There’s some interesting statements coming out of Telecom Pragmatics this morning, as the research firm is saying that Sprint and Verizon aren’t putting all its eggs in the 4G basket and plan to roll out 3G based on EV-DO Rev. B technology. Unlike 4G networks, EV-DO Rev. B could use the existing infrastructure to deliver…
Verizon: LTE tablets and phones coming by May 2011, first demos will be in January at CES
During the Reuters Global Technology Summit, Verizon Chief Executive Lowell McAdam said that the operator will have multiple tablets, and 3 to 5 LTE enabled phones hitting the market by May 2011. Motorola, Samsung and LG will be making tablets, and Motorola, HTC, LG and RIM are making phones. Many of the tablets that Verizon…
Europe’s 800 MHz band = America’s 700 MHz band; 4G has a long way to go
Anyone who’s ever purchased an unlocked mobile phone has had to research frequencies. There used to be a time when most mobile phones on the market only ran on EDGE, and only supported 2 bands. America, to this day, mainly uses 850 MHz and 1900 MHz for GSM, while Europe predominantly uses 900 MHz, with…
Verizon thinking about licensing some of their 4G spectrum to small rural operators
Verizon Wireless won the 700 MHz wireless auction a little over 2 years ago, and since then they’ve been working their tails off trying to get ready to launch LTE by the end of this year. They promise to cover 100 million Americans by Christmas. In order to do that, common sense says they’re going…
Video: Verizon shows off LTE in Boston at a pizza shop, hits 8.55 Mbps down, 2.80 Mbps up
The world’s first commercial LTE network went up simultaneously in Stockholm and Oslo, courtesy of TeliaSonera, and while we’ve been salivating over their 30 megabit per second download and 5 megabit per upload connections for a while now, we’ve been waiting to hear what sorts of speeds are going to show up on American shores.…
Will Clearwire switch to LTE?
For the past few years, Clearwire has been betting big on WiMax as the foundation for its 4G service but there are growing signs that it can switch to Long-Term Evolution technology if the market demands. The company, which provides the underlying 4G infrastructure for Sprint and Time Warner Cable, will cover more than 120…
TD-LTE interoperability between Nokia Siemens gear and Samsung USB dongle tested; it works
TD-LTE is a form of LTE technology you’re not going to be hearing much of in the USA or Europe, or even most parts of Asia. It’s meant for China, a country that has more than 776 million mobile subscribers, or more than 2 mobile phones for every man woman and child in the United…
TeliaSonera LTE Status Update: People love speed and 43% of our customers use an iPhone
TeliaSonera’s LTE network in Sweden and Norway is being looked at by many of the world’s operators simply due to the fact that they were the first to market. All this talk of LTE being something that’ll come by the end of this year, or 2011, or even further away, means nothing to people living…
Dell jumping into Windows Phone 7 with Lightning smartphone
Dell’s first smartphone didn’t exactly knock our socks off but Engadget got a hold of its upcoming Windows Phone 7 handset and the thing looks pretty dope. The Lightning’s form factor stands out because it will be a portrait slider and it looks pretty thin and sleek. It will reportedly rock a 1 GHz Snapdragon…
Infonetics Research: LTE infrastructure market to top $11 billion by 2014
According to Infonetics Research, the LTE infrastructure market is expected to reach $11.4 billion by 2014, fueled by macrocell eNodeB deployments. Asia Pacific and North America are set to drive the first major wave of LTE rollouts in the 2010-2012 period, whereas the second wave, which kicks off in 2012-2013, will include the Chinese and…