marvell have announced the PXA1801, which they claim to be the “Industry’s First Single-chip World Modem” thanks to the ridiculous amount of standards it supports. Their modem does both flavors of LTE, meaning it’ll handle Verizon’s full division duplex LTE and Sprint’s as yet to launch time division duplex LTE network; it’ll…
Whether you’re holding out for the Droid Prime (SCH-I515) or Nexus Prime (GT-I9250), both handsets are very real and Verizon’s upcoming Ice Cream Sandwich offering has just received its WiFi and Bluetooth certification. Sure, there’s little interesting about a handset receiving its WiFi and Bluetooth certification but these less than interesting certifications make way for…
Rogers has been testing the waters with LTE here in Ottawa, Ontario for the last couple of weeks, and now they’re ready to push in to the big city. A Toronto LTE rollout has been announced for September 28, and along with offering the LTE internet stick currently available, there will be some other new…
The long wait for the Droid Bionic is almost over, as Verizon’s first dual-core, 4G LTE phone will be landing Sept. 8. “On September 8th 2011, the Motorola Droid Bionic will be in your hands.” the Droid Bionic official Twitter account said. This will end a long and strange journey, as the Motorola Droid Bionic…
The Federal Communication Commission is asking for more details on its 4G LTE rollout in an attempt to give more scrutiny to the proposed T-Mobile acquistion. As you may recall, AT&T is attempting to purchase T-Mobile for about $36 billion in a move to make it the nation’s largest carrier and give it a ton…
Dish Network, a company you typically associate with satellite based television, has 40 MHz worth of spectrum that’s currently sitting unused. They’ve asked the Federal Communications Commission if they can use said spectrum to build out an LTE-Advanced network that will cover the United States. No dates were mentioned as to when said network would…