FCC approves broadband Internet plan, promises 500000 jobs

FCC approves broadband Internet plan, promises 500000 jobs
Los Angeles Times
The new broadband internet access plan will come in the form of changes to the FCC's existing Universal Service Fund and intercarrier compensation systems. "Those systems have been widely viewed as broken, and long overdue for reform," the commission ...
La. senators push appeal of $80M US grant loss
BusinessWeek
Bobby Jindal's administration should appeal a federal government decision to rescind an $80 million grant to expand broadband Internet connections to rural and poor areas of Louisiana, lawmakers urged Friday. The US Department of Commerce announced it ...
iPhone 5 Said to Lead LTE Charge as Sprint Preps New 4G Network, Devices
Channel Partners
He said his company is in talks with Apple about an iPhone based on TD-LTE, China's homegrown4G technology. So when we exactly will we see an LTE iPhone? Some analysts are already predicting it will be introduced at Apple's Worldwide Developers ...
Motorola Droid Bionic has dual core processor, Android OS, 4G LTE speed, and a ...
Mobile bloom News
The Motorola Droid Bionic 4G Android smartphone is the first handset with a dual core processing chip set to arrive on Verizon's 4G LTE wireless broadband network. If you bear in mind that the first phone on the Verizon 4G LTE (the HTC Thunderbolt) set ...
How to Invest in 4G Networks and Still Sleep at Night
Motley Fool
Verizon (NYSE: VZ ) and AT&T are already building their LTE networks and even current WiMaxenthusiast Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S ) plans to join the LTE parade. Handsets using LTE technology are almost unheard of today, but market watcher In-Stat expects ...
Lightsquared antenna fix solves potential billon-dollar problem
VentureBeat
Mobile broadband startup LightSquared has developed a new antenna in cooperation with PCTEL that will prevent the company's new 4G LTE network from interfering with high precision GPS receivers, the company has announced. Lightsquared had run into ...
Reliable Wireless Broadband Access in Rural Washington Makes Us All Safer
Sacramento Bee
The only thing missing in many areas of Washington is reliable wireless broadband connections. As a member of the Washington Fire Commissioners Association, I know first-hand the need for reliable communication among departments, quick assessment of ...
MediaTile Announces HumanKiosk Solution on Verizon 4G LTE Network
TMC Net
By Rajani Baburajan, TMCnet Contributor MediaTile, a provider of 3G and 4G cloud-based digital signage solutions, announced the availability of its HumanKiosk Solution, powered by the company's MediaCast Video Presence system, on Verizon 4G LTE (News ...
Samsung Epic Touch 4G: Largest Smartphone Screen, First US Galaxy S II
Mobile bloom News
Sprint launched the Samsung Epic Touch 4G on their 4G WiMAX network on that date. Sprint beat all other US wireless carriers to market, and the Epic Touch 4G is the first Galaxy S II version to hit the United States. When making contractual obligations ...
Sony PRS-T1 Reader Wi-Fi Cover with Light Review
The Gadgeteer
by Janet Cloninger on October 29, 2011 · 0 comments I just posted a review of the new PRS-T1 Reader Wi-Fi ebook reader from Sony, and I mentioned that you have to have a light to read in dim or dark rooms. That's the nature of eInk screens – they have ...
$16M promised for broadband in Chicago suburbs
BusinessWeek
Gov. Pat Quinn and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced a partnership Friday at South Suburban Community College. The state will put in $6.1 million and the county promises $10 million. The project will mean more than 70 miles of new ...
HTC WiMAX 4G Security Vulnerability Exposed [Open WiMAX Ports Endanger ...
TFTS (blog)
It was recently discovered that HTC devices have some serious security vulnerabilities no thanks in part to their WiMAX 4G connection. It's an issue that you wouldn't notice at all if it's not pointed out, but you don't have to worry — you can fix it ...
Consumers want 4G, even though they don't understand it
allvoices
Makes sense: non-techies just see two-letters (4G). Techies see the additional words (HSPA+, LTE,WiMax). There is legislation running around in the US A new bill presented to the US Senate that would require wireless carriers to clarify what the ...
EU Countries Must Devote 800MHz Band to Wireless Broadband by 2013
PCWorld (blog)
By Jennifer Baker, IDG News Europe's Council of Ministers has said that all European Union countries must make the 800MHz band available for wireless broadband services by Jan. 1, 2013 as part of an ambitious deal agreed on Friday. ...
4G World: DragonWave doing microcells with a twist
ConnectedPlanet
DragonWave wasn't the only backhaul vendor using 4G World as a launch point for new products. Ceragon networks introduced to its FibeAir a new high-capacity radio unit optimized for Ethernet backhaul networks feeding the highest capacity 3G and LTE ...
New 4G Mobile Broadband Solution Announced by Alcatel-Lucent
TMC Net
In a separate statement, Alcatel-Lucent announced that its technology is being used by US regional service provider Big River Broadband to develop a 4G LTE (News - Alert) service in seven counties of Missouri. Madhubanti Rudra is a contributing editor ...
LG Revolution 4G Gingerbread 2.3 update now available
PopHerald.com
LG Revolution 4G, the Korean company's first LTE or Long Term Evolution Android smartphone running on Verizon's 4G network, finally receives its Gingerbread 2.3 update that will give users a set of new features including the much-needed battery ...
Poll Results: Most Companies Secure Their Wi-Fi
PCWorld
The results showed that very few business and IT managers appear to Only 5 percent of respondents identifying as IT managers said they have an open Wi-Fi network without password protection. Thirty-nine percent put users and guests on separate networks ...
Shaw to trial WiFi hotSpot
The Wire Report
“HotSpot 2.0 brings together a common set of standards that deliver a 4G-like end-user experience toWi-Fi authentication, security, and roaming and is further confirmation of the significance of Wi-Fi in the broadband wireless ecosystem."
Sprint says iPhone 50% more efficient than 3G/4G smartphones
ConnectedPlanet
Sprint also did not provide any details on how they expect average usage per phone to increase going forward even though it believes that Apple will support it with a faster LTE phone in the future. Finally, Verizon has told us that overall usage on an ...
Rural broadband project start imminent
Sangre de Cristo Chronicle
By Jesse Chaney The first shovels to hit the earth were just for show, but construction on Kit Carson Electric Co-op's $64 million broadband fiber-to-the-home project is expected to start within a matter of days. Kit Carson CEO Luis Reyes, ...
Motorola Releases Photon 4G Accessory Lineup
Mobile bloom News
Motorola released the Photon 4G Android handset exclusively for the 4G Sprint WiMAX mobilebroadband network in mid-2011, and it was the first Motorola smartphone on that network with a Tegra 2 chip that offered WiMAX, CDMA and GSM connectivity. ...
4G Considered an Ideal Feature by Most Smartphone Users [75% of Mobile Users ...
TFTS (blog)
According to a study, three quarters of mobile users think 4G is an important smartphone feature. By definition, current carrier standards like HSPA+ and LTE don't actually fall under the formal definition of 4G, and are considered pre-4G technologies. ...
How to Invest in 4G Networks and Still Sleep at Night
DailyFinance
LTE is pretty clearly the future in high-speed wireless networking. Verizon (NYS: VZ) and AT&T are already building their LTE networks and even current WiMax enthusiast Sprint Nextel (NYS: S) plans to join the LTE parade. Handsets using LTE technology ...
4G is in demand, but most consumers still don't understand it
By Phone Arena
I am not sure about what your saying about t-mobile or att but as far as I found out Verizon has the fastest actual speeds for LTE 4g. It's faster than tmobile where I am at. Att LTE probably is the same as Verizon's but there is no phones out yet. ...
PhoneArena - News
HTC EVO Design 4G hands-on | Android Central
By Joshua Munoz
Josh does a hands on with the HTC EVO Design 4G, on Sprint. ... Not quite big enough to be the original EVO 4G and not as bulky as the current EVO 3D, the Design 4G is the thinner, lighter sibling in the EVO line. And that's ok. The aluminum ...
Android Central - Android Forums,...
JURIST - Paper Chase: FCC unveils changes to broadband rules
By Michael Haggerson
The new program also makes mobile broadband "an independent universal service objective for the first time in history" and reforms intercarrier compensation to eliminate hidden costs in bills. FCC chairman Julius Genachowski called this a ...
Paper Chase
FCC Broadband Map Featured by CBS « geoMusings
By Bill Dollins
Michael Byrne of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave a really good talk at FOSS4G, telling the story of the FCC Broadband Map application, which is built on open-source geospatial tools. In addition to being open-source, ...
geoMusings
Samsung Galaxy S Wifi 5.0 Review
By Aaron Orquia
A few weeks ago, I opened the box of a new Samsung Galaxy S Wifi 5.0 media player. Samsung's Android-powered answer to the iPod touch, the MID took its time in getting to the US. However, it is finally here, I have had a chance to use the it ...
Pocketables
VelaTel to deploy 4G networks in China through JV - Today's Top ...
By 7886
US's VelaTel announced it would form a joint venture with a Chinese company to deploy fourth-generation (4G) service networks in the Asian country. ... The joint venture with China's Next Generation Special Network Communication Technology Co Ltd will use the TD-LTE technology to bring high-speed, low-cost wireless internet connections to both businesses and individuals currently without access to broadband. VelaTel said it was not as concerned about competing with China's ...
Service guide in China - Resources...
$4.5 Billion Annual Subsidies for Broadband Approved ...
By George Ou
A subsidy of this magnitude should bring a significant improvement in broadband access for rural America, which presently has weak access to broadband. Regardless of how one feels aboutbroadband subsidies (especially given the funding ...
SiliconANGLE
Oi focusing on broadband, mobile to offset fixed telephony downturn ...
By Pedro Ozores
Brazilian telecom operator Oi is focusing more on the broadband and mobile phone markets than on fixed-line telephony, in light of decreasing earnings in the latter segment, CFO and investor relations director Alex Zornig said in a conference ...
Business News Americas - Telecommunic...
Wi-Fi in hotels: Slowing down online | The Economist
A PIECE in the New York Times earlier in the week explained why Wi-Fi connectivity in hotels has been getting slower of late. It seems the runaway success of tablet computers has created an army of people who like nothing better to do than ...
Gulliver
Lawmakers push Jindal to appeal $80M broadband grant loss
By The Associated Press
Bobby Jindal's administration to appeal a federal government decision to rescind an $80 million grant to expand broadband Internet connections to rural and poor areas of Louisiana. The U.S. Department of Commerce announced it was ...
New Orleans CityBusiness
FCC approves plan to expand broadband AND wireless to rural ...
The FCC has approved new rules that signal a shift away from phones and toward broadbandInternet access. The rules include provisions for both wired ...
marketplace.publicradio.org/.../tech-report-fcc-approves-plan-...

Sprint, Clearwire May Help Drive LTE Convergence
PCWorld
Sprint and Clearwire currently share a WiMax network, with Clearwire as the operator and Sprint reselling services for its 4G phones and data devices. Both are moving on to LTE, the 4G technology with the most international acceptance, but they plan to ...

FCC's Broadband Plan: What Would Steve Jobs Think?

FCC's Broadband Plan: What Would Steve Jobs Think?
InformationWeek
By Jonathan Feldman InformationWeek FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski hailed the commission's latest plan for rural broadband as "taking a system designed for the Alexander Graham Bell era of rotary telephones and modernizing it for the era of Steve Jobs ...
Adviser on LightSquared stays despite allegations
Politico
Despite his financial stake in a company at the center of a public lobbying campaign against LightSquared, a key adviser to the government on the controversial broadband company's plans won't step down. “This issue is way too important for me to back ...
What is 4G?
Fox 28
Verizon just flipped the switch on its 4G-LTE network in five Michiana Cities. "It is the new wave of the future," he says. 4G stands for Fourth Generation. LTE means Long Term Evolution. Put simply, we're talking speed. AT&T's 4G LTE is live in five ...
NI broadband service criticised
BBC News
By Mike McKimm BBC NI Environment & Science Correspondent Northern Ireland has some of the lowest broadband speeds in the UK and also has the highest percentage of households running low-speed broadband. It has also been revealed that Belfast internet ...
LTE stirs mobile-only debate
iT News
Continuing to account for fixed-line rental along with LTE broadband in a total bundle remains important to realising the true cost of a home phone and broadband plan. Ovum forecasts that around 15 percent of households in Australia will be mobile-only ...
Samsung Galaxy S II Sweep Best New Mobile Device Category at 4G World
MarketWatch (press release)
As an ubiquitous network takes hold in the mature markets of North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, operators are anticipating massive growth in broadband data usage and planning their network migration strategies and business models for monetizing ...
Droid Bionic is First Verizon LTE Dual Core Handset, Drops to $119
Mobile bloom News
The Motorola Droid Bionic 4g recently received a retail price reduction to $119 at select AT&T authorized retailers with a new two-year activation, and is exclusive to Verizon's 4G LTE mobilebroadband network.
How To Pick the Best Cell Phone Carrier For You
DailyFinance
Verizon at one time used an even slower standard called EV-DO as it rolled out its own LTE implementation. WiMAX has been around longer than HSPA and is a lot like Wi-Fi. The difference? Whereas Wi-Fi signals tend to travel 100 feet, WiMAX is designed ...
Sprint Said Near Deal With Clearwire for New Long-Term Pact
BusinessWeek
A new wholesale agreement would put Clearwire, the money- losing wireless broadband provider, on more stable financial ground. The company has said it needs about $1 billion to shift its network to Long-Term Evolution, or LTE, wireless technology and ...
Telstra debuts HSPA+ WiFi Gateway from NetComm
iTWire
It is claimed to be the first portable mobile broadband gateway in Australia to use advanced dual channel HSPA+ technology. However the pocket, battery powered 3G/WiFi hotspot launched by Telstra in June and sourced from Sierra Wireless also operates ...
Next Generation Voice: Alcatel-Lucent Will Show You the State of 4G LTE ...
TMC Net
By Rich Steeves, TMCnet Copy Editor Big River Broadband is looking to make a big splash in next generation voice networking in Missouri. To do so, they have contracted with Alcatel-Lucent (News - Alert) to provide its 4G LTE solution in the southeast ...
HTC Raider with LTE announced in Canada (for Rogers and Bell)
Unwired View
In addition to LTE connectivity, the Canadian HTC Raider features Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread, Sense UI, a 4.5 inch qHD (960 x 540) display, Wi-Fi, GPS, SRS WOW HD surround sound, 8MP rear camera with f/2.2 28mm lens, 1.3MP front-facing camera, ...
Sony Reader Wi-Fi (PRS-T1) eBook Reader Review
The Gadgeteer
I leave WiFi on, by the way. Sony doesn't mention the type, but the battery is a rechargeable 3.7V DC battery. It charges in about 2.5 hours from your computer's USB port. With the optional AC adapter, the reader charges in about 2 hours. ...
The Connect America Fund: Statements and Highlights from the FCC Commissioners
BroadbandBreakfast.com
The CAF replaces the high-cost fund by shifting the focus of the fund to support broadband capable networks, setting performance goals and a capping the fund at $4.5 billion. The goals stated in the FCC executive summary include: (1) preserve and ...
FCC Clears Up Their Powerline Broadband Rules But It's Too Little Too Late For ...
Dslreports
by Karl Bode 9 minutes ago tags: business · alternatives · bandwidth · BPL After years of hype as the "great broadband hope" (as former FCC boss Mike Powell put it) broadband over power line (BPL) technology exists as essentially a largely dead niche ...
Towerstream Talks 4G and Wi-Fi Offload at the Open Mobile Summit
MarketWatch (press release)
MIDDLETOWN, RI, Oct 28, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Towerstream Corporation /quotes/zigman/104667/quotes/nls/twer TWER -0.99% , a leading 4G service provider and Wi-Finetwork operator, announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Jeff Thompson, ...
iTunes Wi-Fi Sync & Back Up: Fail (& Workaround)
The Mac Observer
Perhaps the most impressive example of this shift is iTunes Wi-Fi Sync. Once set up, you can sync any of your iOS devices to iTunes without a Dock Connector. Just click the device's Sync button in iTunes and off it goes, even if the iOS device is ...
Samsung Exhibit II 4G smartphone now available through T-Mobile
TechShout!
Also, it lets people engage in video conferencing with their loved ones via 4G networks or Wi-Fi with the assistance of the front-facing webcam. Besides enabling users to create personal and business email accounts, it provides the option of ...
Without Sony, Ericsson finally becoming broadband player
GigaOm
The Swedish telecom giant has managed to transform itself by betting big on one simple trend: the demand for wireless broadband is going to be huge. In doing so, the company kept building leading edge 3G+ products, bet heavily on LTE and pushed harder ...
Many Iowans lack broadband
Iowa Farmer Today
DES MOINES --- A Connect Iowa survey has found about 37 percent of Iowans still do not subscribe to broadband. Most notably, the majority of low-income, senior, disabled adult and Hispanic households are without broadband at home, leaving them facing ...
Don't need broadband? Think again as providers look to educate consumers
FierceTelecom
That conversation took place just as the Obama administration's broadband stimulus effort was gearing up, an initiative that now is in full swing, with broadband rolling out--at various speeds--well beyond urban areas and into rural ones. ...
NBN Co cuts broadband agreement to one year
iT News
By James Hutchinson on Oct 28, 2011 4:28 PM (7 hours ago) NBN Co has agreed to change the length of its wholesale broadband agreement with retail service providers to last 12 months rather than five years in a last-ditch bid to sign up support for the ...
ADSL transforming the way we use internet?
Independent Online
That means there is still plenty of scope for broadband services to be extended to people with less disposable income. “Urban users have the pick of the best services -Wi-Fi, ADSL and HSPA+. Many use ADSL at home for entertainment and mobilebroadband ...
MTS wi-fi goes underground
RT
Russian mobile phone operator, MTS, is looking forward to expanding wi-fi coverage at several Moscow metro stations, in foyers and passageways, and along the escalators, Pavel Roitberg, Director of Product Development at MTS, told TimeOut magazine. ...
HTC EVO Design 4G Review | Android Community
By Cory Gunther
The popular and iconic EVO brand has just added another member to the family this month and that is the new HTC EVO Design 4G. Being the second ... We've also ran some Vellamo and Speedtest results to see how well that 4G WiMAX is performing. I wont talk much about ... Verizon 4G LTE, AT&T 3G and even T-Mobiles new 4G seems to completely win outright here. I've achieved over 9 ...Location Features: Compass; GPS; Cellular location; Wi-Fi location. FM Radio : NFC : ...
Android Community
Motorola's New LTE-Packing DROID4 Caught On Film | TechCrunch
By Chris Velazco
Like its direct predecessor, the DROID4 also sports a 4-inch display, although new additions like anLTE radio and the ability to sync to the MotoACTV fitness device manage to set it apart from previous models. In addition to all that fun stuff, ...
TechCrunch
Will the next iPhone have LTE? – Cell Phones & Mobile Device ...
By Will Shanklin
A quick primer for those unfamiliar: LTE (Long Term Evolution) is the fastest of the technologies that are currently marketed as 4G. In the US, Verizon has ... Sprint is also making plans to ditch WiMax(their current 4G) for LTE, starting next year. ...
Geek.com
FCC approves broadband subsidy plan | TG Daily
By Emma Woollacott
The Federal Communications Commission has given the go-ahead to plans to create a $4.5 billion internet fund aimed at improving the provision of broadband in rural areas. Commission members voted 4-0 yesterday to approve the plan, ...
TG Daily
Motorola DROID 4 appears...with LTE support
By Phone Arena
The fourth version of the historic Motorola DROID series has already been pictured just a few months after the launch of the Motorola DROID 3; besides support for LTE, changes include a 4 inch Super AMOLED screen replacing the PenTile display on the current model... ... or a launch date. Just know that the Motorola DROID 4 is on its way, carrying 4G connectivity and keeping alive the famous name that started the current bout of Androidmania about 2 years ago. source: DroidLife ...
PhoneArena - News
Maximum PC | FCC Moves To Fund Rural Broadband
By Ryan Whitwam
The FCC voted unanimously today to re-purpose the universal service program, which was used to get phone service to rural Americans. The fun will now be used to deliver broadband internet access to the most remote areas of the nation. ...
Maximum PC - All Articles
LG Optimus LTE Coming to Bell Canada as LG Eye
By Carl Parker
A recent YouTube video of tech expert Marc Saltzman surfaced recently, and he seems to be talking about the awesome features of the LG Optimus LTE, but refers to it as the LG Eye. And, it seems that Saltzman has virtually confirmed the LG ...
Android Authority
Motorola Android RAZR: no 4G for Australia, but damn it's sexy
The bad news is that Australia won't be getting the 4G/LTE version that's being sold on the Verizon network in the USA -- instead, we are getting a more traditional 3G HSPA version capable of 14.4Mbit/s download and 5.76Mbit/s upload, which will be exclusively sold ... It appears from the screenshot below that Motocast will be both a system for syncing content with your phone (presumably on Wi-Fi when you're on your home network) and accessing your PC's content remotely. ...
APCmag.com - All Articles
FCC unveils rules for rural broadband fund
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have unveiled a plan for overhauling the $8 billion fund that subsidizes phone service in rural areas and for the poor. It redirects the money toward broadbandexpansion. The Federal Communications ...
Maryland Daily Record
Broadband, multi-platform video shifting TV viewing habits ...
By admin
More than half of broadband users watching TV online weekly.
TechJournal South
Light Reading - Light Reedy - Wave Goodbye to Free Wi-Fi
2:40 PM Wireless operators charging for Wi-Fi and counting usage against ... 2 40 PM -- CHICAGO -- 4G World 2011 -- Enjoy your wireless operator's free Wi-Fi while you still can, .... Handling MobileBroadband Signaling Loads .... The New DPI: Challenges & Opportunities In The LTE Era - by Heavy Reading 8/19/2011 ...
www.lightreading.com/blog.asp?blog_sectionid=958...id...
android.net.wifi.p2p | Android Developers
android.net.wifi.p2p. Provides classes to create peer-to-peer (P2P) connections with Wi-Fi Direct. Using these APIs, you can discover and connect to other ...
developer.android.com/reference/.../package-summary.html

Selling Our Wireless Future

Huffington Post (blog)
When AT&T argued in defense of its T-Mobile merger, it said that T-Mobile wasn't much of a competitor "without the spectrum to deploy a 4G LTE network." But the reason T-Mobile lacks that spectrum is that Verizon and AT&T already own 78 percent of the ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The investment in 4G technology represents a major step forward in the region and reinforces IBW's position as a market leader. By deploying a convergent charging and billing system that supportsWiMAX and LTE, IBW can readily launch new services over ...
CBS News
The FCC wants to revamp the phone-subsidy program to redirect the money toward broadbandexpansion. The Universal Service Fund was created to ensure that all Americans have access to a basic telephone line. Supported by a surcharge on long-distance ...
GigaOm
By Ryan Lawler Oct. 27, 2011, 6:58am PT No Comments Time Warner Cable continued to see a slide in its video subscribers, but it is trying to make up for those losses by betting more heavily onbroadband as its core service. On Thursday's third-quarter ...
PCWorld
The news cleared up some of the uncertainty around Sprint's relationship with Clearwire, which provides Sprint's 4G services today through its WiMax network. At an analyst conference on Oct. 7, Sprint had described plans for its own LTE network but ...
TMC Net
According to IDG News reporter Stephen Lawson, “the news cleared up some of the uncertainty around Sprint's relationship with Clearwire (News - Alert), which provides Sprint's 4G services today through its WiMax network.”   In fact, in early October at ...
BusinessWeek
By Jonathan Browning Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Virgin Media Inc. returned to broadband subscriber growth in the third quarter as customers opted to take faster, more expensive broadband offerings. The company added 6300 cable customers on a net basis ...
UPI.com
"This alliance will look to expand the choices for a growing set of solutions that can be deployed to create an advanced, mission-critical broadband experience for public safety." The companies said4G LTE technology provides several benefits, ...
NOLA.com
By Jonathan Tilove, The Times-Picayune WASHINGTON -- The Commerce Department Wednesday rescinded an $80 million grant to Louisiana to spread broadband in rural central and northeastern parts of the state, complaining that the Board of Regents' ...
Washington Post
“When trying to subsidize broadband in rural areas, there will be failures,” said Richard Bennett, a senior research fellow at Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a think tank supported by major telecommunications companies. ...
PCWorld
The problems can be complex, involving wireless bandwidth, processor performance and broadbandspeed, but failures often just end in frustration. Cisco thinks it can solve consumers' problems in one trip to the store and simultaneously rise above the ...
AllAfrica.com
Nigerians last week in Lagos, witnessed a renewed campaign for broadband access and penetration at the just-concluded 3rd West African Information and   Communications Technology (WAFICT) Congress, as almost all papers presented were focused on new ...
Siliconrepublic.com
As new 4G technologies like LTE arrive, will the country finally get decentbroadband? Across Europe, countries are getting ready to put vital wireless spectrum bands up for auction and usher in a vibrant new telecoms future. ...
Engadget
By Brad Molen posted Oct 27th 2011 11:27AM Now that both Rogers and Bell have alive and kickin'LTE networks, it's high time we see a full lineup on them, right? HTC's doing its part, at least, by offering the Raider 4G LTE (aka Holiday), ...
Sacramento Bee
By Anritsu Corporation RICHARDSON, Texas, Oct. 26, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Anritsu Corporation has established LTE leadership in the test equipment industry, with the confirmation at last week's Global Certification Forum (GCF) meeting that the company ...
Mobile bloom News
The Samsung Stratosphere 4G is the first Android smartphone with a side sliding QWERTY keyboard for the Verizon 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless broadband network. It is also the first Samsung smartphone on Verizon's 4G LTE network to launch for a ...
The Borneo Post
SETTING TARGETS: Toure says that the ITU will undertake the responsibility for measuring each country's progress towards the targets, producing an annual broadband report with rankings of nations worldwide in terms of broadband policy, ...
ZDNet Asia
By Jamie Yap , ZDNet Asia on October 27, 2011 (5 hours ago) Affordability   biggest barrier tobroadband adoption, and small drop in price can bring access within economic reach of those who may otherwise be digitally deprived, reveals analyst. ...
Engadget
By Brad Molen posted Oct 27th 2011 6:49AM We knew it was planning to grace Europe and Asia with its presence this month, but now we're hearing the   Motorola Pro+ 4G is ready to make its North American debut at Bell Canada. We're not seeing any large ...
TIME
The first handset will be Samsung's Exhibit II 4G, and it'll be available at Walmart starting October 27 for $200 without a contract, or $80 with a two-year agreement. The phone will go on sale elsewhere on November 2. On paper, the Exhibit II 4G isn't ...
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
IMS is the open standards architecture that enables any kind of multimedia or telephony access between any kind of device, either fixed or broadband, serving as a hub for multimedia communications in 4G networks, the company said. ...
China Daily
CHICAGO -- US-based VelaTel Global Communications announced Tuesday that it would form a joint venture with a Chinese company to deploy fourth-generation (4G) communication and information service networks in the Asian country. ...
Mashable
At just 7.1mm thin, Motorola claims that the Razr is the thinnest 4G LTE smartphone on the market. Thinness, the hallmark of the original Razr, is back in full force. Motorola touts the new woven Kevlar fiber back on the new device. ...
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Nick Clayton Slowly but surely the number of hotels offering decent quality Wi-Fi in with the room rate has increased. But it could be about to hit a roadblock. And the iPad is to blame. Along with other tablet computers, they are heavily used for ...
MarketWatch (press release)
ALISO VIEJO, CA, Oct 26, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- WiFi Wireless, Inc. (pinksheets:WFWL) announced today that after several weeks, the beta test that was conducted by a number of carefully selected industry professionals will result in bringing ...
PC Magazine
Instead, Verizon seems to be leaning towards deploying a fixed broadband LTE solution in rural areas, a fancy way of stating that it is planning to put a fixed wireless antenna in homes, which could communicate to computers or other devices via Wi-Fi ...
PCWorld
But Wi-Fi has become a ubiquitous standard used by a host of devices--including desktop PCs, laptops, netbooks, tablets, smartphones, printers, storage devices, and projectors. To determine whether you need to update or improve your Wi-Fi network, ...
Digitaltrends.com
Data speed on AT&T's HSPA+ 3G network (the carrier calls its network “4G” but it's not comparable to WiMax or LTE) was typical. In Manhattan, New York, we got an average of 1.5Mbps to 2.5Mbps download speeds and about 1Mbps to 1.5Mbps upload speeds. ...
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By Brad Molen posted Oct 27th 2011 10:21AM Bring it on, LTE-Advanced. In case you've been looking for ways to eat up your capped data plan any faster, a researcher from Samsung proclaims that speeds up to 5.5gbps (yes, with ag) might be reachable ...
By Cory Gunther
When Verizon announced their new 4G LTE network they had a few goals set in terms of the rollout, and how many customers would be able to take advantage of the.
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By Kelly Hodgkins
Hotel owners will have to decide whether they want to continue offering WiFi service to their visitors that's inexpensive to provide, but excruciatingly slow or   pay to upgrade their bandwidth and institute a paid tiered service for their customers. ...
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
By John Paczkowski
Apple has evidently found a way around the design compromises that have so far dissuaded it from releasing an LTE-capable iPhone. Industry sources tell Taiwanese trade mag DigiTimes that Apple will “join the LTE club in 2012. ...
AllThingsD
By Matt Lynley
Many of Apple's rivals have already started making 4G phones, but so far it hasn't been happy with the LTE chipsets. "The first generation of LTE chipsets force a lot of design compromises with the handset, and some of those, we are just not ...
Business Insider
By Kevin Krause
The Raider, an Android 2.3 device boasting a 4.5-inch qHD display, will bring   its LTE radio to Rogers in Canada, making it among the network's first devices to use the next-gen 4G technology. Rumors originating at MobileSyrup state that the ...
Android Phone Fans
By Tyler Lee
Enterprise users looking to get their hands on an Android smartphone will be pleased to hear that Motorola together with [...]
Ubergizmo
By Sam Churchill
DailyWireless.org covers current developments in broadband wireless, including WiMAXLTEWiFiand mobile aps. Online ... Walmart is increasing its line-up of affordable T-Mobile phones to six, including 4G prepaid handsets. The deal ...
By Phil Nickinson
A couple weeks into using the HTC Amaze 4G on T-Mobile, we've pretty much decided the most amazing thing about the device isn't the hardware, which of course is stellar. It's not the software, which is a further iteration of HTC Sense. ...
Android Central - Android Forums,...
By Ed Oswald
Three weeks after T-Mobile introduced a cheap no-contract 4G data plan through Walmart, the carrier on Wednesday revealed the promised 4G-capable phone to sell at the retailer: the Samsung Exhibit II4G. The phone runs Android 2.3 ...
BetaNews
By adamg
Steve Berry reports his Verizon 4G phone works as advertised when he's in a 4G coverage area, but that the problem is that his commute takes him into 3G territory and that's a problem: When the 4Gsignal is low and a 3G is ... The MiFi is a small device that acts as a wireless router for several nearby WiFi enabled devices. Secondly, he is incorrect - the Novatel MiFi 4G LTE offered by Verizon can be forced into 4G or 3G only operation. There's a bunch of links that explain how - here's ...
Universal Hub
By Melanie Pinola
Android: We heard about WiFiKill a while ago, but it just seemed too, well, evil to write about until now. The app disables the connection of other devices on the same Wi-Fi network; essentially you can bump people off without them knowing.
Lifehacker

U.S. Ranked 12th in Broadband Speed - 5.8 Mbps Average, up 9 ...
Akamai's list of the one hundred fastest broadband cities is unsurprisingly ... Links, Hotels May Charge More for Wi-Fi, Sprint: LTE Advanced on 1900MHz PCS ...
www.dslreports.com/.../US-Ranked-12th-in-Broadband-Speed...
UN sets global broadband targets - Digg
The UN is determined to see broadband as widely adopted as other vital services and has set ambitious new targets.
digg.com/news/technology/un_sets_global_broadband_targets

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