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Sprint: 15 LTE phones, tablets & modems by end of 2012

Chris Davies, Oct 7th 2011 Discuss [6]

Sprint has promised that its first dual-mode CDMA/LTE phones will reach the market in the first half of 2012, with the expectation of 15 LTE-capable phones, tablets and data cards/modems/mobile hotspots on sale by the end of next year. The carrier confirmed its LTE plans earlier today, with the new devices set to run on a network Sprint expects to have operational in 2012, PC Mag's Sascha Segan reports. Read The Full Story

Clear Spot 4G Mobile Hotspot With New LCD Display Hits The FCC

Rue Liu, Jul 6th 2011 Discuss [2]

Clearwire looks to be readying a new mobile hotspot device for their Clear 4G WiMAX network. New documents passed through the FCC today revealing that the device is manufactured by Gemtek with a model number WIXFMM-122. The new mobile hotspot will likely be marketed as the Clear Spot 4G. Read The Full Story

Sprint Overdrive Pro 3G/4G hotspot due March 20

Chris Davies, Mar 18th 2011 Discuss [2]

Sprint has updated its portable WiMAX hotspot, in the shape of the Sprint Overdrive Pro. Offering both 3G and 4G connectivity, the Overdrive Pro boosts the number of simultaneous supported clients to eight (up from five on the original Overdrive) as well as coming in at a lower price. Read The Full Story

Sprint WiMAX 4G turns on in San Francisco

Chris Davies, Dec 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

Sprint has turned on its 4G WiMAX service in the San Francisco Bay Area, bringing high-speed wireless connectivity to four new markets there. San Francisco, San Jose, Palo Alto and Oakland join the existing 67 markets Sprint and Clearwire serves, just as promised back in late November. Read The Full Story

Best Buy offers iPad buyers a free mobile hotspot (with an agreement, naturally)

Chris Davies, Dec 20th 2010 Discuss [0]

Best Buy is offering iPad buyers a "free" mobile hotspot to get online with the WiFi-only version of the Apple tablet. The deal, spotted by 9to5Mac, includes Verizon's FiveSpot, AT&T's MiFi 2372 or Sprint's 4G OverDrive, though each does require a new, two-year agreement. Read The Full Story

Novatel MiFi 4082 WiMAX mobile hotspot clears FCC

Chris Davies, Dec 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

Novatel Wireless has been promising WiMAX-capable MiFi mobile hotspots since February this year, but it's taken until now for the 4G device to show up in any form. Fresh through the FCC is the Novatel MiFi 4082, complete with CDMA/EVDO and WiMAX connectivity that can be shared out over a WiFi connection. Read The Full Story

Sprint 4G hits LA, Washington DC, Ohio & more; due San Francisco Dec 28

Chris Davies, Nov 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

Sprint has turned on a new batch of 4G markets, bringing its WiMAX service to Los Angeles, Miami, Washington, D.C, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio. The launch means Sprint 4G is available in 68 markets across the US, with the carrier tipping San Francisco 4G service on December 28. Read The Full Story

Sprint and Clear NYC WiMAX among six new 4G cities

Chris Davies, Nov 1st 2010 Discuss [1]

Sprint has officially launched its 4G WiMAX network in New York City, as well as Hartford, New Haven, New Brunswick, Trenton and Tampa, taking its total coverage to 61 markets. Meanwhile Clearwire is pushing out various promotions offering 50-percent off WiMAX service for the first two months in the new areas. Read The Full Story

Sprint CEO thanks iPad for hotspot sales; coy on Apple relationship

Chris Davies, Oct 29th 2010 Discuss [2]

Neither Sprint 3G or 4G is inside the iPad, and - unlike AT&T and Verizon - the carrier doesn't even sell the Apple tablet in its stores, but that doesn't stop CEO Dan Hesse from being mighty thankful to the slate all the same. According to Hesse, brisk sales of the carrier's 3G/4G Overdrive mobile hotspot are for the large part down to WiFi-only iPad users wanting to get online via Sprint's CDMA/WiMAX network. However, he declined to talk to GigaOm about the iPhone and potential relationships with Apple. Read The Full Story

Sprint offer 3G/4G-enabled Dell Inspiron Mini 10 and Inspiron 11z

Chris Davies, Oct 19th 2010 Discuss [0]

Sprint has obviously decided that when you have a 4G network it makes sense to leverage it, and so the company has outed its latest range of netbooks and notebooks that bundle both 3G and 4G radios. The Dell Inspiron Mini 10 (1012) and Dell Inspiron 11z each support high-speed WiMAX when coverage is available, falling back to regular old EVDO Rev.A when it's not. Read The Full Story

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Verizon FIVESPOT hands-on

Vincent Nguyen, Oct 14th 2010 Discuss [1]

Verizon made headlines along with Apple earlier on today by announcing the iPad – together with a MiFi – would be arriving in the carrier’s stores on October 28th, but it’s another of the operator’s mobile hotspots that has landed on the SlashGear bench today. The Verizon FiveSpot is a battery powered modem capable, like other mobile hotspots we’ve seen, of sharing that one connection with a number of WiFi-connected clients, like notebooks, PMPs or, yes, Apple’s iPad. First impressions and more after the cut.

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Sprint 4G spreads: 48 areas now with WiMAX

Chris Davies, Aug 2nd 2010 Discuss [0]

We already know that Sprint are looking to 4G to salve their fortunes, and so news that the WiMAX network is spreading can only be a good thing for investors and for data-hungry users. Fresh to feel the warm touch of 4G on their skin are Modesto and Stockton, California; Jacksonville, Florida, Wilmington, Delaware; and Grand Rapids, Michigan. That now makes forty-eight metropolitan areas with WiMAX coverage - the full list is in the press release below - and Sprint reckon subscribers will see up to ten-times the performance of a regular 3G connection. Read The Full Story