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Rogers has been testing the waters with LTE here in Ottawa, Ontario for the last couple of weeks, and now they’re ready to push in to the big city. A Toronto LTE rollout has been announced for September 28, and along with offering the LTE internet stick currently available, there will be some other new…
The long wait for the Droid Bionic is almost over, as Verizon’s first dual-core, 4G LTE phone will be landing Sept. 8. “On September 8th 2011, the Motorola Droid Bionic will be in your hands.” the Droid Bionic official Twitter account said. This will end a long and strange journey, as the Motorola Droid Bionic…
The Federal Communication Commission is asking for more details on its 4G LTE rollout in an attempt to give more scrutiny to the proposed T-Mobile acquistion. As you may recall, AT&T is attempting to purchase T-Mobile for about $36 billion in a move to make it the nation’s largest carrier and give it a ton…
Dish Network, a company you typically associate with satellite based television, has 40 MHz worth of spectrum that’s currently sitting unused. They’ve asked the Federal Communications Commission if they can use said spectrum to build out an LTE-Advanced network that will cover the United States. No dates were mentioned as to when said network would…
Right around lunchtime I hear that all too familiar metal clanging noise that usually means I’ve got mail. See, I’m a writer for an online publication, so my office is the kitchen table in my studio apartment. Ignoring the mass of useless junk mail that was just shoved through the slit in my front door,…
Skype has launched a new app for iPad and iPhone that lets you tap into commercial Wi-Fi hotspots without having to pay full daily or hourly fees. Instead, the app drains your Skype credit account by the minute, which is ideal if you just need to make a quick VoIP call. Rates are in the…
We’re all anxiously awaiting the rollout of AT&T’s 4G LTE network and the carrier has just introduced its first devices to utilize it: a 4G USB modem called the USBConnect Momentum 4G and a mobile hotspot known as the Hotspot Elevate 4G. Both devices will be available Aug. 21. The company also laid out how…
Yesterday, the BlackBerry Bold 9930 got some specific launch dates and pricing from a few different carriers. The press release for Verizon’s model is conspicuously missing any mention of near-field communications, a feature that was supposed to set this phone apart from RIM’s other OS 7 devices. As it turns out, the feature is actually…
An undocumented rumour is suggesting that AT&T will be blocking near-field communications in their upcoming BlackBerry Bold 9900 at the software level. That said, there might be couple of workarounds found by the BlackBerry community at large post-launch. It’s not a huge loss, since NFC usage isn’t particularly widespread, but it does seem like a…
T-Mobile has always been relatively fair with its data plans and how it handles overages or power users: once they hit a certain limit, speeds will be throttled or slowed down until the user’s billing cycle refreshes. However, T-Mobile is looking to change things up and start charging for overages, just like AT&T and Verizon…