I thought it was odd when T-Mobile was crowing about its HSPA+ by saying it delivered “4G speeds.” AT&T wants to get that weak stuff out of its house and it publicly chided the fourth-largest carrier. AT&T plans to roll out its 4G network based on Long-Term Evolution technology beginning in 2011, but it will…
Sprint mulling switch from WiMax to LTE for 4G
Interestingly enough, when we were speaking to Sprint about the EVO 4G and mentioned “WiMax,” the third-largest carrier was quick to make sure we knew it was referring to it as “4G.” Now, we’re hearing rumblings that the company is evaluating switching from WiMax to Long-Term Evolution technology for its 4G network. According to Light…
LTE vs WiMAX – The 4G Mobile Broadband Shootout
The future of the US mobile broadband market is taking shape right before our very eyes, with both the LTE and WiMAX flavors of 4G wireless data networks promising to deliver the internet to your mobile phone at speeds that might give your home broadband connection a case of “bandwidth envy.” But, with heavyweights behind…
Sprint, Verizon rolling out EV-DO Rev. B?
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…
The Mobile Roundup – The “back like I left something” edition
Hey friends, sorry about missing last week’s Mobile Roundup but I was up to my eyeballs in a Kin One review. This was a very Android-tastic week, as the EVO 4G got a price tag and a release data, the LG Ally was formally introduced and T-Mobile is reportedly working on bringing out a high-end…
Did Sprint just light up Boston with 4G WiMAX coverage?
Sprint’s been slow-going with its 4G WiMAX network rollout in the US, but there are a lucky few dozen markets that are currently enjoying the blazing fast wireless data speeds served up by Sprint’s still-growing mobile broadband data network. Well, it turns out that Boston may be the latest market to get some of that…
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…
Clearwire bringing WiMax goodness to more cities
Clearwire said Wednesday it would be bringing its WiMax-based 4G to multiple more cities this summer but many people in major metropolitan areas will still have to wait. The company, which is majority-owned by Sprint Nextel, said it will soon bring 4G service to 18 more markets by the end of the summer. This includes Kansas…
Intel, Samsung, Motorola, all join effort to speed up adoption of WiMAX 2; Sprint and Clearwire missing
WiMAX 1.0, otherwise known as 802.16e, is soon going to be replaced by WiMAX 2.0, more affectionately called 802.16m, and it’s promising to be a hell of a lot faster. It’s proper 4G, meaning it delivers 100 Mbps to mobile devices and 1 Gbps to fixed (not moving) modems. The only competitor to WiMAX 2…
EVO 4G may hit in June, hotspot will cost $10 or $20 per month
If you’re still drooling over the EVO 4G, you may not have to wait long because tipsters told Engadget that the super smartphone could be heading for a mid-June release. This is in line with the “summer” window Sprint announced at CTIA and these tipsters also said that the WiMax access may not be that…