Jan 07
Voice, data, and a battery backup for those times when ice storms take out your landline: that’s the promise Novatel Wireless’ MiFi Home is making, also known as the Verizon … Continue reading
Oct 02
The last thing you want to do after buying yourself a sleek, ultra-slim laptop is muck up its lovely form factor with an ungainly mobile WiFi hotspot hanging off a USB port. So taking inspiration from the Eye-Fi, Huawei has cooked up its own SD card that’s gutted to make room for a nano SIM slot and a HSPA+ 3G radio to give your laptop mobile internet wherever you roam.
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Aug 19
MiFi creator Novatel Wireless is developing a new home hub, dubbed the “MiFi Tower”, not only cutting the cord on traditional voice and data, but integrating smart home functionality as well. The LTE device, already in testing and outlined during the company’s recent financial results call, is billed as “MiFi Powered” and blurring the distinction […]
Aug 06
FreedomPop’s namesake free data hasn’t been especially fast given its reliance on WiMAX and EV-DO, but the company is taking a big step forward with just-launched support for Sprint’s LTE network. Those who buy the $149 FreedomSpot 5580 LTE hotspot (pictured above) can get truly high speeds without having to pay a cent for regular service. Future devices and LTE-friendly smartphone service are also coming, although there is a big catch. That free tier is still capped at 500MB per month — take full advantage of LTE and you’re more likely to either pay overage fees or switch to one of FreedomPop’s paid plans. Even so, the upgraded service may be tempting for those who aren’t willing to sacrifice performance at any price.
Filed under: Wireless, Networking, Sprint
Source: FreedomPop
May 23
Hong Kong’s CSL preps network for LTE Cat 4, offers Huawei’s 150 Mbps mobile hotspot (video)
Posted in: Today's Chili
With Hong Kong boasting pretty much the fastest average internet speed on this planet, it’s no surprise that the city is also one of the first to launch commercial 150 Mbps LTE Cat 4 service — just right after SingTel’s launch in Singapore earlier this month. Announced yesterday by CSL (who operates both one2free and the more premium 1010), its FD-LTE network takes advantage of the recently acquired 5MHz extended spectrum, in order to increase the capacity of 2600MHz from 2 x 15MHz to 2 x 20MHz. This upgrade is what enables Cat 4 download speed of up to 150Mbps on compatible devices, and it went live yesterday.
The company’s 1800MHz spectrum will also get an upgrade from 2 x 10MHz to 2 x 15MHz in June, followed by another jump to 2 x 20MHz towards the end of the year. You’ll find a live demo video (courtesy of RingHK) showing the performance difference between Cat 3 and Cat 4 after the break, with CTO Christian Daigneault claiming he’s seen a speed increase of up to twice as fast in the lab.
Filed under: Wireless
Source: Engadget Chinese, RingHK (Chinese), Huawei
May 21
If your city is one of the many that’s part of Sprints ongoing LTE rollout (or will be soon), then the network’s just announced three tri-band mobile broadband devices for your consideration. The hope, it seems, is that as different parts of Sprint’s LTE spectrum become available (including spectrum from Clearwire), coverage and network performance of the devices will improve. The hardware offerings are Novatel’s MiFi 500 LTE, the Netgear Zing Mobile Hotspot and 341U USB dongle, and are slated to be available by summer. No confirmed availability dates or prices just yet. Sprint also hints at tri-band LTE phones from Samsung and LG to follow. In the meantime, however, you’d better get set up with your Data Link and Static IP.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Sprint
Via: Phonescoop
Mar 26
T-Mobile’s Sonic 2.0 mobile hotspot revealed, brings LTE-powered WiFi to the masses
Posted in: Today's Chili 
T-Mobile’s UnCarrier announcement event is taking place a little later today, but some bits of news have started to leak out ahead of time. First was the BlackBerry Z10, and now comes an LTE mobile hotspot, the Sonic 2.0. It’s T-mo’s first LTE mifi and can feed data to up to eight devices at a time. Not only that, it’s compatible with both Mac OSX 10.8 and Windows 8, plus Microsofties get the added benefit of compatibility with the Win8 Carrier application so users can easily access real-time data usage info for every connected gadget. As for the hardware, the Sonic 2.0 has a 1.77-inch color LCD on the front, a 3,000 mAh battery, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and quadband LTE and 3G radios on board. There’s also a MicroSD card slot for simple file sharing of up to 32GB cards. It’ll be available by the end of the month, though we don’t yet know how much it’ll cost. Guess you’ll have to tune into our liveblog to find out.
Filed under: Wireless, Internet, Mobile
Via: Laptop Mag
Source: T-Mobile
Mar 06
Globalgig expands its roaming MiFi coverage into more English-speaking countries (plus Sweden and Denmark)
Posted in: Today's Chili 
More good new for anyone that likes to buy their overseas data in bulk. Voiamo’s Globalgig service is making good on its promise of worldwide domination expansion, announcing deals with carriers in Ireland, Hong Kong, Sweden and Denmark. The company has also detailed a 18-month deal that will net users the typically $119 MiFi for free, with the same per-month pricing as its off-contract setup. Monthly charges start at a (now reduced) $17 for a gig of data, moving up to 10GB for $80 a month. Our overseas editors will be putting Globalgig’s MiFi through its paces at Expand in a few weeks time.
Filed under: Wireless
Source: Globalgig, Pocket-lint
Feb 04
The second touchscreen LTE mobile hotspot has just been announced for AT&T. Known as the Unite, the Sierra Wireless device will be available on the network February 8th and will cost you no more than 99 cents after a two-year contract gets involved. This particular device, which has a 2.4-inch display, boasts a 10-hour battery life with regular use (10 days standby). For more info about the Unite, head to the source link below.
Filed under: Peripherals, Wireless, Mobile, AT&T
Source: AT&T
Jan 29
Verizon has updated its mobile hotspot range, adding the Verizon Jetpack 4G LTE MiFi 5510L to its line-up of high-speed mobile data options. The new MiFi, made by Novatel Wireless, will go on sale from Thursday, January 31 through Verizon’s online store priced at $19.99 following a $50 mail-in rebate and assuming a new, two-year data plan agreement.
According to Novatel, the MiFi 5510L will share its 4G connection with up to ten WiFi-tethered devices simultaneously. There’s also VPN support, including VPN Pass-through for enterprise users, and SPI Firewall.
On the front there’s a display and touch-sensitive keys, and Novatel has added in real-time data use tracking so that subscribers can see exactly how much of their LTE allowance they’re chewing through. That’s particularly useful since the new Jetpack can be used with a Share Everything Plan, tapping into some of your overall data bundle pot.
The 5510L is the latest in a line of Verizon/Novatel Jetpack-branded models, most recently the 890L of mid-2012. Whereas that MiFi version promised up to six hours of active runtime on a single charge, the new Jetpack delivers up to eight hours of continuous use, so Novatel claims.
Verizon Jetpack MiFi 5510L lands Jan 31: LTE sharing for twenty bucks is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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