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Virgin Mobile is preparing to launch its own LTE network just in time for the new iPad (March 16th). According to an internal document which has found its way to the web, the carrier’s initial plan is to reach some 6 million Canadians in 14 urban centers across the country, offering peak speeds of up…
It looks like George may have been underwhelmed with iOS 5.1 hitting the App Store, but there’s a little something that I’m sure many of you will be excited about to see once you update your AT&T iPhone 4S. As you see from the screencap I took of my iPhone 4S, the 3G indicator has…
Were you one of the first people to get your hands on the Motorola Xoom, Google’s flagship tablet and the first device to run Android Honeycomb? Are you really excited about the speed and other benefits that come with 4G LTE, but have been too lazy up until now to send your tablet back to…
Verizon Wireless claimed in a filing to the FCC in an attempt to purchase more wireless spectrum for its 4G LTE network that it could run out of its current spectrum as early as next year. That means customers moving to LTE devices will be pretty pissed off to find that within a year Verizon…
A Philadelphia man drew some attention after he used a device acting as a kill switch on a public bus, nuking cell phone service for every rider. The best part about this story is the man’s explanation behind his usage of the cell phone jammer. He simply told the local news, that he didn’t want to…
T-Mobile announced that it will suspend all development of HSPA+ after 42 Mbps, as the company plans to focus on its LTE deployment instead. This plan to build a 4G LTE network using the AWS spectrum came about right after the United States government told AT&T to kick rocks. T-Mo decided to smartly use the…
Verizon Wireless launched its next-generation 4G LTE network a little over a year ago, but unfortunately most customers are still using 3G. Wall Street Journal reports that only 5 percent of all Verizon customers are taking advantage of LTE speeds a year after the nationwide rollout began. As of the end of last year, Verizon Wireless…
British market leader Everything Everywhere said it will start offering 4G LTE services by the end of the year, subject to regulatory approval. The company, which is a 50-50 joint venture between Orange and T-Mobile, is also upgrading its network to 21Mb/s HSPA+ technology as we speak with the goal to end the process by…
Ericsson managed to triple uplink capacity in HSPA networks. This solution was demonstrated last month, when they showed an increase from around 4Mbps to more than 12Mbps, which is an unprecedented figure for a 5MHz WCDMA carrier. According to the Swedish company, the solution was made possible by combining Ericsson’s commercially available receiver technology, Ericsson…
The NVDIA Tegra 3 chip is pretty darn powerful but it may get even faster now that a major LTE modem makers has announced support and development for the quad-core beast. GCT Semiconductor and Renesas Mobile have signed a pact to support and develop LTE modems that are compatible with Tegra 3 and NVIDIA says…