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4G LTE Tri-Fi Hotspot shares LTE, WiMAX and 3G

Chris Davies, May 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Sierra Wireless has revealed the first triple-mode LTE, WiMAX and 3G mobile hotspot, the 4G LTE Tri-Fi, set to hit the Now Network later this month. Promising up to eight hours of active battery life and sharing for up to eight devices over WiFi b/g/n connections, the 4G LTE Tri-Fi Hotspot also has a microSD card slot for working as a portable NAS using DLNA for easy access. Read The Full Story

Galaxy Nexus 4G LTE hits Now Network April 22

Chris Davies, Apr 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google's Galaxy Nexus is getting another CDMA release, with the Now Network picking up the LTE-enabled 4G Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone. Up for pre-order from today, priced at $199.99 - and thus undercutting Verizon by a hundred bucks - the Galaxy Nexus will support Google Wallet when it begins shipping on April 22 and, for those who sign up quickly, include $50 of free cash to spend. Read The Full Story

Apple job ad hints at telephony service

Mark Raby, Mar 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple is looking for people who are good at telephony software. Maybe too good. In fact, some are suggesting that perhaps Apple is planning on launching its own mobile voice and data infrastructure, thus eliminating the need to sell iPhones through Verizon, Sprint, or AT&T and potentially flip the mobile carrier market completely on its head. All this from a couple job postings. But when it comes to Apple, we expect grand speculation based on small evidence. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy Nexus will hit Sprint April 15 says rumor

Mark Raby, Mar 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

The latest entry in what is the closest to being "the official" Android product line will be available on a new carrier less than a month from now. That is to say, Samsung's Galaxy Nexus phone, which Google had an active hand in developing, will be losing its Verizon exclusivity and moving to the Sprint network on April 15, complete with the ability to connect to the new carrier's 4G LTE infrastructure. Read The Full Story

LightSquared puts on brave face as carriers abandon ship

Chris Davies, Mar 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

LightSquared's yanked Sprint deal has been confirmed, with the carrier announcing that it would indeed be returning $65m in prepayments and tearing up the fifteen year spectrum hosting agreement after the FCC blocked LTE roll-out plans. Rumored earlier today, the break-up leaves LightSquared without a significant backer as it faces continued regulatory opposition over concerns that its 4G broadband plans could interfere with GPS service. However, LightSquared argues that the news actually works in its favor. Read The Full Story

LightSquared loses carrier backing as LTE FCC defense prepared

Chris Davies, Mar 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

Beleaguered would-be LTE provider LightSquared faces another imminent set-back, insiders claim, with another high-profile investor supposedly set to cancel a contract after the FCC roadblocked network rollout. LightSquared will get $65m back in prepayments, the WSJ's sources say, when Sprint announces it is tearing up its agreement, with the decision expected to be made public today. Read The Full Story

Sprint’s possible MetroPCS buyout is off the table

Mark Raby, Feb 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Sprint had been discussing the possibility of buying out rival low-cost carrier MetroPCS for a whopping $8 billion, but those talks have come to an end and no deal will be made, according to a Business Week report. The deal was shut down not by MetroPCS, but internally by Sprint. The company's board of directors reportedly rejected it before any serious back-and-forth between the carriers began. Read The Full Story

AT&T takes top spot in mobile customer service

Rue Liu, Feb 2nd 2012 Discuss [1]

AT&T has managed to beat out all its rivals in the latest mobile phone customer service survey conducted by Vocalabs, despite being ranked worst by Consumer Reports. According to data collected from the firm's survey, which involved telephone interviews immediately following a customer service call during the last three-month period in 2011, AT&T had the highest percentage of customer satisfaction among the four major US wireless carriers. Read The Full Story

HTC stripping Carrier IQ from CDMA phones this month

Chris Davies, Jan 17th 2012 Discuss [1]

HTC has confirmed that it is removing any lingering trace of Carrier IQ from its CDMA handsets, including the HTC EVO 3D, as it moves to address the PR nightmare of the usage-tracking system. Furore over Carrier IQ broke late last year, when it was suggested by privacy advocates that some carriers and device manufacturers were preloading tracking software that periodically sent back user-information. Read The Full Story

Galaxy Nexus and LG Viper with 4G LTE unveiled for the Now Network

Rue Liu, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [1]

The Galaxy Nexus and the LG Viper have been announced to be two new 4G LTE smartphones launching in early 2012. The two handsets along with a Sierra Wireless Tri-Network (3G, 4G, 4G LTE) mobile hotspot, will be the first three devices that will run on the third largest US carrier's brand new 4G LTE network. Read The Full Story

LightSquared catches a break; Sprint offers extra 30-days to get FCC approval

Shane McGlaun, Jan 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

We have been following LightSquared and its woes getting the FCC approvals it needs for its speedy wireless broadband network. In FCC testing the LightSquared tech was found to disrupt as much as 75% of the GPS devices that are on the market today. LightSquared refuted that and offered to use a lower power mode that would interfere less. Read The Full Story

AT&T iPhone 4S crushes Verizon in data testing

Chris Davies, Nov 18th 2011 Discuss [84]

AT&T’s HSPA+ network is the carrier’s iPhone 4S trump card, according to data speed analysis in the US, delivering websites twice as fast as CDMA rivals like Verizon. The fifth-gen Apple smartphone bested competing carriers on page rendering, uploads and downloads, analysts Metrico Wireless found in their testing of the iPhone 4S, though Verizon proved slightly more stable when it came to connecting – and not dropping – calls.