When it comes to hot spots, LTE is sizzling hot

When it comes to hot spots, LTE is sizzling hot GigaOm So I'm willing to bet Novatel's success is a combination of faster LTE speeds that rival old-school wireline connections at 5 Mbps to 12 Mbps down, and more Wi-Fi enabled devices that benefit from a broadband connection such as tablets. ...

Samsung Conquer 4G brings WiMAX on a budget SlashGear However, you do get a 1.3-megapixel front camera for video calls, WiFi b/g/n and mobile hotspot functionality, sharing the 3G/4G connection with up to five WiFi-tethered clients. Power is from a single-core 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 Snapdragon processor, ...

Clearwire Makes More Progress, Hopes to Deploy LTE Toronto Star by Michael Hodel, CFA | 04 Aug 11 Clearwire CLWR continued to make progress in its effort to slow its cash-burn during the second quarter and announced that it is ready to begin deploying LTE, the next-generation technology most carriers around the ...

Manitoba Telecom posts higher profit on wireless, broadband growth Reuters AUG 5 - Canada's Manitoba Telecom Services Inc reported a higher quarterly profit, driven by strong growth in wireless and broadband and lower expenses, and raised its outlook for the year. For the second quarter, the regional communications company ..

Sprint Formally Unveils The $100 Samsung Conquer 4G TechCrunch Learn More It looks like it's go time for the Samsung Conquer 4G. Upon Sprint's announcement this morning, we have a few more specs to offer you along with a launch date — August 21. Just as we expected, the handset will go for $100 as long as you ...

Verizon LTE: The Fine Line Between Truth and Deception Tom's Guide Verizon Wireless Broadband LTE service is lightning fast, if we believe the commercials that currently are running on TV channels and promote the LG Revolution and Netflix streaming. I have to admit that I almost fell off the family room couch when I ...

Of Horseshoes, Hand Grenades and Broadband Advertising TechNewsWorld "Given what I know about the broadband infrastructure in general, that's acceptable," said IDC's Matt Davis. "There are a lot of variables involved, and I'm surprised that the test results came back that close." Broadband service providers in the ...

Virgin plans free Wi-Fi for London ComputerworldUK (blog) Virgin Media (NASDAQ:VMED) is planning a free Wi-Fi network for London -- possibly ready in time for the 2012 Olympics. Is this crazy talk? In fact, Virgin's intention is indeed intact, it implies. On the one hand, plenty of others have tried and ...

NSN Slims Down GSM, WiMax Teams Light Reading It also aims to redeploy about 1200 staff "by shifting them to work on growth products and projects such as its industry-leading LTE and WCDMA businesses." Staff were informed internally of the plans in late June but the consultation process with ...

DIY Spy Drone Sniffs Wi-Fi, Intercepts Phone Calls Wired News Launch your personal, specially equipped WASP drone — short for Wireless Aerial Surveillance Platform — to fly overhead and sniff his Wi-Fi network, intercept his cellphone calls, or launch denial-of-service attacks with jamming signals. ...

: Research and Markets: USA - Mobile, Broadband, Digital Media and Forecasts 2011 Techzone360 The current and emerging broadband technologies and their long-term projections. - The growth of mobile voice and data and the deployment of 3G and 4G technologies. Broadband and 4G networks spearhead telecommunication market developments The latest ...

New Group Plans 100000 Broadband-enabled Jobs in US PCWorld By Grant Gross, IDG News A group of US businesses has announced a goal of creating 100000 call center jobs in the country over the next two years, using broadband as the supporting infrastructure. Members of the newly announced Jobs4America, ...

Motorola Droid Bionic Launching Sept. 8: Verizon Document eWeek The Droid Bionic, Samsung Stratosphere and a 4G RIM Blackberry Curve lead the way. Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZW) appears to have set a Sept. 8 launch data for the Motorola Droid Bionic, the4G Android smartphone the phone maker delayed by a few months ...

Regional group pushes for Broadband grant The Union of Grass Valley By Kyle Magin Regional economic leaders are continuing their seemingly ceaseless push for betterbroadband Internet access in the Sierra Nevada area. In late August, the Sierra Economic Development Corporation officials plan to submit a grant ...

Next-Generation iPhone Said 4G-Ready PCWorld Senior Analyst for HIS-iSuppli, Wayne Lam, said last month: "It remains to be seen whether the next Apple iPhone set for introduction in September will support 4G LTE. However, if it does, two things are clear. "First the iPhone's minuscule printed ...

Shock: Consumers Incredibly Confused By '4G' Term 34% of iPhone Users Think ... Dslreports by Karl Bode 11 minutes ago tags: wireless · bandwidth · consumers · wireless Late last year, the ITU declared that Mobile WiMax and LTE weren't technically "4G," and that no major wireless carrier was technically deploying 4G networks since none were ...

Galaxy Tab flies on 4G Louisville Courier-Journal (blog) The Galaxy Tab's biggest advantage? It's the first tablet to ise Verizon's 4G LTE network. The Xoom was supposed to be the first 4G tablet, but Samsung beat it to the punch. 4G speed is not a big deal if you're downloading apps or doing email. ...

Public sector backing vital to broadband upgrade Morpeth Herald SUPER-FAST broadband could be rolled out across Northumberland with public sector support, communications company BT has said. BT North East Regional Director Chris Sayers says the company is willing to consider further major investment in the high ...

Controversial Australian Broadband Project Names Senior PR Exec To Lead Comms... The Holmes Report SYDNEY--Australia's controversial national broadband project has created a new senior comms role to better explain the plan's benefits to the country's public. NBN Co has named Cathy Jamieson to lead public communications and social media. ...

Beetel Launches 3G Max Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Techtree.com The 3G Max is a portable Wi-Fi hotspot designed to connect to any mobile phone carrier and allow up to five devices to connect. The device is certainly an interesting option for home users as well as SoHo. Beetel claims that the device is capable of .

The Daily App: FCC Mobile Broadband Test For iPhone CRN (blog) The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is charged with regulating the wireless spectrum, and has provided the mobile broadband test to provide the public with a quick, accurate method to gauge the performance of the Wi-Fi they use on a daily basis ...

Motorola KORE could be new 4G LTE tablet SlashGear The promised upgrade to support Verizon's 4G LTE network has been pushed back to September, and early reviews criticized the missing hardware support for such basics as the memory card reader, and the glitches in Honeycomb itself. ...

Open Source Effort Will Deliver Low-Cost Wi-Fi for All PCWorld Designed to use existing hardware to minimize cost and maximize availability, it's expected to be particularly important in areas where legacy broadband models are currently considered to be nonviable economically. Built primarily by Cozybit, ...

Half a million Brits adopt superfast broadband Telecoms.com An Ofcom report on the transformation of the UK's communications market during the last decade has revealed consumers are adopting superfast broadband connections at a rapid clip, with 500000 households now connected to speeds of 30Mbps or higher – a ...

HP TouchPad 16GB Wi-Fi Tablet on sale for $380 today only Geek.com The tablet also has a nice 1.3-megapixel camera, as well as the standard features of Bluetooth, accelerometer, and 802.11n WiFi. It's nice that the tablet is offered at a discount today, but is the TouchPad's appearance on Woot a sign of desperation on ...

Wi-Fi CNET (blog) Calls can be made over either Wi-Fi or 3G networks in the US and Canada, while phoning a landline or mobile phone costs the same amount. For a "limited time," your first international call is free, and any unused minutes can be applied toward ...

Samsung Infuse 4G AT&T Smartphone Review: Android Power for $125 Video Gaming Pros Samsung Infuse 4G Review: AT&T's 4G network is home to several full-featured, slim smartphones. However, Samsung has lowered the bar on thin. Samsung's Infuse 4G is barely 0.35 inches thick. This makes it the thinnest of the AT&T 4G smartphones. ...

Comcast Promotes $10 Broadband BroadbandReports.com by Karl Bode 34 seconds ago tags: business · bandwidth · cable · consumers One of the few conditions faced by Comcast when they acquired NBC Universal was that the company had to offer $10 broadband to any household making less than $20000 a year ...

Raytheon Debuts an Interoperable Server System With Digital and Analog ... PR Newswire (press release) 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has developed a new server-based system that links 4G LTE and P25 systems over the same network. This ensures that public safety officials can all stay connected when they need it most, ...

LTE Spectrum Policy Poses Challenge to LTE Ecosystem TMC Net By Rajani Baburajan, TMCnet Contributor The LTE (News - Alert) spectrum policy of governments and the availability of the spectrum will soon pose serious challenges to the development of the LTEeco-system, according to Informa Telecoms & Media (News ...

Philip Falcone: AT&T, Verizon are undermining LightSquared CNET LightSquared is attempting to build a nationwide 4G LTE network that it will sell on a wholesale basis to other carriers that want to resell its services. But the company has run into a major hurdle with a coalition of companies reliant on GPS ...