VODAFONE Hutchison Australia said it remained on track to switch on its metropolitan 4G network by June as it demonstrated the network running with peak speeds of 130Mbps. The carrier, which has been struggling to repair its brand in ...
Samsung announced today that its next-generation Galaxy S4 smartphone will be available by the end of April on seven major U.S. carriers, as well as seven retailers. The device runs Android 4.2.2 and includes a 5-in. Super AMOLED ...
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Cavendish Kinetics has an answer to the the widening gap between actual mobile data rates and theoretically achievable data rates. GSM in the 90s achieved actual data rates close to the theoretical maxiimum but, ever since, the gap ...
Germany’s Infineon Technologies AG has introduced a new silicon germanium (SiGe) based transceiver family to address the market for wireless data links with data rates of more than 1Gbps between LTE/4G base stations and core networks. ...
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The open-source RF design initiative, dubbed Myriad, has the support of US-based distributor Richardson RFPD. Richardson RFPD will begin stocking and selling the Myriad-RF-1 board to customers around the world via its website immediately. ...
A sweeter offer for the merger of T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS reportedly has been approved by T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom. The improved bid reduces the amount of debt that the merged company would hold and the interest rate on ...
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Ericsson last week announced that it had acquired Microsoft’s Mediaroom TV solution business, which, the firm claims, holds a 25 percent market share over the IPTV and multi-screen market. The deal is expected to be finalised during ...
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The highest cellular chip growth rate last year was the multimode stand-alone (3G/LTE) baseband chip market at 892% for a total of $852 million, reports Forward Concepts. That represented 50 million modems and another 20 million 3G/LTE ...
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LiveU (www.liveu.tv), the leader in portable live video-over-cellular solutions, today announced that LiveU is now compatible with Sony's professional PDW-700 camcorder for live video coverage. Supported by a LiveU dedicated bracket, ...
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Anritsu has announced the commercial release of its LTE-Advanced measurement software for the MT8820C Radio Communication Analyser. The MX882012C-021 software suite will be used for LTE-Advanced call-processing tests, including receiver ...
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Cisco is planning to buy femtocell maker Ubiquisys for US$310 million in cash and retention-based incentives, the company announced on Wednesday. Ubiquisys, which is located in the U.K., makes 3G and LTE small-cell technologies that ...
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Cisco has agreed to acquire UK-based small cell basestation developer Ubiquisys for $310m. Privately-held Ubiquisys, which is based in Swindon, has developed indoor 3G and LTE small-cell basestation technology along with software for ...
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An antenna-tuning circuit from STMicroelectronics has a 4-channel output for adjusting up to four tunable BST capacitors in the antenna-matching circuits of multi-band GSM/WCDMA/3G-LTE smartphones. The chip also supports the MIPI Alliance ...
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Beginning April 19, AT&T plans to offer the highly-anticipated HTC One? smartphone to customers for $199.99 with a two-year commitment, for the 32 GB memory variant. AT&T is the only U.S. wireless carrier at launch to also offer a version ...
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NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile operator, is building a fleet of truck-based LTE base stations that can be deployed during natural disasters or to support large crowds. The company said the trucks will provide mobile coverage that ...
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