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Report: Sprint, Clearwire weigh network hosting deal
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse says the company has talked to partner Clearwire about a potential network hosting deal, which may eventually lead to an LTE network, according to a report.
View ArticleYankee Group to FCC: AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Will Result in Higher Prices
By 4G Trends StaffAT&T's proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA will have a negative impact on consumers, warns a new report released by leading mobility research firm Yankee Group. After...
View ArticleAT&T/T-Mobile Merger: More Market Concentration, Less Choice, Higher Prices
By Gigi Wang, chief research officer, and Carl Howe, research director, Yankee GroupWill the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile be good for mobile users? Since the merger was announced in March, Yankee...
View ArticleSpectrum Have-Not MetroPCS: Making It Work
MetroPCS has the least spectrum of the top five operators in the country, by a wide margin. "We are the neediest of the top five operators in the country," said Ed Chao, senior vice president of...
View ArticleFCC approves AT&T purchase of Qualcomm spectrum
The Federal Communications Commission approved wireless carrier AT&T Inc.'s $1.93 billion purchase of unused wireless spectrum from Qualcomm Inc.AT&T Inc. said a year ago that it planned to buy...
View ArticleBoston Scientific Taps Telecoms For Telehealth Connectivity
Vodafone and AT&T will supply cellular services for Boston Scientific's patient cardiac monitoring devices.
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Enterprise Connect: Mobile Unified Communications Still Hard
Adoption of mobile unified communications technologies is happening faster in the consumer market than the enterprise. Here's why.
View ArticleFacebook Captures Instagram
Facebook shells out a reported $1 billion to expand its mobile presence and assure that it remains competitive in photo sharing.
View ArticleReport: AT&T, T-Mobile Take Fastest Network Honors
T Mobile USA and AT&T finished top in their classes for 3G and 4G network performance respectively, according to this year’s PCWorld report that measures wireless network performance. The study...
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3G and 4G Wireless Speed Showdown: Which Networks Are Fastest?
We tested 3G and 4G wireless data transfer speeds--indoors and out--for AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon, at multiple locations in 13 major cities. Here's what we found.
View ArticleHow fast is your smartphone's data connection? Depends on where you are.
For the second year in a row, PC World has taken a look at both 3G and 4G data speeds in a variety ... as they build out their faster LTE networks. This kind of infrastructure improvement benefits all...
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The Google Phone That Never Was
Evidence at the Oracle v. Google trial reveals what the original Google Phone prototype looked like, before Apple's iPhone moved the goal posts. Related Android revenue information is also enlightening.
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5 Things Motorola's New CEO Must Do
Motorola Mobility, which now belongs to Google, has a new CEO. Here's what he needs to do right away to get the company moving in the right direction.
View ArticleComcast Gives Wi-Fi a Voice
BOSTON -- The Cable Show -- Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) hopes to give its residential home service a shot in the arm with a set of new mobility features, including one that lets customers...
View ArticleGoogle Gets More Social With Meebo Deal
Google's acquisition of social platform Meebo, reportedly valued at $100 million, should make Google+ more lively and more appealing to advertising.
View ArticleHTC Warns Of Lower Smartphone Sales
HTC cut its sales targets for the second quarter, as the U.S. import ban on its products, slow European sales, and a new Apple lawsuit hurt its recovery efforts.
View ArticleRIM Kills 16GB PlayBook Tablet
Research In Motion confirmed plans to stop selling the 16GB PlayBook, but says it is still committed to selling tablets.
View ArticleFact or Fiction? 4 Mobile Development Myths Busted
It may be hard to recall what life was like before the iPhone, but the first-generation of Apple's now seemingly ubiquitous mobile device was released just five years ago, on June 29, 2007. With sales...
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Emerging Markets, 4G Propel American Tower's Growth
Boston-based American Tower (AMT) owns cellphone towers in North American and emerging markets and benefits from the 4G smartphone rollout. The mobile telecommunications world is growing very fast. The...
View ArticleAT&T Expands Customer Trials of Enhanced Push to Talk Solution
At a time when other carriers are phasing out PTT networks, AT&T's goal is to provide customers with the type of communication service they need for instant group communications, backed by 4G...
View ArticleMIT researchers chart a new approach for mobile Internet protocols
At the annual Usenix tech conference last month in Boston, two MIT researchers formally unveiled a new protocol, and a remote log-in program using it, that was specifically designed for mobile clients...
View ArticleIndia's Richest Man Plans Huge 4G Wireless Network
The memo, which has been reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, described a fourth-generation, or 4G, wireless service with “99.999%” network availability; “integration with an app store, ours or others”...
View ArticleApple-Samsung Case Hurts You, Me, The Economy
Both companies deserve our wrath as their patent trial gets under way. Why? They're propagating an intellectual property war with immense collateral damage.Even though their federal courtroom battle is...
View ArticleWi-Fi on Buses and Trains: Better Service Ahead
Efforts by cities and transit authorities to keep bus and train passengers connected have been lackluster, but 4G may change that.
View ArticleHealth IT's Next Big Challenge: Comparative Effectiveness Research
Innovative approach to medical data analysis can yield new treatment options at a lower cost.
View ArticleThe Smartphone is a Litigation Magnet
The smartphone patent wars are unusually complex, and the courts, rather than the patent office, are pushing companies toward a truce.
View ArticleApple-Samsung Case Hurts You, Me, The Economy
Both companies deserve our wrath as their patent trial gets under way. Why? They're propagating an intellectual property war with immense collateral damage.
View ArticleSprint Launching LTE in 100+ Cities
Sprint has been aiming to stay competitive with its rivals AT&T and Verizon Wireless, which both operate LTE networks.
View ArticleWRAL-TV to Demo Mobile EAS
WRAL will demonstrate mobile EAS tomorrow, making it the first commercial station to light up the service.
View ArticleThe iPhone 5 and Lte _ what it means for you
The iPhone 5 is the first Apple's first mobile handset that uses new "LTE" wireless networks. What's LTE —and why should you care? Here are some answers.Q: What does LTE stand for?A: It's "Long-Term...
View ArticleT-Mobile, MetroPCS Announce Merger Plans
The complicated cash-and-stock deal is worth approximately $1.5 billion.
View ArticleAnalysts warn of Google's 'demise' if search engine fails to...
After Google shares dropped nearly 10 percent over the course of two days, wiping out more than 24 billion dollars from the company's value, analysts have started predicting whether the world's lead...
View ArticleA Bandwidth Breakthrough
A dash of algebra on wireless networks promises to boost bandwidth tenfold, without new infrastructure. Academic researchers have improved wireless bandwidth by an order of magnitude—not by adding base...
View ArticleTowerstream to Participate at 4G World Small Cell Summit
NASDAQ News: Towerstream to Participate at 4G World Small Cell Summit
View ArticleSuperfast Broadband and 4G Mobile Benefits to UK Economy Exaggerated
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has published a new Huawei sponsored study that says “a good dose of reality” is in order as it questions whether the new fixed line superfast broadband and 4G...
View ArticleInvestigating Google Beyond Search - Smartphone Software
The antitrust investigation of Google extends beyond search and search advertising to related technologies and markets, where Google's behavior could affect the core search business. Smartphone...
View ArticleClearwire Responds to Needs of Sandy-Impacted Businesses in NYC
Offers 30 Days of Free 4G Mobile Broadband Internet Service
View ArticleSprint's 4G LTE: The Numbers Game
With 115 LTE market launches in the 'coming months' and 200-plus currently under construction, Sprint is finally edging towards big city 4G
View ArticleFive ways Verizon is helping to drive M2M towards the future
Jack Wallen discusses five ways that Verizon Wireless is working with M2M.
View ArticleFCC Auction Website Tells Viewers They Won't Lose Service
The FCC launched a new website promoting its planned spectrum incentive auction that claims there will be no loss of service in the aftermath… eventually.
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