As predicted a couple weeks back, the British mobile operator EE has begun rolling out LTE-Advanced “4G+” across central London. The technology…
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UK to start getting faster 4G within weeks as EE and Vodafone prepare commercial LTE-A launches
The introduction of LTE-A will mean theoretical maximum speeds of 300Mbps, though of course people will get lower speeds due to capacity sharing -- and they'll need the right handsets, too.…
Read MoreThe state of the internet is under attack (but it’s also faster)
More people are on the internet and overall global broadband connection speeds are faster. That's the good news from Akamai's quarterly State of the Internet report.…
Read MoreBitcoin no longer bunk? AT&T wants to peek at your searches, and Verizon’s LTE Kaiju!
Will the $25M in Coinbase shift thinking on Bitcoin? Would you let AT&T spy on you for cheap braodband? And Verizon lights up LTE networks.…
Read MoreEE pilots 300Mbps 4G in London, using LTE-Advanced Huawei router
There won't be any commercially-available handsets that support such speeds for at least a year, but EE's claim to the LTE-Advanced crown is more plausible than most.…
Read MoreWhy is SK Telecom’s LTE network “Advanced” while EE’s is not?
Both Everything Everywhere and SK's networks deliver 150 Mbps, yet because of a technicality only one is advertised as LTE-Advanced. This is yet another example of the arbitrariness of mobile industry marketing.…
Read MoreAn iPhone with “LTE-Advanced?” If you’re in the US, don’t get too excited
A new report out of South Korea says an iPhone capable of faster speeds may debut later this fall. If it does, keep in mind there are very few carriers deploying the technology yet.…
Read MoreWhat’s in a ‘G’? Why terms like 5G and LTE-Advanced are important
The mobile industry is creating a mythology around LTE-Advanced and 5G that won't match reality. Those terms imply leaps forward in mobile innovation that today's networks can't deliver.…
Read MoreIs Samsung really launching an LTE-Advanced Galaxy? More like semi-advanced
Once more Samsung seems to be engaging in technical hyperbole. It told Reuters an LTE-Advanced Galaxy S 4 will soon go on sale in Korea. Here are the many reasons why that's not true.…
Read MoreTiming is not just for traders anymore, networks need it too
Internet architects are realizing that timing is becoming more and more important on packet-based networks. The question is how they can implement precise timing on a distributed architecture.…
Read MoreWhite spaces networks are not “super” nor even Wi-Fi
The government is hoping that making a band of unlicensed spectrum available as part of the upcoming incentive auctions will help build a nationwide wireless network. Is that the best use of that spectrum?…
Read MoreZTE to use Nvidia’s latest Tegra 4 chip in next-gen phones
Nvidia has scored a design win for its latest Tegra chip. ZTE will use both the Tegra 4 and Nvidia's modem in its next smartphones due out in 2013.…
Read MoreBroadcom’s new chip could bring 150 Mbps mobile broadband to your phone or tablet
LTE adoption is really just getting started but Broadcom isn't waiting for the next big thing. It has a new chip that can bring super-fast mobile broadband speeds to tablets and phones.…
Read MoreZippy! NSN shows off 1 Gbps wireless speeds
Nokia Siemens Networks plans to show off gigabit wireless speeds using the variant of of LTE-Advanced network that Clearwire plans to deploy. But don't get too excited, too soon. These aren't real world speeds and they're not for handsets.…
Read MoreWhen will LTE stop sucking (your battery)?
Your LTE phone is just as adept at eating battery power as it is at eating bandwidth. Last week, I wrote about the many ways that LTE devices are far more power hungry than their 3G predecessors. Now let's look at what's being doing about it.…
Read MoreWhat to make of AT&T’s vanishing spectrum crisis
Is AT&T failing to keep its story straight about the need for more spectrum, or is it just that the popping of the spectrum bubble has taken them by surprise as well? The nation's second largest operator now sees a data drizzle rather than deluge.…
Read MoreJapan’s newest mobile network makes U.S. LTE seem sluggish
Japan's eAccess isn’t deploying any old LTE network. It’s going for broke, pushing the upper limits of the technology to launch a network that can support speeds of 300 Mbps. That makes Verizon’s LTE network, which can breach 25 Mbps on a good day, seem pokey.…
Read MoreLTE-Advanced: Think of it as broadband for cars
The ITU has approved the LTE-Advanced standard, and the web understandably got excited, proclaiming the arrival of ‘5G’. We're also pretty amped up about LTE-Advanced and the huge gains in speeds, capacity and network efficiency it will deliver, but we also think the party is a bit premature.…
Read MoreSprint details first LTE launch cities, expansion plans
Sprint will launch LTE in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and six other smaller markets by mid-2011, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse revealed Thursday. He also went into more detail about how it planned to grow its initial low-bandwidth LTE network into a big fat one.…
Read MoreThe next broadband battle: AT&T/Dish and Verizon/Cable
The business model for standalone wholesale wireless network operators is broken. But in the coming year a new and ultimately more successful model is poised to emerge, transforming the entire communications landscape as we know it Tim Farrar of Telecom, Media, and Finance Associates, Inc. explains.…
Read MoreVerizon to AT&T: Want more spectrum? Here’s how you get it.
Verizon has offered three cable companies a total of $3.6 billion for spectrum that Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks were planning to use for their own mobile play, and it’s unlikely that the Federal Communications Commission will do anything to stop it.…
Read MoreSprint swoops in with $1.6B deal to save Clearwire
We can stop wondering if Clearwire will default on its loan payment. Sprint has stepped up with a plan to spend $1.6 billion over the next four years that will help Clearwire stay solvent, and Clearwire said it would make its $237 million debt payment.…
Read MoreAT&T’s loss with T-Mo likely to be another bidder’s big gain
AT&T is scrambling to make huge concessions to gain approval of its proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA. Approval now looks highly unlikely, and the fallout could change the mobile landscape in a big way. Here's who might win.…
Read MoreVerizon’s LTE adds show faster is better, but can telcos keep up?
Verizon's LTE adds this quarter show how high demand is for faster mobile broadband. But as connectivity becomes integral to everything we own, does the lumbering pace of the carriers threaten innovation? And what can they and governments do about it?…
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