Why Is Europe's 4G Rollout So Painfully Slow?

Why Is Europe's 4G Rollout So Painfully Slow? BusinessWeek There are plenty of reasons European operators have been conservative on 4G. Some are relatively positive: 3G service is much more broadly available across the continent, even if consumers aren't always happy with it. Home broadband speeds are much ...

Leaked Verizon doc tips LTE Xoom and HTC Rhyme CNET (blog) Moving on to tablets, Verizon Wireless may be readying the 4G LTE version of the Motorola Xoom for a September 8 release. Should the MAP prove correct, the 10-inch tablet will hit the market on the same day as the Droid Bionic. ...

Revival of national broadband network project still under study Inquirer.net MANILA, Philippines—There is nothing final yet about a proposal to revive the NBN-ZTE broadbandproject for the government, a Malacañang Palace aide said Saturday. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said government officials were still ...

MTS unveils 9.8 Mbps fast broadband service on CDMA platform domain-B Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd (SSTL), a joint venture between Sistema of Russia and India's Shyam group, which operates services under the MTS brand, says it has launched fasterbroadband service, offering internet speeds of up to 9.8 megabytes per ...

4G LTE No Longer a Premium in 2012 Gotta Be Mobile Right now, with the technology for faster mobile broadband being nascent, smartphones are commanding a slight premium when compared with similar 3G technologies, with some 4G LTEphones launching in the $300 range compared to $200 for flagship 3G ...

NFL Mobile is Back to Football Now With Monday Night Football MarketWatch (press release) Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone customers have access to NFL Mobile premium, including all video, for the entire season. Customers with 3G smartphones who want even more NFL video can subscribe to Verizon Video for $10/month. ...

Verizon offers NFL Mobile with live streaming for free to 4G LTE customers Mobile Burn As an added perk, users of 4G LTE smartphones will be able to access the NFL Mobile premium app for free all season, which provides live streaming video of the NFL Network, Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football, and select Thursday Night ...

Council leader insists wi-fi project will be 'bigger and better' Swindon Advertiser By Emma Dunn » DESPITE calls to resign over the controversial wi-fi project, council leader Rod Bluh has said he will not be stepping down and remains adamant the council will be getting its invested cash back. Labour leader Jim Grant yesterday called ...

Motorola Droid Bionic available Sept. 8 msnbc.com It's the carrier's first 4G phone with a powerful dual-core processor. Although Verizon's high-speedLTE 4G network has not yet rolled out across the whole nation, it already has 4G phones from LG, Samsung and HTC, as well as other 4G devices. ...

AT&T Launches Its First 4G Tablet - HTC Jetstream Tom's Guide The device also comes with 4G LTE/HSPA+ support. I am scratching my head over the "discounted" price. AT&T said that the tablet can be bought for $700 in combination with a 2-year cellular contract which will cost $35 GB monthly for 3 GB of data, ...

India to lead mobile internet boom: Qualcomm Moneycontrol.com A: If you look, we have done what we said in terms of getting trials out, demonstrating our ability between LTE and 3G. And that was very important piece because we believe in the multi mode aspect so that you get the coverage wherever you go with your ...

A new smartphone for $100: hands-on with the Samsung Conquer 4G Ars Technica By Casey Johnston | Published September 2, 2011 3:44 PM Sprint is continuing its unique smartphone run with the Samsung Conquer 4G, a moderately priced new phone at $100 that features access to Sprint's WiMAX 4G network. While we'd like to see more ...

Toshiba Adds Wi-Fi To Flash Card eWEEK Europe UK Essentially what this means is that when someone takes a picture with their FlashAir-equipped cameras, they can then transmit the picture to a back-end cloud server. the concept has been tried before, with existing cards that transmit pictures by Wi-Fi ...

Ofcom approves use of white space spectrum Total Telecom UK regulator Ofcom has approved the use of white spaces spectrum for communication services such as broadband Internet and M2M, predicting that white space technology will come to market by 2013. In a statement on Thursday the watchdog said the ...

Broadband growth: Pakistan among top countries The Express Tribune Pakistan is ranked among the top countries which registered high growth inbroadband internet penetration, a recent report said. Serbia tops the list with a 68 per cent annual growth rate from Q1-2010 to Q1-2011, according to July 2011 Bandwidth Report ...

Report: 1.5M LTE base stations ship by 2015 EE Times Carriers will deploy as many as 1.5 million LTE base stations by 2015 with Ericsson the leading supplier and Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei battling for second place, according to a new report from In-Stat. “Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent have become the early ...

WP7 Mango may offer Wi-Fi hotspot capability via Internet Sharing Social Barrel Leaked images and rumor circles are suggesting the addition of a Wi-Fi hotspot capability on Windows Phone 7 (WP7) devices with Mango update, a feature similar to that of Android smartphones with Android 2.2 Froyo and up. ...

Sound barrier breaking car will have the world's fastest Wi-Fi DVICE If you want to get live performance data from a car traveling faster than the speed of sound, you're going to need some pretty speedy Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi on a moving airliner is pretty impressive, but that's nothing compared to the folks at North American ...

Broadband is a boost for us Matlock Today The recent Government announcement that Derbyshire will receive more than £7.3 million to support the provision of next generation broadband is good news for homes and businesses in the county. As BT's regional partnership director for the East ...

Samsung announces new optical drive with Wi-Fi connectivity Macworld The device has ethernet; you can connect the SE-208BW to a broadband modem and have it serve as a wireless access point. Samsung says the SE-208BW can also be used as a Wi-Fi repeater. The SE-208BW has a USB port for connecting an external hard drive ...

Sprint Samsung Epic 4G Touch pre-orders start for $149.99, shipping on ... Unwired View By Vlad Bobleanta on 02 Sep 11 Sprint's version of the Samsung Galaxy S II, the Epic 4G Touch, is set to become available pretty soon. So soon, in fact, that you can already pre-order one if you so wish. Sprint will charge you $199.99 for this device ...

BT and Virgin Media spar over rural broadband cash ZDNet UK By Ben Woods, ZDNet UK, 2 September, 2011 17:38 BT has rebuffed concerns raised by its cable rival Virgin Media, which suggested a government broadband scheme could end up cementing BT's dominance of the UK's fibre network. BT has rejected the concerns ...

RIM Blackberry Bold 9900 4G Out on T-Mobile GizmoCrave Other features include a GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and also NFC (Near Field Communication). The phone altogether measures 115x66x10.5 mm. The great communication phone can be owned with a price of $299.99 from T-Mobile which includes a 2-year agreement ...

Price of 4G LTE devices will drop dramatically next year VentureBeat Verizon has a clear lead with more than 70 metropolitan markets being served, while AT&T has promised five LTE markets before the end of the summer. Sprint right now offers 4G WiMAX devices but has also left the door open to LTE in the future. ...

Can I use my BlackBerry as a Wi-Fi hotspot? Telegraph.co.uk Although there is no comparable wireless app for the Blackberry it is possible to use it as a mobile broadband modem by connecting or tethering it to your PC with a USB cable or via Bluetooth. You have to install Blackberry's Desktop Manager software ...

Stream your own music to a BlackBerry via Wi-fi GoMo News No wonder the MusicRoom Wifi Music Player app has already achieved 100000 downloads as it says on its BlackBerry Apps World page. It works well and is very simple to use. There's only one slight catch and that's the necessity for you to download the ...

Ipass claims one subscription will access many WiFi hotspots Inquirer By Lawrence Latif Accessing WiFi networks in public areas usually means finding a hotspot that is registered to a service to which the consumer subscribes. However, Kevin Murray, VP of product marketing at Ipass told The INQUIRER that in the future it ...

Toshiba FlashAir WiFi SD Card will make your Eye-Fi's water ... By Daniel Cooper Toshiba FlashAir WiFi SD Card will make your Eye-Fi's water. By Daniel Cooper posted Sep 2nd 2011 3:21PM. Eye-Fi's ... Samsung's Galaxy Tab 8.9 goes LTE for T-Mobile at IFA. 21 hours ago. SEE ALL · DirecTV's new HD UI revealed to ... Engadget

Toshiba announces its first WiFi SDHC card: Digital Photography ... Toshiba has announced a WiFi SDHC card that can both transmit and receive data. It's the first card to fully comply with the SD standard, the company says. It also claims lower power consumption than 'other cards with similar functions,' by ... News: Digital Photography Review...

Android 101: Save battery by keeping Wifi alive | Android Central By Jerry Hildenbrand But what if you're spending all day (or all evening) in one place, connected to Wifi? If you tell your phone to shut off Wifi when idle, it bounces back to cellular data (be it 2G, 3G, or 4G) and starts sucking down the electrons again when the ... Android Central - Android Forums,...

LTE Device Prices to Drop Significantly in Second Half of 2012 By Harold Williams As a number of chipset vendors start to crank out single-mode LTE chips in larger volumes, it's being reported that devices with 4G LTE radios will be seeing price drop by the second half of 2012. Having lower chip prices is expected to drop ... Android News, Rumours, and Updates

dailywireless.org » Toshiba Announces WiFi SD Card By Sam Churchill DailyWireless.org covers current developments in broadband wireless, including WiMAX, LTE, WiFiand mobile aps. Online since 2002, with nearly 10000 ... from your EyeFi-equipped camera. Eye-Fi'sWiFi-enabled SD memory cards, include the Pro X2 SD card ($100), with geotagging and RAW support. ... photos as they are taken. The app can also use your data connection (EDGE, 3G or Wi-Fi), to wirelessly upload your photos to the web – with 45 websites like Flickr to choose from . ... dailywireless.org

Cable Operators Deliver the Fastest Broadband Speeds ... By Joy Sims CableTechTalk

4G LTE Devices Could See Significant Price Drop in Late 2012 ... By Kellex According to a new report, the cost to end users of 4G LTE devices could drop significantly by the second half of 2012. A number of chip manufacturers are said to be ramping up production from now through the early parts of next year which ... Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

Pre-Order the Epic 4G Touch at Wirefly for $150 » Sprintfeed By Mark Hearn Want a Samsung Epic 4G Touch? Of course you do, and we think we know where you should pre-order it from. The folks over at Wirefly have got a blockbuster of a deal going on! You can pre-order Samsung's superphone for $149.99, which is ... Sprintfeed

[Update: It's Breaking Wi-Fi And USB Tethering] Google Pushing ... By Cameron Summerson Reports are pouring in that this update breaks Wi-Fi and USB-tethering. Stay tuned for more ...[Rumor] Throw Out Your Credit Cards And Grab A Nexus S 4G - Google May Be Rolling Out Mobile Payment Services Using NFC … Canadian ... Android News, Apps, Games, Phones,...

Claro Goes 4G By admin Claro Goes 4G As I was leaving Subway the other day, I saw these three passing out handouts promoting their new 4G service. Everyone knows I can't pass up an opportunity to take a photo with beautiful Panamanian women it it. More info ... Meet Panama

NEC collaborating with Cisco to Build Commercial LTE Networks for ... "Cisco is a recognized leader in the development of intelligent, high-performance Mobile Internet network equipment for 3G and 4G Mobile Internet networks. ... newsroom.cisco.com/press-release-content?type...articleId...

Samsung Galaxy Wi-Fi 3.6 arrives to face iPod touch | Electronista The Galaxy Wi-Fi 3.6 has a more moderate 3.65-inch LCD versus the large AMOLED displays of itsWi-Fi 4.0 and 5.0. Its central home button design, unique in ... www.electronista.com/.../samsung.galaxy.wi.fi.36.slips.out.at.i...

Shaw Scraps LTE Network Plans - Will Instead Focus on Wi-Fi ... News: Shaw Scraps LTE Network Plans - Will Instead Focus on Wi-Fi Network. ... would be smart of them. and then use their wifi network to offload the data from ... as we extend our industry leadingbroadband experience to where people want to ... our network with speeds capable of exceeding 4g"real world" throughput. ... www.dslreports.com/.../Shaw-Scraps-LTE-Network-Plans-115... Apple, HTC, More Sued Over Wi-Fi, LTE Patents PC Magazine The two patents in question are the "802 patent" related to CDMA and HSPA, and the "222 patent" related to Wi-Fi and LTE. Wi-Lan has litigated on the 802 and 222 patents numerous times before, most recently in February against HTC and Exedea. ... Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE hands-on & speedtested SlashGear Vodafone Germany has quietly brought along a Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 packing LTEand an upgraded processor to IFA 2011 this week, adding 4G connectivity to the 8.9-inch Honeycomb slate. Rather than the 1GHz chip originally found in the Galaxy Tab 8.9, ... Vodafone to Enhance TV Services With LTE PCWorld The most basic use of LTE is as a substitute for fixed line broadband, or to cover households that currently have no access to high speed broadband. For Vodafone, getting users to choose LTE in favor of DSL means the operator doesn't have to pay a ... Hands on: Sony Reader Wi-Fi - the lightest eReader yet Expert Reviews We must admit that at 241g we didn't feel our Wi-Fi only Kindle was troublesomely weighty, but at just 168g the new Sony Reader Wi-Fi is noticeably lighter. EBook readers aren't like cameras, where a little heft can make them easier to hold steady, ...