Recent Entries in 3G
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Review: BlackBerry Curve 8530 (Verizon) Review of Reviews
BlackBerry Curve 8530 Rated 3.5 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile News' Review of ReviewsThe BlackBerry Curve 8530 (Verizon) doesn't out-feature the latest smartphones but it does a great job of what BlackBerry does best, email, messaging and business...
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AT&T and iPhone Have Fastest 3G Network Speeds, Droid Fastest Second Runner, Says PC World
PC World has published their latest test of 3G speed for all the major carriers including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon. It looks like AT&T's improvement to its network has worked. AT&T's average download speed was 1410 kbps, followed...
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DIY Touchscreen Touchy Touch-Off Test: iPhone Bests, Eris, Droid and Nexus One?
An independent website labs.moto.com, did its own study of touchscreens based on using a basic drawing program, a steady hand, and a few straight lines drawn very slowly on the screen.. The video is by Moto Development Group, the guy's...
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AT&T Has Fastest Network, Data May Show iPhone Faults
As AT&T and Verizon f duke out their superiority, independent research, showed that AT&T is really faster. Recent Root Wireless data showed that in areas where AT&T has 3G wireless coverage, the AT&T network is faster than any of the...
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AT&T Sort of Supports FCC's Open I, Except for Broadband
AT&T issued a statement in favor of FCC Chairman Genachowski’s speech outlining a open Internet. They are concerned when it extends to mobile broadband. “We commend Chairman Genachowski for his speech today, which begins a public process of considering very...
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Linux-Based Maemo Software Running on Nokia N900 Internet Tablet
Nokia unveiled the new Nokia N900 portable Internet Table. The Linux-based Maemo software delivers a PC-like experience on the handy Nokia N900 Running on the new Maemo 5 software, the Nokia N900 can have dozens of application windows open and running...
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AT&T to Offer $49 Netbooks, Mini Notebooks, Tiny Laptops
AT&T is offering netbooks aka min-laptops with built-in AT&T 3G wireless access for as little as $49.99 a month to Atlanta and Philadelphia as part of a trial. It has plans to do the same kinds of promotions in all...
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T-Mobile Offers Laptop USB Stick for Wi-Fi or 3G with 8GB of Storage
T-Mobile has started selling the T-Mobile webConnect USB Laptop Stick that connects to the Internet via Wi-Fi or T-Mobile's 3G wireless broadband service. The new T-Mobile webConnect USB Laptop Stick, manufactured by Huawei Technologies accesses T-Mobile's 3G high-speed data network...
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3G Zeebo Gaming Console Coming to Brazil
The wireless game console based on a Qualcomm chipset will debut in Brazil next month. The console has secure 3G wireless game delivery and addresses the special requirements of these regions where current generation videogame consoles are expensive for the...
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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic 3G Issues Only in N.Y. and Chicago
The Nokia Blog received the following about "3G network problems" with the 5800 XpressMusic phones reported yesterday.It appears the Nokia 3G network problems were only in New York and Chicago."We have learned that some Nokia 5800 XpressMusic devices are having...
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Super Slim Toshiba TG01 Revealed with More Speed and Display than iPhone
Toshiba has unveiled their new touchscreen Windows Mobille TG01 smartphone with a bigger display, a higher resolution, faster processor and slimmer shell than any other smartphone, including Apple's iPhone."Toshiba has listened to what users want - great speed, and the...
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Apple iPhone iPod Ugrade Update 2.2.1 Released
Apple has released update 2.2.1 for iPhone and iPod. It's supposed to improve Safari's stability and fix an image issue in which pictures saved from Mail don't display properly in the Camera Roll. For iPod Touch the update includes a...
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BlackBerry Bold 3G Faster than iPhone 3G, Fixed Faster than Mobile, Says Gartner
3G speeds aren't always as fast as users would like or expect them to be according Gartner's Phillip Redman who wrote "U.S. 3G Networks Deliver Less Than Expected"Because the iPhone 3G can't use the latest 3G technology it won't achieve...
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Storm Outage on AT&T Network in Midwest, Sunday (Yesterday)
There were voice and data outages on the AT&T network in them Midwest, Sunday, due to a storm. Some subscribers had no voice and data access, while others experience dropped calls, and others noticed slow speeds. Chicago was hit...
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Sprint 3G Data Wins Speed Tests at Gizmodo
Gizmodo reports that in consistent testing of Sprint's 3G network in eight cities selected by the blog showed Sprint unequivocally beating both AT&T and Verizon in download performance speeds. "On download performance Sprint wins overall, beating AT&T five cities to...
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Me-Oh-My MiFi Is One Little Powerful Router
Novatel Wireless, unveiled MiFi last week. I's a teeny tiny, intelligent mobile hotspot router that fits in your pocket or handbag. MiFi is about ths size of credit card and connects to HSPA and EVDO networks. MiFi creates a personal...
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AT&T Quickfire on Sale Now
AT&T is now offfering the Quickfire, the final of four new quick messaging mobile phones designed to make messaging faster for textaholics.The Quickfire is slider phone with a1.3 megapixel camera and full QWERTY keypad, 3G world access and with fast...
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Cox Adds Wireless to Bundle with Sprint, Will Add Own 3G & 4G Later
Cox Communications announced its plan to add wireless offerings to its bundle of digital cable, high-speed Internet and telephone in 2009. Today, more than 64% of Cox customers buy multiple services from Cox and one-third subscribe to all three products....
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T-Mobile 3G in Sacramento, Memphis, Tampa & D.C.
T-Mobile USA, Inc. continues to expand its third-generation (3G) wireless broadband service, and launch 3G service in and around the Washington, D.C., area in late November. At that time, the number of locations with T-Mobile's 3G coverage will amount to...
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T-Mobile 3G G1 Data Cap Removed 4 Now
According to several sources, T-Mobile has changed their data caps for the G1 Android phone:""We removed the 1GB soft limit from our policy statement, and we are confident that T-Mobile G1 customers will enjoy the high speed of data access...
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T-Mobile Caps 3G at 1G for T-Mobile G1 Google Android Phone
T-Mobile is capping UMTS network use at 1 Gigabyte. When you read the fine print ad the bottom of the G1 3G description pages it states:"If your total data usage in any billing cycle is more than 1GB, your data...
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T-Mobile Backhauls 3G in Tampa, Orlando, San Fran, and Memphis
To better support new smartphones like the HTC Dream, T-Mobile is expanding its data network.T-Moble has made deals with backhaul providers Bright House Networks, FPL FiberNet, IP Networks Inc. and Zayo Bandwidth to support high speed data bandwidth requirements.for sites...
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Qualcomm Gobi Cetified For AT&T Mobile Broadband
AT&T Inc.and Qualcomm Incorporated announced that Qualcomm's Gobi global mobile Internet technology has been certified for use on the AT&T mobile broadband network. Gobi technology gives users the freedom to connect to the Internet over wide-area wireless networks, providing fast,...
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T-Moblie 3G Network Expanded in Vegas
T-Mobile has expanded its 3G service in Las Vegas. T-Mobile's 3G network in Las Vegas supports voice and data services. The company offers multiple phones that are able to operate on the UMTS network. These phones are designed to...
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AT&T Bans Use of Peer-to-Peer File Sharing on 3G Network
According to MultiChannel News, AT&T's 3G bandwagon does not include peer-to-peer downloading and AT&T bans the use of 3G networks for P2P file sharing and told an FCC official that anyone caught with their hands the P-2-P cookie jar will...
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Agilent offers 5.7 Mbps HSUPA Test
Agilent announced a new 5.7 Mbps HSUPA test capability for its W-CDMA/HSPA Test and Lab Applications, which run on the 8960 (E5515C) Wireless Communications Test Set. HSUPA is a 3G mobile telephony protocol in the HSPA family with uplink...
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Alltel Expands EVDO Network in Wichita
Alltel Wireless said that it will continue expanding its wireless broadband network in 2008 with the launch of EVDO (evolution data optimized) Revision A technology in Wichita and surrounding areas enabling customers to upload files five to 10 times...
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Alltel Expands 3G with EVDO Rev. A
Alltel Wireless today announced that it will continue expanding its wireless broadband network in 2008 with the launch of EVDO (evolution data optimized) Revision A technology, enabling customers to upload files five to 10 times faster than before. Both versions...
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AT&T 3G Speeds Ready for 3G iPhone? HSUPA Ready End of June
AT&T's 3G HSUPA is going to be ready by the end of June in time for the new iPhone launch. AT&T announced a more than 20 percent increase to the top end of the company's typical 3G network downlink speed...
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Gartner Says Embedded 3G Okay for Travellers in 2009
Embedded wireless broadband (3G) capability for laptops has been difficult for enterprises to justify because of upfront purchase costs, monthly costs and asset protection, but new pricing plans and technology evolution will force changes in strategy, according to Gartner, Inc....
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Infineon New 3G Chips Available 2nd Half 2008
Infineon Technologies AG announced the availability of its new generation 3G platform family. This new platform family addresses all major 3G market segments and includes a high performance HSPA modem solution, a feature phone solution enriched with high multimedia capabilities...
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3G from AT&T Ready End of June
By the end of June, connecting to AT&T’s 3G mobile broadband service will be as speedy as logging onto the high speed Internet service that many consumers enjoy at home. AT&T announced that, in the next month, the company will...
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T-Mobile Goes 3G in NYC
T-Mobile USA, Inc. announced that the company has taken the first commercial step in the rollout of its third-generation (3G) wireless network by launching its UMTS/HSDPA network in New York City. T-Mobile plans to continue the rollout of its 3G...
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Vendors Support LTE
Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, NEC, NextWave Wireless, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks and Sony Ericsson have today announced a mutual commitment to a framework for establishing predictable and more transparent maximum aggregate costs for licensing intellectual property rights (IPR) that relate to...
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Gobi Chip In Notebooks to Ship Soon
Qualcomm's Gobi chip which allows for access to HSPA and EV-DO networks will be incorporated into Dell, Lenvo and HP notebook computers, later this year. HSPA is more popular in Europe and EV-DO more popular in the Americas. This solution...
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3G @ AT&T Soon
It was heard at CTIA Wireless that soon all AT&T smartphones will be 3G. No official announcenment has been made yet. But Ralph de la Vega was quoted by Rueters, "You're going to see our integrated devices be 3G in...
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3G & Integrated Devices Growing @ AT&T
According to Fierce Mobile Content, AT&T’s Ralp De la Vega said “that 13 percent of all AT&T customers now own a 3G device, with another 12 percent owning integrated devices,” during a keynote address at Mobile World Congress....
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Alcatel-Lucent to Supply 3G for AT&T
Alcatel-Lucent announced an agreement for Alcatel-Lucent to support the expansion of AT&T’s UMTS/HSPA (Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service/High Speed Packet Access) wireless network. The expansion includes the deployment of Alcatel-Lucent’s UMTS/HSDPA Distributed NodeB solution, which provides operators with the flexibility to...
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More 3G 4 AT&T in 2008
AT&T is casting a wider Net for mobile customers this year by building out its network to make catching a high speed wireless Web connection easier coast-to-coast. AT&T announced highlights of the company’s 2008 wireless network expansion plans, including the...
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