MetroPCS will focus on Android and LTE, says C/Net in an interview with Tony Lau, director of handset product management for MetroPCS. MetroPCS was the first U.S. carrier to launch an LTE network in the United States, but speeds are slower on it then on Verizon’s LTE infrastructure. MetroPCS is using narrower AWS channels (5MHz [...]
Time Warner Cable is negotiating with LightSquared on a wholesale LTE deal, according to Bloomberg. Time Warner currently resells Clearwire’s mobile WiMAX service under the Road Runner Mobile brand. Cablevision is also in discussions withLightSquared about using the venture’s network, according to Bloomberg. Time Warner Cable, the number two cable operator in the United States, [...]
Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by China Mobile to participate to the world’s largest 4G TD-LTE trial network deployment in China. Alcatel-Lucent will be deploying its end-to-end LTE solution in the city of Shanghai. The tests will be conducted in both 2.3GHz and 2.6GHz frequency bands for indoor and outdoor deployments will use Alcatel-Lucent’s LTE expertise [...]
Color (right) is a new app that lets users post photos tagged with a location. It lets you browse the latest pics of people around your location, and form ad-hoc groups to bundle together shots from a group of friends in the same place. Stuart Dredge in The Guardian says it brings to mind another [...]
CTIA released its bi-annual survey this week, which tracks data submitted by carriers from January-December 2010, documenting subscriber growth, usage, revenue and capital investment. The U.S. wireless survey shows (pdf): Wireless subscriber connections: 302.9 million, compared to year-end 2009: 285 million for an increase of 6 percent. Wireless penetration rate: 96 percent compared to year-end [...]
CTIA WIRELESS 2011 today announced the Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards winners in mobile applications, mobile consumer electronics, enterprise and vertical markets and network infrastructure. In addition to the 14 awards categories, industry peers voted for their favorite entries online and onsite via text during the show. The entry with the most online votes, “Best Online [...]
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