LTE is set to become the most successful mobile phone standard with the fastest commercial deployment, according to the GSA mobile suppliers association. The GSA says that 145 operators have launched commercial LTE 4G services in 66 ...
New 802.11ac routers launching at International CES promise users gigabit-speeds and better performance when streaming video. Since last year's CES, 802.11ac -- which is the latest in IEEE's family of WLAN standards -- has gone from a new ...
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SONY yesterday became one of the few brands to unveil a new flagship smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, announcing the Xperia Z. The new phone contains a Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor, a 5-inch full HD 1080p ...
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Computerworld-AT&T said Friday it is ahead of schedule for 4G LTE network deployments and has now reached 103 U.S.cities Previously,AT&T had predicted it would reach 100 cities by the end of 2012. All the major U.S.carriers are in a ...
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Motorola Mobility and Verizon Wireless have scheduled a press conference for Sept. 5 in New York City, reportedly to unveil a new Droid Razr M smartphone. Reports in Engadget and BGR indicate that the Razr M will have a 4.3-in. Super ...
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Computerworld - Sprint will start selling the quad-core LG Optimus G smartphone on Nov. 11 for $199.99 and a two-year contract, nine days after AT&T put its version on sale for the same price. The Sprint LG Optimus G will have a ...
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An investor in Clearwire has stepped up its fight to get a better price for the mobile operator, but Clearwire's alternatives to a Sprint Nextel buyout may be limited due to the nature of its spectrum and its business. Though U.S. mobile ...
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AT&T said it added four new LTE wireless markets on Monday, for a total of 113 markets nationwide. The four new markets are mid-sized cities: Auburn, Ala., Grand Rapids, Mich., Nashua, N.H., and Wilkes-Barre, Pa. AT&T previously lit up ...
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During a recent visit in Taiwan, Greater China President of Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), Markus Borchert, said NSN will enhance partnership with Taiwan’s manufacturers on the 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Time Division LTE ...
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IDG News Service - The launch of the first commercial Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) services took place last week, but most operators are likely to take a cautious approach as they face technical and business challenges. U.S. operator MetroPCS ...
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While Apple is moving to LTE with the iPhone 5, it's focused for now on North America and advanced Asian markets, leaving Europe's most important LTE bands behind. The iPhone 5 will come in three versions, equipped to use different sets ...
Computerworld - If the iPhone 5 sells as well as analysts predict, its impact on IT shops wrestling with the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend could be dramatic. According to some analysts, enterprise use of the new iPhone, which is ...
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Global LTE smartphone shipments will triple from 90.9 million units in 2012 to 275 million in 2013, yielding a record year for 4G technology, according to market research firm Strategy Analytics. "Major countries driving LTE growth next ...
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Behold the physical qwerty keyboard. It just seems to hang in there with smartphone users. Sprint announced Tuesday that it plans to sell the LG Mach smartphone for use on its 4G LTE network this fall. That means the company will be ...
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Sprint said on Tuesday that it will offer four new devices this fall for high-speed LTE networks, including the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1-in. tablet and the LG Optimus G smartphone. Pricing was not announced. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 ...
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