US Cellular has outed a new 4G home router, offering LTE connectivity for those who perhaps aren’t served by traditional DSL or cable providers, or who don’t want to be … Continue reading
T-Mobile is offering free 4G data for tablets, allowing subscribers with post-paid phone accounts to add their 4G-enabled slate to their agreement and, for a limited period, get 1GB of … Continue reading
AT&T to strengthen voice and data on the NYC subway with 242 additional stations connected
Posted in: Today's ChiliIn April of 2013, AT&T announced that it had connected the first 36 NYC subway stations to its voice and data networks. This month, almost exactly a year later, AT&T … Continue reading
Apple is reportedly poaching Broadcom engineers as it develops its own baseband processors, the complex chips responsible for the wireless connectivity in iPhones and iPads, as the iOS company tries … Continue reading
T-Mobile USA has launched a new “value” plan, Simple Starter, offering LTE data including tethering, along with unlimited talk and text, for $40 per month. The new plan, part of … Continue reading
No, it’s not an hilarious analyst April Fools’ Day joke. Although, the elementary logic may suggest otherwise: larger screen phones — such as phablets — are a key driver in increased mobile video consumption. Read More
A new version of Microsoft’s Surface 2 tablet, this time packing integrated LTE connectivity for getting online while on the move, will go on sale from March 18th. The Windows … Continue reading
T-Mobile has started a new LTE roll-out, aiming to upgrade half of its existing 2G/EDGE spectrum to 4G by the end of 2014, along with an ambitious roadmap to use … Continue reading
Sprint’s Chairman was recently quoted as saying 4G LTE connectivity in the US is “horrible”, and we’re not sure if it is a coincidence because around the same time, a certain piece of technology called the pCell was announced which will supposedly improve phone reception, connectivity issues, reduce battery strain, and at the same time increase data speeds that are apparently 1,000 faster than 4G, according to a report by Business Insider.
The device is made by a company called Artemis and basically what it does is that it will help to reduce the need for big, power-hungry, and not to mention expensive cell towers with small devices like the pWave, pictured above. What makes this different from cell towers is that they can be placed anywhere, versus cell towers that have to be placed at a certain distance from one another to prevent interference. (more…)
pCell Technology Could Help Carriers Provide Better Reception And Speeds original content from Ubergizmo.
NVIDIA has added LTE to its Tegra NOTE 7 tablet, with the Tegra NOTE 7 LTE set to take the previously WiFi-only Android slate online from Q2, while also broadening … Continue reading