In December 2009, Swedish mobile operator TeliaSonera launched the world’s first commercial LTE network.
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Ultrabrief: Status Update: How is the world’s first commercial LTE network doing? [Sweden]
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Ultrabrief: Status Update: How is the world’s first commercial LTE network doing? [Sweden]
Monday, March 8th, 2010Mobile World Congress 2010: I came, I saw, I walked away underwhelmed
Monday, March 8th, 2010
Three weeks ago today I, and about 50,000 other people, walked through the two towers that stand at the entrance of the Fira de Barcelona and attended the first day of Mobile World Congress 2010. This was my second time at the show, and for some of my colleagues it was their third visit, so we all had a rough idea of what was going to happen. Expectations were set appropriately low , with only a few glimpses of hope for Windows Mobile 7, Android, and … well that’s it
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Mobile World Congress 2010: I came, I saw, I walked away underwhelmed
Verizon hit with major data outages
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Verizon Wireless said it has fixed a software issue that caused customers east of the Mississippi to not receive mobile data or get 3G at pathetic speeds. he nation’s largest mobile operator said there was a bad switch software at one of their data centers that caused slower data speeds, or no access at all to the 3G network. The network was suffering for about four hours and Verizon ( NYSE: VZ ) did not say how many users were impacted
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Verizon hit with major data outages
FCC seeks more wireless spectrum for mobile broadband data networks
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
The FCC is looking to free up to 500 megahertz of spectrum for wireless broadband over the next ten years and it will try to buy the airwaves from broadcasters. The move would help avert what FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski calls a “ spectrum crisis ” that could leave data-hungry mobile devices like the iPhone, Droid, and 3G-enabled laptops starving for wireless data AT&T ( NYSE: T ), for example, has seen a 5,000% increase in mobile data usage over the last three years thanks to the iPhone. Existing airwave holders like Fox, NBC, and ABC will be able to voluntarily give up spectrum for a cut of the auction proceeds
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If your operator turns on CPC (continuous packet connectivity) your handset’s battery life can be doubled
Friday, February 12th, 2010
Now I’m no network engineer, but if Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) Siemens Networks is to believed then once an operator enables “continuous packet connectivity” (CPC) on their HSPA+ network, the battery life of the mobile phone in your pocket can be increased by 100% if you’re transferring data, and by 50% for voice calls. There are many unanswered questions here. How does this work, why doesn’t it work on vanilla HSPA and UMTS, will the same type of improvements be obtainable with LTE
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If your operator turns on CPC (continuous packet connectivity) your handset’s battery life can be doubled
Novatel Wireless completes first dual-carrier HSPA+ data transmission
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Novatel Wireless has announced that it has successfully completed another data transmission (see the post about 4G data here ), this time over dual-carrier HSPA+, using Qualcomm ( NSDQ: QCOM )’s MDM8220 chipset.
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Novatel Wireless completes first dual-carrier HSPA+ data transmission
Ericsson to cut 1,500 more jobs; Q4 profits down 94%, 09 profits down 67%
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Ericsson, the company that makes the network equipment that powers AT&T’s network, and who accidentally sent the installation instructions in Swedish rather than English thereby explaining why their network sucks so much, reported their Q4 2009 numbers yesterday and as expected they were brutal.
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Ericsson to cut 1,500 more jobs; Q4 profits down 94%, 09 profits down 67%
VNL: Solar powered GSM network, takes 6 hours to install, needs only two people
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Connecting the poorest of the poor to the rest of the world isn’t simply a matter of making a cheap mobile handset. Networks need to be in place so people can use that Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) 1100 they’ve been saving up for 6 months to buy
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VNL: Solar powered GSM network, takes 6 hours to install, needs only two people
Local cable operator in Oregon uses HSPA+ to connect last mile customers
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
BendBroadband, an operator you never heard of, is a family owned ISP that has been operating out of Central Oregon since 1955. They’re in the business of providing service to as many people as possible, but digging up the roads to lay cable is too costly
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Local cable operator in Oregon uses HSPA+ to connect last mile customers
Up to 19 LTE networks to go live in 2010, 36 networks to be operational in 2012; list of who and where!
Friday, December 11th, 2009
The GSA (Global Suppliers Association) is reporting that over the past 8 months there has been a near 100% increase in the number of operators around the world committing to the LTE standard .
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Up to 19 LTE networks to go live in 2010, 36 networks to be operational in 2012; list of who and where!