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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…
Mercedes-Benz and Pandora have teamed up to launch an accessory called the Media Interface Plus that lets you stream Pandora music from your smartphone out to the car’s stereo system. All you have to do is plug the MIP into the extension into an outlet in the car, and pair up your phone via Bluetooth.…
VNPT and FPT Telecom are the first mobile operators in Vietnam to trial their LTE networks, with the other three most likely to follow shortly — considering the fact that all five carriers in the country got LTE test licenses. VNPT’s partner in the project is a Russian company called Antares, which plans to initially…
Motorola has just announced today its FDD LTE USB-lte 7110 device for use with laptops in accessing LTE or 4G networks. After successfully getting the first WiMax USB device onto the market a few years ago, it’s no surprise that Motorola is at it again with an LTE-capable one this time around. Motorola says that…
On top of UMA rollouts for the Curve 9300 and the Bold 9700, Rogers will be offering the service to the BlackBerry Pearl 3g 9100 as well. According to this leaked document, text messages were starting to be sent out yesterday notifying users that an OS update was available. After download, subscribers just need to…
Motorola and Nokia have agreed to a licensing agreement which could help make sure that there is a smoother transition to the 4G era. Motorola and Nokia didn’t reveal many details about the deal but it will include intellectual property agreements regarding 4G products like Long-Term Evolution, WiMax and Long-Term Evolution Advanced. “We are pleased…
Clearwire has a ton of spectrum and is said to either be selling some of it or looking for equity partners. With the talk of spectrum auction, Verizon was named as a potential buyer, but the company is openly denying it. After all, it seems that Verizon already has big plans for its own LTE…
As hinted at a few weeks ago, the desktop client for Skype has been updated to integrate with your Facebook phonebook, enabling texting and calling friends on the social network from the app. The partnership has borne a few other features, like a bundled News Feed reader, complete with commenting and liking capabilities. They’ve also…