Clearwire’s CTO John Saw tell’s Light Reading’s Dan Jones about their LTE and WiMax 2 trial in Phoenix. Saw: We’ve clocked download speeds of 50Mbps using 10MHz channels and 90Mbps using 20MHz channels. Verizon claims to have download speeds between 5Mbps and 12Mbps using LTE in 10×10MHz blocks. But with our “LTE 2X” we’re using [...]
Verizon’s LTE network looks to get three more mobile hotspots soon, the Novatel’s MiFi 4510L and USB551L, as well as the Samsung SCH-L11 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot. Phone Arena says these three Hotspots will suppliment the two LTE Hotspots Verizon currently offers, to raise the total to five. With the price of LTE being $50/5GB, [...]
T-Mobile has launched its dual-carrier high-speed packet access plus (HSPA+), effectively doubling data speeds over its ‘4G’ network. T-Mobile has taken two, 5 MHz HSPA+ downlink carriers — each of which can support theoretical speeds of 21 Mb/s — and bonded them together to double 3G network speed. T-Mobile plans to expand 42Mbps services, and [...]
At the Cellular Association’s Meeting this week in Orlando, the first day keynote speakers, included Sprint CEO Dan Hesse and FCC chairman Julius Genachowski who both talked up broadband’s growth, and the squeeze in spectrum. CTIA’s second day of keynotes featured LightSquared CEO Sanjiv Ahuja. But Ahuja did not discuss any LightSquared deal over spectrum [...]
Verizon Wireless said today an additional 59 LTE markets would be activated by the end of this year. These newly named areas, added to the 39 initial markets launched in December 2010 and 49 markets announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, mean that consumers and businesses in at least 147 U.S. cities will [...]
Satellite phone provider LightSquared has signed a long-term LTE roaming deal with Cricket provider Leap Wireless. Its the first major wholesale partner for Lightsquared, which is facing some serious opposition from GPS interests over possible interference issues. Lightsquared announced a similar deal with Open Range Communications, a rural fixed broadband provider. The deal will allow [...]
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