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We caught a glimpse of T-Mobile ads earlier this week that showed its intent to market its HSPA+ network as “America’s Largest 4G Network.” The carrier has now expanded to 75 markets and will launch a new smartphone and netbook compatible with its high-speed network. Whether you agree that it’s true 4G technology or not…
T-Mobile doesn’t have to seem to have a real 4G solution, so the next best thing is to fool everyone and call HSPA+ “America’s Largest 4G Network.” The carrier has been calling its HSPA+ mobile broadband speeds “4G-like” for some time now, and it has even raised the ire of competing carriers like AT&T. The…
It’s good to read about new LTE networks being rolled out almost on a weekly basis. The latest news comes from Kazakhstan where VimpelCom launched a live LTE pilot at 700MHz, calling it “the first live 700MHz LTE market pilot in post-Soviet territory.” The new network will cover the central districts of Amalty, which is…
Verizon is hitting hard with its LTE or 4G rollout starting in West Virginia at the end of this year. We mentioned earlier that Charleston would be the first city to see coverage, but Verizon has announced a slightly more detailed plan in its LTE rollout efforts. Charleston will receive partial coverage at the end…
Sprint is launching WiMax in New York City next week, which is one of its biggest markets to date. Its 4G network will cover all five boroughs, from the Bronx all the way down to Staten Island and everywhere in between. However, coverage will vary dramatically even from street to street and depending on the…
AT&T is really looking to beef up its network and is getting ready for LTE. Of course, before that happens, it still has a bit of work to do in terms of deploying HSPA+ and getting its promised 250 million pops covered before the year’s end. There are plenty of areas that still don’t see…
You may recall some of us being upset with how some carriers are describing its next-generation mobile networks as “4G” even though standards bodies didn’t designate technologies as such. Well, the International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunications has finally designated which wireless technologies should be called 4G but don’t expect that to clear up the confusion. The…
Verizon confirmed today that Charleston, West Virginia will be among the first metropolitan areas to roll out LTE in 2010. The press release is short on details but confirms that portions of the traditionally rural state will receive LTE connectivity by the end of the year. Additional details on the LTE rollout in West Virginia…
MetroPCS is lighting up its 4G LTE network in the Motor City and Detroit citizens will soon be able to use the carrier’s next-generation mobile broadband network. Detroit is the third U.S. city that MetroPCS offers 4G LTE service and the company was the first carrier in the United States to offer an LTE phone…
Clearwire has reached some pretty astonishing download speeds in its most recent LTE tests. The service company hit 90Mbps download speeds in Phoenix, which leaves me wondering what the future of WiMax, or even WiMax 2 will be. Right now, Clearwire offers WiMax which usually averages around 3-6Mbps with peaks of up to around 9Mbps…