4G
Ready to Take the Plunge Building an LTE Device? Look Before Your Leap
June 28, 2011 2:10 pm | by Andrew Green, Sierra Wireless | Articles | CommentsWhile analysts have been haggling over the true definition of 4G, the mobile industry has been steadily coalescing around LTE as the de facto standard for the next generation of mobile broadband.
Report: Verizon LTE Slams '4G' Competition Nationwide
June 28, 2011 8:25 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsVerizon Wireless' LTE network is the fastest out there, according to PC Magazine's latest research.
T-Mobile Touts 4G Slide
June 28, 2011 8:18 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsT-Mobile USA, today announced the next iteration of its myTouch devices, with the myTouch 4G Slide...
4G Makes High Performance Location Integral to the Mobile User Experience
June 23, 2011 1:23 pm | by Martin Feuerstein, Polaris Wireless | Articles | CommentsHigh-performance location is more than just about accuracy; it also encompasses advances in the location's time-to-fix, consistency, reliability and battery efficiency.
Advanced PHY: The Smart Approach to LTE Deployments
June 3, 2011 9:47 pm | by Steve Caliguri, Acorn Technologies | Articles | CommentsThe fact is that LTE performance will remain vulnerable to many of the operational realities that plague today's networks...
Operators' Struggle with Video On Demand
May 23, 2011 6:12 pm | by Marwan Jabri, OnMobile | Articles | CommentsNetflix's critical differentiator is that it allows consumers to access video when it is convenient for them – on demand.
AT & T Announces Samsung Infuse 4G Availability
May 6, 2011 8:06 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAT&T today rolled out its fastest HSPA+ smartphone yet, the Samsung Infuse 4G.
Sprint Gets Nexus S 4G by Samsung
March 21, 2011 7:42 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsThe Nexus S 4G made by Samsung Telecommunications America sports Google Voice integration and Android 2.3/Gingerbread.
Report Examines Network Speeds
March 16, 2011 8:19 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsWith all the hubbub surrounding "4G," it's a valid question to ask which next-generation flavor is actually providing faster speeds to mobile customers.
Round Up: 4G Smartphones, Tablets
February 7, 2011 12:05 pm | by Andrew Berg | Articles | CommentsThis year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas turned out to be the year of 4G. While no one seems to have a specific definition for "4G," the carriers, regardless of their wireless flavor of choice, are ready and willing to market around the term.
Extreme Unveils E4G Routers
February 7, 2011 7:11 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsEthernet infrastructure provider Extreme Networks has come out with a new family of backhaul routers.
AT & T Slaps 4G Label on HSPA+, LTE
January 6, 2011 7:22 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsAT&T has joined T-Mobile USA in marketing its HSPA+ services as 4G as it works to convince consumers it has competitive mobile broadband services...
Sprint Expands 4G Device Portfolio
January 4, 2011 7:24 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsSprint today announced a pair of WiMAX-capable devices, including a new smartphone and mobile hot spot.
All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Antenna
December 13, 2010 12:31 pm | by Steve Caliguri, Acorn Technologies | Articles | CommentsAs 4G networks rise from infancy and become the cool kids of the wireless playground, network operators and device manufacturers make big promises about blazing multimedia performance, zero-lag voice communications and enough apps to guarantee a varsity-caliber revenue boost.
Convergence of the Packet Core & Mobile Backhaul
December 13, 2010 12:13 pm | by Stuart Benington, Tellabs | Articles | CommentsThe question becomes exactly which aspects of the network to converge, when, and how to do it. Convergence can mean a lot of things in different parts of the network. For example, convergence already has happened in the mobile backhaul space at both the physical and virtual layers...
WiMAX Roams into Jamaica, Taiwan
December 9, 2010 7:11 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsSprint has landed its first international WiMAX roaming agreements with Digicel in Jamaica and Global Mobile in Taiwan...
Sprint CEO Talks Clearwire Competition
December 8, 2010 7:09 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsSprint CEO Dan Hesse yesterday talked about Sprint's relationship with Clearwire at D: Dive into Mobile...
Leap Mulls Clearwire, LightSquared for 4G
December 8, 2010 7:07 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsLeap Wireless is considering using wholesale agreements to get into the 4G space, company President and CEO Doug Hutcheson said at a UBS conference today.
Report: Sprint Looking to 4G Deal with T-Mobile
December 3, 2010 7:20 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsSprint Nextel says it supports a network accord between Clearwire and Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA.
Tech Insights-Streaming Video: The (Network) Killer App
November 24, 2010 8:34 am | by Elliott Drucker | Articles | CommentsBack when wireless operators were first deploying third-generation networks and before the advent of smartphones, there was an ongoing quest to find the "killer app." This was to be the signature data application for nascent 3G networks that would excite traditional voice users sufficiently...
T-Mobile Expands HSPA+, Calls It 4G
November 3, 2010 8:37 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsAfter months of flirting with the marketing around its HSPA+ network, T-Mobile USA dropped all pretenses as it turned on the service in six new markets, billing the service as 4G.
Network Crashing? Poor Battery Life? Mobile Apps Might Be the Problem
November 2, 2010 3:27 pm | by Michael Luna, SEVEN | Articles | CommentsThe proliferation of data usage has led to significant problems with call completion and Internet access in urban areas like San Francisco and New York. One New Yorker was told that up to 30 percent of iPhone calls are dropped on average.
DPI Comes to Fore in Network Management
November 1, 2010 7:46 am | by Maisie Ramsay | Articles | CommentsDeep packet inspection and other network management tools will become commonplace as WiMAX and LTE networks scale across the globe.
4G and the Customer Experience
October 28, 2010 6:44 am | by Ranga Thittai, InfoVista | Articles | CommentsFailure to ensure quality of experience (QoE) can have disastrous consequences when it comes to customer retention and revenue.With every dropped call, dropped packet, instance of jitter or failed download, a mobile service provider risks losing subscribers and high-value business customers to the competition.
Key Service Provider 4G Considerations
October 28, 2010 6:32 am | by Eran Eshed, Altair Semiconductor | Articles | CommentsWhen Sony launched Aibo in 1999, the product received much acclaim. It was soon-after named one of “The Best of What’s New” products by Popular Science magazine, and held the promise of someday being “genuinely useful,” according to the magazine’s write-up.
