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New 4G Router from Sprint
Rumors continue to suggest that Sprint will announce a new pocket-sized 4G router from Sierra Wireless in the next couple of days. The router will turn 4G and 3G phone signals into a local wireless network, allowing up to 6 Mbps download speeds for a...
4G Sierra Wireless Data Card
Reports are surfacing that a new 4G wireless data card from Sierra Wireless will be coming to Sprint 4G. The new device reportedly supports up to five users via Wi-Fi with a range of 100 feet and a built in SD card slot which will be available to any...
Sprint 4G Windows WiMAX Phone
Sprint 4G looks set to deliver on its promise earlier this year of a 4G WiMAX phone in 2010. The phone division of both Sprint and mobile phone company LG have sent invitations to an event at next months CES trade show at which it’s thought the...
Australia & New Zealand Go 4G
The governments of both Australia and New Zealand have announced the clearing of frequency bands in preparation for 4G phone networks. Australia is likely to auction off its 4G spectrum in early 2011, while New Zealand has yet to announce how it wil...
Sprint Introduces 4G Modem for Mac
Sprint 4G customers will soon have access to a Mac friendly 4G modem. The U301 3G / 4G WiMax modem will bring the world of 4G internet to Apple Mac Snow Leopard users for the first time. Inside Sprint 4G coverage areas users can expect speeds of 3-6 ...
Japan Starts Building 4G Network
Japan’s biggest mobile phone company, NTT DoCoMo, has started upgrading its 3G phone network to 4G. The new 4G network should be available to phone users by the end of 2010. The Japanese mobile carrier is investing around Y300 billion in the ne...
4G Crashes Cable TV
We all know that 4G phones provide blisteringly fast mobile internet connections but did you also know 4G phones can crash your cable TV set top box? Astoundingly, “experts” seem to have only just realized that cable TV boxes operate on t...
Sprint Announce 4G Modem – Motorola CPEi25150
Sprint have just announced the availability of the Motorola CPEi25150 4G modem. Said to be around ten times as fast as a standard 3G modem, mobile customers can grab it for $99.99 with a two year subscription and rebate. Sprint claims average speeds ...
First 4G Network Launched
Scandinavian mobile phone operator, TeliaSonera, has launched the world’s first commercial 4G phone network based on LTE technology. The new 4G phone service is available now to customers in Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway. TeliaSonera says ...
4G Phone UK Test
UK mobile operator, O2, is trialling a 4G phone network in the town of Slough. O2 is using Chinese company Huawei as its technology partner in the 4G test which uses six mobile phone towers across the town to provide the network. Assuming the trials ...
Verizon 4G Speeds
Verizon Wireless has announced to the world that the forthcoming Verizon 4G network will have average data speeds of 5-12Mbps for downloads and 2-5Mbps for uploads. Verizon 4G is due to launch in 30 US markets in 2010. It also said it plans for Veriz...
T-Mobile Adds Voice to 4G Phones
Deutsche Telekom, known outside Germany as T-Mobile, have announced the first voice call using 4G LTE technology. While other mobile operators have gone down a purely IP based technology – where voice calls are sent using VOIP (think Skype) &#...
The 4G Blackberry
Not only have the makers of the Blackberry phone, RIM, have announced they’re working with China Mobile to supply the Blackberry to the Chinese market but it seems the company will be working on a TD-LTE / 4G version of the phone. China Mobile ...
ZyXEL Launches ZLR-2070S 4G Router
ZyXEL Communications will launch a new 4G router soon. The ZLR-2070S is a 4G LTE router that can be used in the home or small office. ZyXEL plans to demonstrate the new device at the Las Vegas CES 2010 show in January. Main features of the ZyXEL TLR-...
4G Seattle From Comcast
Comcast is now offering its 4G mobile wireless service High-Speed 2go to phone customers in Seattle and the surrounding area. The service is bundled with Comcasts web, phone and television plans. Customers can choose from two 4G data cards and plans:...
Clearwire 4G Live in North Carolina
Clearwire Communications has rolled out its Clear 4G service to North Carolina. The new mobile internet service is available in the Triad and Charlotte and Raleigh. Clear 4G now covers about 2,000 square miles and 3 million potential mobile phone use...
Sprint 4G in Honolulu and Maui
Hot on the heels if its recent launch of Seattle 4G, Sprint has launched a 4G phone service in Hawaii for Honolulu and Maui. General Manager of Spring Hawaii, Dale Goya, said, “We are excited that Oahu and Maui are included in the first wave of...
Comcast 4G Chicago
Chicago now has Comcast 4G. As with the Sprint and Clearwire network services, Comcast is offering phone users a USB modem to use hook up notebooks and PCs to the Comcast 4G network. Comcast says it hopes to win extra customers in Chicago by bundling...
Sprint 4G Seattle
Sprint 4G is now available in Seattle. Customers can start using the 4G service with Sprint’s U300 USB modem – which available for free after a $50 mail-in rebate. Phone customers can choose from a variety of data plans, including a mobi...
Clearwire 4G in Austin, San Antonio & North Texas
Clear 4G launches today in Austin, San Antonio and North Texas. The Clear 4G coverage area should total around 1,300 square miles and include 3.6 million potential mobile phone customers. The 4G service area includes Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Tar...
Mexico 4G Next Year
Mexico mobile phone operator MVS will launch a 4G phone network in 2010. In the initial investment of $700 million, MVS will provide a 4G WiMAX service in 23 cities in Mexico. Technology partners in the 4G rollout include Intel and Clearwire. ...
Czech Republic 4G – Telefonica & Noika Siemens Networks
Mobile phone company Telefonica has chosen Nokia Siemens Networks as technology partner for a trial 4G network in the Czech Republic. The trial will last six months and is part of a series of tests in Europe and Latin America of 4G. Noikia Siemens Ne...
Clear 4G – More 4G Cash
Shares in Clearwire, parent company of Clear 4G, rose 4% with news that the mobile operator has raised a further $920 million to continue rolling out 4G. Clearwire, whose investors include Comcast, Sprint Nextel and Time Warner Cable faces huge compe...
Italy 4G Trial
Italian mobile phone operator Telecom Italia has started testing 4G technology in the city of Turin, in the north of Italy. Conducted with Telecom Italia’s technology partner Huawei, the tests use 14 new LTE mobile phone towers clustered around...
Time Warner – 4G in Dallas from December 1
Time Warner Cable will officially launch its new Dallas 4G phone network on December 1. The first mobile plan available will be Road Runner Mobile – offering mobile broadband access from $44.99 per month with speeds of up to 6 Mbps. Time Warner...
Finland Awards 4G Licenses
Finland has awarded four licenses to develop 4G networks – three based on LTE technology and one based on WiMAX. A total of €3.8 million / $5.7 million was bid in the auction, which was much smaller than other mobile frequency auctions held i...
Asia-Pacific Region Gets Ready for 4G
The Asia-Pacific region will see the launch of several 4G phone services in the coming year with operators in many countries – including China, Malaysia and Singapore – getting ready to launch 4G phone networks. Singapore Telecommunicatio...
NTT DoCoMo – 4G Japan in December 2010
The biggest mobile phone carrier in Japan – NTT DoCoMO – is planning to launch 4G in December 2010. Around Y300 billion will be invested by NTT DoCoMO in the new service. The phone company says it plans to switch off 2G services in March ...
Clear 4G – Legal Troubles in Grand Rapids Ending?
Clear 4G has been ready to go with 4G in Grand Rapids, West Michigan for some time. But legal blocks have meant that Clear has been unable to activate the network. That maybe about to change as Sprint-Nextel is buying iPCS – the company whose l...
Saudi Arabia 4G Launch
Saudia Arabia’s Etihad Atheeb Telecom has launched a 4G phone service for the kingdom. Calls on the GO 4G network will be free for an initial promotional period. New mobile numbers are required to use the service but users can choose their own ...
