4G

India 4G Spectrum Auction Hits $1.9B

June 4, 2010 8:22 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

Bids for one pan-India spectrum license in the 2.3 GHz band reached 8,979 crore rupees, or $1.9 billion, on the ninth day of the country's 4G spectrum auction.

4G wireless: It's Fast, But Outstripped by Hype

June 1, 2010 8:06 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | News | Comments

Cell phone companies are about to barrage consumers with advertising for the next advance in wireless network technology: "4G" access.

India 4G Spectrum Auction Hits $670M on Day Two

May 25, 2010 7:48 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

Bids for India's 4G spectrum auction reached almost 32 billion rupees, or $670 million...

iPad & Co. Add New Layer to Traffic Congestion

May 20, 2010 9:42 am | by Jonathon Gordon, Allot Communications | Articles | Comments

As the iPad craze creates even more bandwidth congestion, how can we ensure that we can get the most out of these latest and greatest devices?

FCC Lauds Verizon Rural 4G Effort

May 13, 2010 8:10 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

The FCC had kind words for Verizon Wireless' plan to license its 4G spectrum to rural carriers...

TeliaSonera Denmark 4G License Expands Nordic Reach

May 11, 2010 8:16 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

Nordic operator TeliaSonera says it paid Danish Kroner 336.3 million, or $57.48 million U.S., for a 4G spectrum license in Denmark.

Wireless Infrastructure Sharing = Savings for Operators

May 7, 2010 3:24 pm | by Terry Norman, Analysys Mason | Articles | Comments

Regulators and operators are more successful in reaching agreement on networking-sharing deals. In fact, organizations called "towercos" have emerged to provide site-sharing facilities and services.

Clearwire, Sprint, Comcast Roll Out More 4G

May 5, 2010 8:16 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

Clearwire, Comcast and Sprint today announced plans to launch their respective 4G mobile Internet services to additional cities in the summer of 2010.

T-Mobile’s Wholesale 4G Cure

May 4, 2010 1:12 pm | by Maisie Ramsay | Blogs | Comments

T-Mobile takes a look at using wholesale to provide 4G.

Comcast Launches 3G in Boston

May 4, 2010 8:01 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

Comcast is making further inroads into the U.S. wireless market with the launch of its High-Speed 2go service in Boston...

Synopsys Releases Latest Master Controller IP

May 3, 2010 7:11 am | by GoingWimax.com | News | Comments

Synopsys released the DesignWare MIPI 4G DigRF Master Controller IP. It is the first 4G vendor to offer a complete IP portfolio for both MIPI DigRF v3 and v4 standards.

LTE vs WiMAX: A Little 4G Sibling Rivalry

May 2, 2010 8:11 am | by GoingLTE.com | News | Comments

The recent increase of mobile data usage and emergence of new applications such as MMOG (Multimedia Online Gaming), mobile TV, Web 2.0, streaming contents motivated the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to work on the Long-Term Evolution (LTE).

Network Speeds: Different Strokes

April 23, 2010 12:07 pm | Articles | Comments

The next few years are going to be a wild ride for networks

Highway Congestion: The Case for Optimization

April 13, 2010 10:47 am | by Joel Brand, Bytemobile | Articles | Comments

The United States has the most advanced highway system in the world — today's equivalent of 4G/LTE networks of the wireless world — yet my commute on a terribly congested six-lane highway is still a miserable experience.

MetroPCS to Launch 4G Handset

March 26, 2010 8:10 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

Prepaid carrier MetroPCS will launch Samsung's slick new 4G handset in the second half of this year.

Sprint Unveils 3G-4G Smartphone

March 24, 2010 10:02 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

At a coming-out party of sorts at CTIA yesterday, Sprint took the wraps off the world's first dual-mode 3G/4G Android device, the HTC EVO.

Tellabs Smart GGSN Empowers 3G Networks with 4G Performance

March 23, 2010 9:39 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments

As a torrent of mobile Internet traffic floods their 3G networks, mobile carriers are increasingly concerned about capacity and reducing costs.

Cisco Router Targets Capacity Crunch

March 10, 2010 7:52 am | by Maisie Ramsay | Articles | Comments

Cisco’s new, high-capacity CSR-3 router comes with impressive credentials: It can handle 322 Terabits per second, enough to download the entire printed collection of the Library of Congress in just over one second.

Tech Insights - The Future of Voice

March 7, 2010 4:49 pm | by Elliott Drucker | Articles | Comments

With market penetration for voice services at essentially saturation levels, network operators are pinning their hopes for continued revenue growth on the still comparatively untapped data segment.

Sprint Ads Tout 4G Speeds

February 26, 2010 7:20 am | by Monica Alleven | News | Comments

Advertisements touting 3G networks have been dominating the airwaves for months, and now Sprint is rolling out a new marketing campaign.

AT & T Taps Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson for LTE

February 10, 2010 7:21 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments

AT&T has chosen Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson as its LTE network vendors ahead of the operator's planned 4G field trials later this year.

Shaking Up 4G

January 31, 2010 8:40 pm | by Maisie Ramsay | Articles | Comments

4G has the potential to revolutionize people’s mobility and change the way operators do business. By year-end, Clearwire hopes to cover 120 million people with its mobile WiMAX offering. Verizon Wireless is set to deploy LTE in 25 to 30 markets this year. As the industry moves to the next evolution of technology, who will come out on top?