News Analysis: Tests of WiMax and LTE in Phoenix demonstrate that Clearwire’s technology is getting close to being true 4G. T-Mobile doubles the speed of its HSPA+ network in Las Vegas tests. – In
a video released at the beginning of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las
Vegas, Clearwire clearly demonstrates that it is very
close to achieving the 100M-bps download speeds required by the ITU
definition of 4G wireless communications. The company released a YouTube video of the tests,
whi…
T-Mobile’s self-described 4G footprint now includes eight new metro areas. By year’s end, it plans to cover 100 metropolitan areas, as Verizon shoots to bring LTE to 38. – America’s quot;largest
4G network quot; just got a little larger. Or so says T-Mobile. On Nov. 23, the
country’s fourth-largest carrier announced that it has expanded its HSPA+
network to eight new metro areas: Detroit;
Grand Junction, Colo.;
Harlingen, Texas;
Lafayette and South
Bend, Ind.;…
News Analysis: Now that T-Mobile has started calling its HSPA+ network a 4G service, it’s time to talk about what 4G really is and whether or not T-Mobile or anyone else has a true 4G service. – T-Mobile has just announced that it’s going to start
calling its HSPA+ service in the United States
a 4G service. The reasoning is that it’s really fast (faster than Sprint’s 4G)
and that it has the ability to eventually
meet the 4G speed requirements. Sprint, of course, started the whole thing
…
T-Mobile has decided to call its speedy HSPA+ network 4G, instead of 3.5G, and is now selling the T-Mobile myTouch 4G and Dell Inspiron Mini 10 4G for tapping into it. – T-Mobile officials are calling their HSPA+ network “4G,” despite
previously describing it as “3.5G.” And to complement what they are now
branding “Americas Largest 4G Network,” the officials announced the
expansion of its 4G mobile broadband service to six additional cities,
as well as the avail…
New G2 Android smartphone provides excellent utility, functionality along with blazing speed in the successor to the ground-breaking G1. – T-Mobile delivers the G2 the successor to
the original quot;Google phone, quot; the G1 with a full complement of
quad-band GSM, tri-band 3G, Bluetooth and WiFi radios that enable voice calling
over WiFi and, network coverage permitting, access to T-Mobile’s speedy HSPA+ 3G digital network.
The …
T-Mobiles new G2 Android smart phone is the successor to the phone that started the Android movement, the G1. Unlike most other Android phones, this device supports T-Mobiles high-speed HSPA+ version of 3G, which gives it a speed advantage over other 3G devices, as well as the current crop of 4G devices. While T-Mobiles 3G service is still being built out, when you find an area with a good signal, the whole Android experience seems more seamless. As is the case with previous Android devices, the G2 will work with a wide variety of e-mail systems. In addition it will support streaming HD video and streaming audio. The phone is easy to use, although the physical keyboard could be a little larger. For the most part, this implementation of Androids on-screen keyboard is much easier to use than in the past, making the physical keyboard less necessary. The very high-speed 3G makes finding, downloading and installing apps from the Android Market almost instantaneous. Overall, the G2 works well, its easy to use and its very fast when youve got the right coverage. – …
T-Mobile Sept. 9 introduced the 4G-enabled T-Mobile G2 running on T-Mobile’s new HSPA+ network. The Android 2.2 device has a 3.7-inch screen and supports HD video capture at 720p and Adobe Flash. – T-Mobile Sept. 9 formally unveiled the T-Mobile G2, a smartphone
capable of 4G data downloads and the first device running on T-Mobile’s new
HSPA+ network.
The G2 is the widely anticipated progeny of the G1, the
first smartphone based on Google’s Android operating system.
Based on the latest G…
T-Mobile says it will ramp up HSPA+ speeds to 42M bps in 2011 and reach 200 million people in 2010. – T-Mobile
plans to increase theoretical peak speeds of its HSPA+ (High-Speed Packet
Access) to 42M bps in 2011, according to an Aug. 31 statement from Neville Ray,
the company’s chief network officer. Currently, the carrier offers
quot;theoretical quot; peak speeds of 21M bps.
HSPA+
will all…
T-Mobile confirms that an Android G2 phone running on the HSPA+ network is on its way with industry reports indicating a mid-September launch for an HTC G2 phone. – T-Mobile confirms that it will have an Android G2 phone on the shelves soon on its HSPA+ network.
The carrier says its HSPA+ (High-Speed Packet Access) network will
allow 4G speeds at downloads up to three times faster than 3G.
The successor to the T-Mobile G1, the G2 will be
the company’s firs…
T-Mobiles HSPA+ network is now available in 25 new cities, including Los Angeles, New Orleans and Atlanta. HSPAs 4G-equivalent speeds also work with the Nokia E73 smartphone, which debuts on the T-Mobile network June 16. – T-Mobiles 4G-like HSPA+ network continues to spread toward the
carriers goal of covering 185 million people in the United States by
the end of 2010.
On June 16, the carrier announced that its high-speed technology is now
live in a number of additional metropolitan areas, including Los
Ange…
T-Mobile has covered new areas of New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island with its 4G-like HSPA+ technology, which it plans to roll out to 100 metropolitan areas in 2010. The recently introduced myTouch 3G Slide and Garminfone will each be able to enjoy 4G-like speeds. – T-Mobiles HSPA+ network, said to deliver 4G speeds, has expanded to new coverage areas along the East Coast, the carrier announced May 24.
In addition to New York City, New Jersey and Long Island, T-Mobiles
HSPA+ now includes New York cities Albany, Buffalo, Rochester and
Syracuse; Hartford, …
T-Mobile plans to rollout HSPA+, a 3.5G technology said to offer three times the speed of 3G networks, across its network by years end. At CTIA, it showed off its HSPA+ speeds on the Dell Inspiron Mini 10, its very first netbook offering.
– T-Mobile pulled the sheet off the master plan for its new high-speed
network, announcing at the CTIA Wireless 2010 show that it will deploy
HSPA+ technology across its entire 3G footprint 100-plus metropolitan
areas housing 185 million people by the end of 2010.
HSPA+, a 3.5G technology,…
The T-Mobile webConnect Rocket USB Laptop Stick, arriving March 14, will offer access to T-Mobiles super-fast HSPA+ network which is only available in Philadelphia right now. T-Mobile is expected to roll out more deployments during the next few months.
– T-Mobile will extend its webConnect modem line
on March 14 with the addition of the T-Mobile webConnect Rocket USB
Laptop Stick, its first to connect subscribers to the high data speeds
of its new HSPA+ network, where its available.
According to T-Mobile, HSPA+ offers three times the speed …
AT T has completed a software upgrade to HSPA 7.2 across its 3G network, the carrier announced Jan. 5 the same day that T-Mobile announced its HSPA 7.2 upgrade. The next step for AT T is increasing high-speed backhaul connections and firing up LTE.
– AT amp;T announced on Jan. 5 that it has completed upgrades to HSPA 7.2
software across its 3G network. The move to HSPA 7.2 positions the carrier for
an eventual move to LTE, or 4G technology.
AT amp;T is now working on increasing the number of high-speed backhaul
connections to its cell sites…
T-Mobile announced, just at Google debuted the Nexus One “superphone,” that its entire 3G network is now enabled with HSPA 7.2, and that it will be the first U.S. carrier to launch the 3.5G technology HSPA+. The Nexus One is available with T-Mobile service for $179.
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As Google
officially introduced its Nexus One smartphone on Jan. 5, T-Mobile thought
you might like to know that its network is now really fast. And getting faster
in 2010.
In a Jan. 5 statement the carrier announced that it has
enable HSPA 7.2 across its entire 3G network which reaches…
Qualcomm says customers including LG, Nokia Siemens, Huawei and Sierra Wireless are testing its new chip sets. Expected to be in devices in 2010, the chip sets support dual-carrier HSPA+ and LTE, which interest T-Mobile and Verizon, respectively.
– Qualcomm is now providing customers with trial versions of its newly
developed multimode, high-speed wireless chips.
The Mobile Data Modem, or MDM8220, is the first to support DC-HSPA+
(Dual-Carrier High-Speed Packet Access Plus), while the MDM9200 and MDM9600,
according to Qualcomm, are the ind…
MobileOne’s HSPA+ network will now be able to deliver Singapore’s fastest mobile broadband download speed of up to 28 Mbps in selected areas after the completion of further network upgrade by Huawei.
The increased speed has been achieved with the installation of MIMO (Multiple-input-multiple-output), making M1 HSPA+ network the first in the Asia Pacific to adopt this technology.
MIMO will be rolled out to the entire network progressively.
The Novatel Wireless MiFi 2372 offers 3G Internet speeds to multiple users, essentially anywhere theres a compatible cellular connection. The 2372 is a multimode hot spot optimized for HSPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS networks. Now all it needs is a carrier.
– Novatel Wireless has expanded its MiFi
personal hot spot line with the addition of the MiFi 2372 with multimode
operation, making it available for use on HSPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS networks.
It joins the MiFi 2200, for CDMA 1xEVDO RevA networks, and the MiFi 2352, for
HSPA networks, in offer…
Research in Motions latest smartphone #151the BlackBerry Tour 9630 #151fits sizewise between the BlackBerry Bold and the Curve. While not breaking any new ground in smartphone technology, the Tour features many features consumers want and slides easily into enterprise BlackBerry deployments. Available on the Verizon and Sprint networks, the Tour talks CMDA/EVDO Rev A. at home and GSM/EDGE/HSPA in international locations. Unfortunately, Wi-Fi connectivity was sacrificed for world coverage.
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