Consumers coming to expect free carrier Wi-Fi

Consumers coming to expect free carrier Wi-Fi
GigaOm
22, 2011, 6:15am PT No Comments Two numbers stood out in Wi-Fi aggregator Devicescape's third-quarter customer survey released today. The first: 83 percent of Devicescape customers surveyed believed that operators owe it to their customers to provide ...
LTE Mobile Broadband Subscribers to Reach Almost 430m by 2016 but Will Only ...
MarketWatch (press release)
HAMPSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, Nov 22, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Juniper Research forecasts a rapid uptake of LTE mobile broadband technology in the next five years but with a very limited global reach. Subscriber levels will attain 428m by 2016 but ...
Broadband costs should follow int'l practices
China Daily
By Yang Cheng (China Daily) One of China's top telecommunication experts said, in a recent comment on the monopoly held by the country's two broadband access providers, that they need to get their prices in line with international standards and cut ...
Revised LTE tender deters Chinese vendors, some local ISPs
TeleGeography
A number of telecoms equipment vendors and internet service providers have opted not to pursue their previously-expressed interest in Kenya's 'open access' Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, Business Daily Africa reports. ...
Max WiFi launches Venue WiFi Service at Mermaid Conference and Events Centre
ITCM
Leading WiFi and Communications Company for the events industry Max WiFi, announces its new Venue WiFi Service for managed venues with the Mermaid Conference and Events Centre being the first to have it installed. Using the latest enterprise grade ...
Gear Picks: Samsung Galaxy S II ready for new LTE high-speed network
Ottawa Citizen
By Gillian Shaw, Postmedia News November 22, 2011 7:37 AM The Samsung Galaxy S II LTE is the first phone to be activated on Rogers that takes advantage of the company's new LTE network, launched in Ottawa last summer and with Toronto, Montreal and ...
Navigate the Mobile Broadband Devices Ecosystem: Complimentary Content ...
MarketWatch (press release)
21, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A new research service from Pyramid Research gives mobile network operators and their investors a clear roadmap for navigating the mobile broadband devices ecosystem. Download a complimentary report sample and excel ...
Evolving Wireless Market Leads to Surging Demand for Products From VirnetX and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
NEW YORK, NY, Nov 22, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The 4G wireless market is being sold as the biggest and most revolutionary development to hit wireless networks in years. The quickly expanding market is providing a boost to companies like VirnetX ...
Only One in Five Consumers 'OK' With Their Mobile Broadband Speeds
PR Newswire (press release)
The latest poll from Broadband Genie has found that just 20 per cent of mobile broadband users are happy with their speeds. Of more than 1500 people polled, less than 100 (just 5.3 per cent) said they were definitely happy with their mobile broadband ...
Verizon Wireless 4G coming to region
Nashua Telegraph
Verizon Wireless said Monday that its 4G network, which they call Long Term Evolution (LTE), will come to Nashua, Manchester and other parts of southern New Hampshire next month. The New Hampshire rollout, an extension up from eastern Massachusetts, ...
8ta moots LTE as copper replacement
TechCentral
You can also leave a comment below this article Telkom's mobile operator 8ta is looking at next-generation long-term evolution (LTE) mobile technology as a possible replacement for copper in selected areas and as a way of meeting expected growth in...
4000 WiFi Villages To Be Set Up By End Of 2012
Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 22 (Bernama) -- About 4000 WiFi villages are expected to be set up nationwide by end of 2012, Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said today. He said currently, there were only 1400 WiFi villages ...
Wi-Fi taking advantage of more parts of the spectrum
New Electronics
The first applications for the technology which was to become IEEE802.11, or Wi-Fi, were not aimed at the business environment. Instead, developers were looking to create technology which addressed point of sale systems and the like. In its early days, ...
Motorola Droid RAZR 4G Tech Specs Review, Retail Price Slashed to One Penny
Mobile bloom News
The Motorola Droid RAZR was released on the Verizon Wireless LTE 4G network on November 11, and the handset arrived as the thinnest 4G smartphone in the entire mobile marketplace. The Android handset comes packaged with Google's 2.3.5 Gingerbread ...
Opposition force review into decision to reject broadband cash for Bath area
Bath Chronicle
A controversial move to reject Government funding to improve broadband speeds in the Bath area is to be reviewed. Opposition politicians have forced a meeting to discuss whether council money should be spent on joining up with neighbouring local ...
FCC Says Broadband Expansion Will Add Jobs
National Journal
The FCC says a plan to expand broadband to underserved rural areas could create 500000 jobs. The Federal Communications Commission says that its plan to bring broadband Internet to the countryside will produce 500000 jobs over the next six years. ...
LTE Beats Out iPhone
The Chosun Ilbo
Rival LTE is performing much better. Some 500000 LTE phones were sold over the past month and a half. LTE phones' wireless Internet speed is five times faster than the iPhone 4S', and it has a slightly larger screen. Some iPhone customers are ...
Net Neutrality: Mobile Broadband Suppliers Discriminate Against BitTorrent
TorrentFreak
According to a new report on Net Neutrality, users of mobile broadband services who hope that all of their Internet traffic will be prioritized equally will be disappointed. While much traffic is left unhindered, the report from the organization ...
Towns connect to broadband fibre link
ABC Online
A broadband backbone link that will service communities in northern Victoria is open for business. The federal Minister for Broadband, Stephen Conroy, says the new Broken Hill fibre link will give retail service providers the opportunity to offer ...
OSN to Launch Multiscreen Broadband TV Service With KIT digital
MarketWatch (press release)
OSN will now be able to leverage the KIT Video Platform to significantly increase operational workflow efficiencies while delivering advanced broadband TV experiences to audiences anytime, anywhere." About KIT digital, Inc. KIT digital ...
HTC Rezound 4G Receives Retail Price Drop to One Penny, Free $100 Amazon Gift Card
Mobile bloom News
Also included with the HTC Rezound 4G Android device is a set of custom-made in-the-ear ear buds which come equipped with a remote and mic built into the cord. These were made specifically to access the Beats by Dr. Dre software. ...
Hello 4G: Telstra High Speed Handsets Hit Q1?
ChannelNews
By Oonagh Reidy | Tuesday | 22/11/2011 The landing date for first 4G mobiles in Australia has been revealed by Telstra as it launched 4G in Armidale and Tamworth, NSW, amongst the first two towns to get super speed 4G operating over 1800/850MHz ...
China Mobile ramps up 4G as data demand rises
Rethink Wireless
By CAROLINE GABRIEL China Mobile is to add up to 20000 TD-LTE base stations to its trial networks in 2012, possibly paving the way for commercial roll-out far earlier than government sources had indicated. This is being driven by a sharp increase in ...
Research and Markets: LTE, LTE-Advanced and WiMax: Towards IMT-Advanced Networks
Benzinga (press release)
Delivering such services can be possible only through realizing broadband in the wireless. Two candidate technologies are currently competing in fulfilling the requirements for wireless broadbandnetworks, WiMAX and LTE. At the moment, LTE and its ...
Comcast's holiday gift to broadband users: a wireless gateway
GigaOm
21, 2011, 4:49pm PT No Comments Comcast is hoping to drive more broadband usage this holiday season, and it's giving away free 802.11N wireless router to do so. The cable company announced Monday that new customers of its upper-tier broadband services ...
Smart meters blamed for Wi-Fi interference
FierceCIO
More than 200 consumers in Maine have reported that the smart meters used by Central Maine Power are causing interference to their Wi-Fi routers and other wireless electronics. Installed to facilitate reading the meters remotely, the smart meter ...
Clearwire May Stiff Sprint on Payment, Fuels Tension
Mobiledia
By Sandy Fitzgerald | Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:26 pm Clearwire may skip a huge debt payment coming due in two weeks, which may strong-arm Sprint into a deal to avoid a blow to its 4G strategy. Clearwire CEO Erik Prusch told the Wall Street Journal ...
Ethertronics' New EtherSmart LTE 1.0 Enables Consistently High
RF Globalnet (press release)
Ethertronics, a leading technology company enabling innovative antenna and RF solutions to deliver the best connected experience, recently announced its EtherSmart LTE 1.0 Phone Adaptive Antenna solution for smartphones and tablets. ...
Thanks to iOS 5, some users lose WiFi connectivity -- Engadget
By Zachary Lutz
Of all the enhancements to discover in Apple's iOS 5 upgrade, it seems that an unforeseen monster may have snuck its way into the release.
Engadget
Motorola Xoom 4G LTE for $199 and more from Verizon on Black ...
By Cory Gunther
I'm sure we'll be seeing plenty more deals for Black Friday over the next few days so you'll all just have to wait until you see something worthy, then go big.
Android Community
HTC Radar Review: 4G Phone For T-Mobile Is Speedy, Cheap
By The Huffington Post News Editors
THE CAPTAIN GADGET 5-PARAGRAPH REVIEW OF:The HTC Radar 4G From T-Mobile(1.) Too many new smartphones try to mimic that elongated black-box look of the iPhone; the HTC Radar 4G, mercifully, does not. Available exclusively ...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Verizon Starts Announcing New Set of 4G LTE Markets Set to Go ...
By Kellex
Verizon is in the process of unveiling its latest batch of 4G LTE markets to end the 2011 calendar year. For whatever reason, they don't always make this call in one massive press release, so we will be updating this list as we see the word go ...
Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog
Verizon To Expand 4G LTE Markets By 30+ Cities On December ...
By Justin Routhier
Just in time for the holidays and those all those brand new LTE devices wrapped neatly under the tree, Verizon will be adding more than thirty new markets to their impressive 4G coverage map. Recent figures suggest Big Red is providing ...
Android News, Rumours, and Updates
Ericsson study: Doubling UAE broadband speed can increase GDP ...
A new report, conducted jointly by Ericsson, Arthur D. Little and Chalmers University of Technology quantifies the isolated impact of broadband speed, showing that doubling the broadband speed for...
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HTC Amaze 4G Review: A Smartphone for Shutterbugs
By info@brighthand.com
T-Mobile subscribers who want a camera-centric smartphone should consider the HTC Amaze 4G, an Android model that has one of the best available. Beyond its 8 MP camera, it sports a 4.3-inch display and a 1.5GHz dual-core processor.
Brighthand.com Handheld News and Reviews
dailywireless.org » Dish LTE-Advanced Called “Ollo”
By Sam Churchill
“According to two trademark applications Dish filed for Ollo on Nov. 9, the company would like to be able to use the brand for both mobile equipment and services, including mobile phones, tablets, and telecommunications services. Among the ...
dailywireless.org
Report: Home WiFi Usage to Double by 2015 | Telecompetitor
By Andrew Burger
WiFi bandwidth will increase from 55% of total bandwidth used in 2011 to more than 75% in 2015.
Telecompetitor
LTE: Super Comittee Failure | GantDaily.com
By Gant Team
Clearly negotiation and compromise have been replaced by stone walling, politics and political agendas. The super committee has only served to verify the.
GantDaily.com
Verizon vs. AT&T: Battle of the LTE Android Phones
By Alexander Maxham
Verizon has three great LTE devices already available or becoming available really soon – the Motorola Droid Razr, HTC Rezound, and the Galaxy Nexus. But here is the confusing part about the Galaxy Nexus: Google updated the Nexus ...
Android Authority
African broadband users 'to exceed 250 million by 2015' (Digital ...
The study, from Informa Telecoms & Media, found that the number of broadband connections over cellular networks in Africa will exceed 250 million by the end of 2015. The report, entitled "Broadbandin Africa," forecasts that a fifth of Internet ...
Digital Knowledge Centre - Digital...
Sprint Community: Gingerbread destroys Wi-Fi speed
By sprintcomtcharp
So here's another complaint about the the now infamous Gingerbread update on the Epic 4g. After doing a factory reset to restore some battery life, I now find that my wi-fi is slower than roaming would be. It is essentially no network at all. ...
Sprint Community : All Content...
Light Reading Mobile - Wireless Bits - Backhaulin' LTE in London
12:40 PM O2's LTE trial network in London makes some points about point-to- multipoint wireless backhaul systems.
www.lightreading.com/blog.asp?blog_sectionid=414...id...

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