Clearwire and China Mobile link up for 4G time-div trials

Clearwire and China Mobile link up for 4G time-div trials
Register
By Bill Ray • Get more from this author As part of the Global TD-LTE Initiative US-based Clearwire and China Mobile are joining forces to test time-divisioned networks in both countries, though we'll likely see the technology in the UK too. ...

Wi-Fi networks under virus risk: IT analysts
The Hindu
Indian computer security analysts have detected and alerted Wi-Fi users in the country against a possible virus attack that could lead to crashing and hacking of secure networks. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), country's national ...

The Hindu

LG Optimus Pad LTE is the firm's first tablet with 4G LTE connectivity
Mobile Burn
LG has announced the Optimus Pad LTE, its latest Android tablet device. Following up on the Optimus Pad from last year, the Optimus Pad LTE is the first tablet from LG with built-in 4G LTEconnectivity. Like last-year's Optimus Pad, the Optimus Pad LTE ...

Verizon Wireless Expands Its 4G LTE Network in Metro Atlanta on Jan. 19
MarketWatch (press release)
19, Verizon Wireless customers in more areas of Atlanta can take advantage of Verizon Wireless' 4GLong Term Evolution (LTE) network, the fastest 4G network in the nation. The expanded 4G coverage area includes the residential and commercial areas in ...

Virgin Media in UK-wide broadband failure
BBC News
Cable broadband firm Virgin Media has said that services around the UK are now fully restored following a nationwide failure. The firm apologised to users for Tuesday evening's blackout and said that the issue has now been fixed. ...

BBC News

Smart 'LTE-ready' by mid-2012
Sun.Star
SMART Communications, Inc. (Smart) will upgrade its entire mobile phone network to “LTE-ready” status by as early as mid-2012, company officials said. “That means we will be able to activate LTEor HSPA+ services at any of our base stations, ...

Affordable broadband on cards for rural SA
Independent Online
As a result, the Western Cape provincial government and the City of Cape Town have now set themselves targets to have citizens in every town and village in the province get access to affordable broadband infrastructure at a minimum network speed of 1 ...

Independent Online

Holkham estate says better Norfolk broadband could inspire 'rural revival'
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
By CHRIS HILL, Rural affairs correspondent Wednesday, January 18, 2012 The Holkham estate has signed up for the EDP-backed Say Yes to Better Broadbandcampaign in the hope of inspiring a rural revival among its disused industrial buildings....

Norfolk Eastern Daily Press

Blame LTE for size increase in Android handsets
MobileSyrup.com
For a long time, the standard display size of an Android device was between 3.7- and 4-inches (think Nexus One and then Nexus S), but since the advent of WiMAX andLTE chips, handset sizes have increased dramatically to compensate for the bigger chips ...

MobileSyrup.com

Get a Kodak Pulse Wi-Fi digital photo frame with extras for $69
CNET
In a word: Wi-Fi. It can automatically fetch photos from your Facebook account and receive them directly via e-mail. That's right: the Pulse has its own e-mail address. (And you get to choose it, too.) Because the Pulse connects to your home Wi-Fi ...
 
CNET

Xoom WiFi tablet gets the official IML77 Android ICS update
SlashGear
If you own one of the Motorola Xoom WiFi tablets, you can now get the official update called IML77 that brings Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to your tablet. The update had rolled out previously to a handful of Xoom owners who had signed up for the ...

SlashGear

LS Research announces TiWi-SL: The first industrial temp-rated Wi-Fi module ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The FCC/IC-certified and ETSI-tested TiWi-SL utilizes the SimpleLink(TM) Wi-Fi CC3000 solution, launched today by Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI). Beyond the TiWi-SL module, LSR also announced that it is providing design services to customers ...

Tower ban regions face slower broadband
Sydney Morning Herald
''The local council has got to weigh up the impact [of] 30 and 40 metre towers, they are big monopole towers, but most local councils we speak to are very very keen to have much improved broadband services.'' ''It is very important that we do not set a ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Home appliances going Wi-Fi
Korea Times
Not only mobile devices but also home appliances like refrigerators are being equipped with Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity), which enables the use of the wireless Internet. The launch of Wi-Fi home appliances has to do with the increasing penetration of ...

Korea Times

PC Advisor Broadband Survey – last chance to vote
PC Advisor
By Rosemary Hattersley | PC Advisor | 18 January 12 Last summer, PC Advisor and our sister magazine Macworld invited UK-based readers to take part in our annual Home Broadband Survey. The indepth questionnaire allows customers of broadband ISPs large ...

The weird world of Wi-Fi router names
Chicago Tribune
Alexandra Janelli is a Wi-Fi detective. She tracks the fleeting cultural and social thoughts of the city — as long as those fleeting cultural and social thoughts have been contained within the 30 or 40 characters of a wireless router name. ...

Chicago Tribune

Asus denies Wi-Fi problems in Transformer Prime tablet
V3.co.uk
by Khidr Suleman Asus has moved to quash concerns about the Wi-Fi performance on its newly launched Transformer Prime tablet, and has offered customers a full refund or extended warranty if they are unhappy. "After extensive checks we can confirm that ...

V3.co.uk

4G Galaxy Tab 7.7ES launched
Pakistan Observer
Lahore—Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, has announced the availability of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7™, on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network. ...

NDN Study Estimates the Economic and Employment Gains From Investments in Next ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The study also estimates that a rapid transition from 3G to 4G mobile broadband networks could create more than 231000 additional jobs within a year. The study, "The Employment Effects of Advances in Internet and Wireless Infrastructure: Evaluating the ...

Redpine Signals Announces Industry's First Full-Featured and Self-Contained ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Redpine's WiSeConnect(TM) is the first to implement advanced features like Wi-Fi Direct and Enterprise security required for 802.11n Wi-Fi based machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity. With all the hardware and software required for not only standards ...

World LTE Market Database Now Available at MarketPublishers.com
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON, Jan 18, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- With over 49 fully commercial deployments and 200LTE-enabled devices available in the market as of January 2012, LTE adoption has considerably gained momentum from pole to pole. Driven by these early network ...

Airtel boosts broadband internet
Times of Zambia
By Business Reporter AIRTEL Zambia has announced the launch of the 3.75G upgraded internetbroadband technology for the highest internet speed as it reduced internet service costs by 91 per cent, down to just K98 per megabyte (MB). ...

South Yorkshire broadband scheme loses £9m in a year
ZDNet UK (blog)
By David Meyer , 18 January, 2012 12:12 Follow @superglaze South Yorkshire's super-fastbroadband scheme lost more than £9m last year and still hasn't found a major ISP to sell its connectivity to consumers, it has emerged. The Yorkshire Post reported ...

Mobily cuts "broadband @ home" renewal fees 50%
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
(MENAFN Press) (Mobily)'s subsidiary for data , Bayanat Al Oula, announced special discounts targeting "Broadband @home" service current subscribers and that give them discounts up to 50%. Bayanat Al Oula said that it has offered 15% discount for ...

LG makes Optimus Pad LTE official, 8.9-inch IPS tablet coming first ...
By Zachary Lutz
You've already seen this little guy in the wild, but LG has gone ahead and made its first LTE tablet very official -- ladies.
Engadget

LG Optimus Pad LTE announced | Ubergizmo
By George Wong
Today LG announced the launch of its first LTE-capable tablet, the Optimus Pad LTE. The tablet features LTE connectivity, an 8.9″ True HD (1280 x 720) IPS display, an 8-megapixel rear camera, a 2-megapixel front facing camera, ...
Ubergizmo

Cable is discovering the joys of Wi-Fi; why not mobile ...
By Kevin Fitchard
An alternate wireless network has been emerging in the U.S., one not built by the mobile operators but by cable providers. Cablevision, Time Warner Cable, and Comcast have all launched reams of Wi-Fi hotspots in their MSO footprints, and ...
GigaOM

Motorola XOOM WiFi Receiving Ice Cream Sandwich Update [IML77]
By Quentyn Kennemer
It appears the Motorola XOOM WiFi is receiving Ice Cream Sandwich today. A thread over at XDA is filled with users reporting that their devices have started.
Android Phone Fans

LG Optimus Pad LTE specs now available | Android Community
By Sam Koutroulakis
We'd seen some spyshots of the LG Optimus Pad LTE leak a while back, but now things are becoming more official. The tablet will be sporting an 8.9 IPS True HD.
Android Community

LG unveils its first LTE tablet - the Optimus Pad LTE - Tech News ...
By IBNLive.com editor@ibnlive.com
LG Electronics unveiled its first LTE-capable tablet - the Optimus Pad LTE. Initially launching in Korea, the tablet is touted to be equipped with both LTE technology and True HD IPS display.
IBN Top Headlines

ICS ROM For Motorola Xoom (Wi-Fi) Available [Download and Install]
By Richard Gutierrez
You can now Update your Motorola Xoom to Ice Cream Sandwich Rom Thanks to razorbladex401 of XDA Developers Forum, But this update is Strictly for Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi only. Some members of XDA said that they have updated their 3G ...
Android Authority

dailywireless.org » Clearwire and China Mobile Announce TD-LTE ...
By Sam Churchill
Clearwire and China Mobile today announced an agreement on TD-LTE test specifications and an interoperability testing plan. China Mobile and Clearwire both support the global 2.5 GHz spectrum band and TD-LTE. Clearwire and China ...
dailywireless.org

Mobily cuts 'broadband @ home' renewal fees 50% | Mobily (Etihad ...
Mobily's subsidiary for data, Bayanat Al Oula, announced special discounts targeting 'Broadband @ home' service current subscribers and that give them discounts up to 50%. Bayanat Al Oula said that...

Sub-$100 smartphones could offer wifi, e-reading potential ...
By Chris Meadows
A lot of attention has been given to sub-$100 e-readers such as the new crop of Kindles. But a report from PaidContent suggests another generation of sub-$100.
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