Tag Archive: Network


U.S. Cellular announces 4G LTE network & devices, starting with Samsung Galaxy S Aviator

U.S. Cellular has just announced the first two devices to run on its 4G LTE network launching in select markets next month – the Samsung Galaxy  [Read More...]

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Update: It seems O2 has now tweaked things to prevent its network from including phone numbers in HTTP headers. We’ll keep you updated with any further developments.

If you’re browsing the web on your phone or tablet on O2 UK, then the network could be exposing your phone number to every website you visit. O2 customer Lewis Peckover recently discovered that when you’re browsing over 3G on O2,  [Read More...]

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Back in October, Sprint announced an aggressive LTE rollout that would bring full nationwide LTE coverage by the end of 2013. The LTE network would launch in several cities sometime in mid-2012, and Sprint is apparently hard at work building out the infrastructure needed to support such a network.

Sprint announced this morning that their first LTE cluster was live in the town of Kankakee, Illinois, approximately 60 miles outside of  [Read More...]

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Last week US Cellular announced the readiness of their 4G LTE network, and today we learned of the first Android devices that might appear on it in the first quarter of 2012. The guys at Phandroid have obtained a leaked slide that indicates US Cellular plans to launch the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus LTE beginning in Q1.

The initial rollout of 4G LTE service includes  [Read More...]

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US Cellular this afternoon announced that it’s launching a 4G LTE network in the first quarter of 2012, with select cities in six states getting the nod.

The markets that will initially have the LTE data, which is being provided in conjunction with King Street Wireless, are:

Wisconsin: Milwaukee, Madison and Racine Iowa: Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Davenport Maine: Portland and Bangor North Carolina: Greenville.

Oklahoma and Texas will see some  [Read More...]

It doesn’t take a genius to realize that Android’s growth in the past three years has been remarkable, so the constant stream of reports showing those increases are no longer surprising. Still, it’s nice to actually see that progress put into numbers.

Advertising network Millennial Media released its latest report that shows Android outpacing all rivals in both impressions and downloads. The Mobile Mix  [Read More...]

A little more inside Sprint’s 4G Network Vision

Last year Sprint detailed their plans to rollout their Network Vision — a unfied system to bring all their network capabilities into one seamless network and in that time, they’ve been working hard to get things rolling. They’re now going to be ramping up their efforts and are ahead of schedule. The combined networks now have a goal of full scale consoldation by 2013.

During their 4G Strategy/Network Vision Update event in New York, Dan Hesse, chief executive  [Read More...]

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Two large voices in the blogosphere have stepped up today to throw their weight behind what they say will be the final specs of the next Nexus. Both BGR and GSM Arena say they have a source on the inside who has spilled the beans. The only problem is, the information doesn’t line up.

The specs mentioned by BGR are, for the most part, nothing new. We’re looking at a 4.65-inch  [Read More...]

HTC Raider takes off on Korea’s 4G LTE network

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The HTC Holiday may be MIA, but if you’re wondering what AT&T’s next flagship Android phone may be modeled after, take a look at the new HTC Raider. The new 4G LTE enabled Android 2.3.4 device looks oddly similar to the leaked HTC Holiday pictures. The only downside to the HTC Raider is that you’ll have to travel to Korea to pick one up.

The HTC Raider will run on Asia’s  [Read More...]

Back in July we brought you a story about a Philadelphia newspaper publisher looking to offer its subscribers a discounted price on an Android tablet when bundled with their newspaper’s digital subscription package. This first of its kind pilot program is now official and set to begin tomorrow. So which Android tablet will they be offering and for how much? If you had your hopes set on  [Read More...]