LTE, oh LTE, we can’t wait for LTE, but the truth of the matter is that it’s at least a few years off until we have LTE equipped mobile phones. Bad news out of the way, let’s concentrate on the good stuff: Mobistar, Belgium’s second largest mobile operator, got a license from the Belgian Institute…
Verizon LTE SIM card found in the wild, plus leaked documents confirming late 2010 launch
Americans should be super excited right now. There are a little over 5 months until the end of the year, and besides all the new smartphones due to launch, plus new versions of Android and Windows Phone, Verizon is going to be turning on their brand spanking new LTE network. According to documents that were…
In-Stat: There will be half a million 4G subscriptions this year, but increase is regional
According to the latest report from In-Stat, 4G technology deployments and subscriptions will begin to take root this year, but only in North America and Western Europe, while the rest of the world won’t begin to embrace it in any significant way until 2012. Most of the world is still migrating towards 3G WCDMA and…
Russia’s Yota gets permission to switch from WiMAX to LTE
We’ve already talked about the decision of Yota — Russia’s WiMAX operator — to switch to LTE and they seem to be moving toward that goal. The Russian telecoms regulator gave the permit to the company to reuse its existing radio spectrum for LTE based services. Back when the WiMAX plans were announced, the idea…
Sprint: We’re probably going to switch to LTE at some point and might merge with T-Mobile too
With Verizon Wireless set to launch an LTE network this year, and then 2 to 3 years later have LTE coverage in as many places as there is CDMA and EV-DO coverage today, Sprint is starting to look like the class dunce. We never really understood why they went with WiMAX. They claim it was…
Novatel Wireless unveils LTE embedded modules portfolio
Novatel Wireless, which is lately best known for the MiFi personal hotspot product series, unveiled its LTE embedded modules portfolio, powered by Qualcomm’s MDM9200 and MDM9600 multi-mode 3G/LTE chipsets. More precisely, the company announced three LTE-ready PCle Mini Cards: Expedite E351 – which provides multimode support for LTE and EV-DO Rev. A and backward compatibility…
BlackBerry Storm 3 Specs Rumoured – 1GHz Processor, 1 GB RAM, LTE
There was talk back in 2008 that RIM had begun work on an LTE BlackBerry. Given their two-year development cycle, it makes sense that we would see the fruits of their labour sometime near the end of this year, and from early rumours, the final product could be a doozy. Here’s what tipsters are saying…
Verizon Gets Into ‘User Trials’ for LTE, Technical Trials Complete
It wasn’t long ago that Verizon wrapped up its LTE tests in Boston where footage of tests in a pizza parlor, and recently the carrier has announced that its 4G technical trials are complete. During those tests, Verizon’s LTE network was reaching speeds of 8.55Mbps down and 2.8Mbps up, which is nearly ten times faster…
Infonetics Research: Half of operators planning to deploy LTE will first upgrade to HSPA+
Between today’s 3G networks and the next generation LTE and WiMAX networks that are going to start turning on over the next few years, there is a middle ground technology that provides users with the increased bandwidth users want, and at the same time is attractive to operators since in most cases it requires a…
LTE Update: Swedes get LTE phones early next year, Chinese have LTE on trains, Japan goes LTE
Next generation networks are going live all around the world, promising increased bandwidth, increased capacity, and lower latency. Sweden and Norway were the first two countries to get LTE, courtesy of TeliaSonera. By the end of this month they’re going to be deploying USB modems that can also use the “old” 3G network, whereas right…