Next broadband battle: AT&T/Dish and Verizon/Cable

The next broadband battle: AT&T/Dish and Verizon/Cable
GigaOm
However, it appears that a new and much more sustainable model of wholesale access is now poised to emerge, solving the problem that LightSquared claimed to address — namely that rolling out multiple high capacity LTE networks on a national scale is ...

GigaOm

SingTel launches 4G plan and battleship in data war
AsiaOne
SingTel will be launching Singapore's first fourth-generation (4G) - or Long Term Evolution (LTE) - mobile broadband service for both consumers and businesses tomorrow, as the first of a three-part pricing strategy. The new 4G plan - known asBroadband ...

AsiaOne

Wi-Fi flights test 'absurd' rule
Montreal Gazette
By KIM GUTTORMSON, Postmedia News December 21, 2011 Business travellers are demanding that airlines provided access to Wi-Fi during flights so that they can be more productive while stuck in the air for long periods of time. Flying between Chicago and ...

Three prepares for 4G trials in 2012
ZDNet UK
By David Meyer, ZDNet UK, 21 December, 2011 12:47 @superglaze Mobile operator Three is preparing to test out 4G technology, which holds the promise of faster mobilebroadband speeds than are possible with today's 3G networks. ...

ZDNet UK

LTE pricing may drop as much as 60% by 2016
BGR
The monthly price we pay for 4G LTE data could drop drastically over the next five years. Currently,4G LTE networks are blazing fast but there's no doubt that the technology comes at a price. 4G LTEhandsets sold directly by wireless carriers ...

Swisscom users to benefit from LTE and mobile-network modernization
Reuters (press release)
Swisscom, Switzerland's largest mobile and fixed operator, extends its partnership with Ericsson for mobile-network modernization and upgrade to LTE Modernization will cater for future mobile-data growth, expected to double every twelve months As part ...

Sony PlayStation Vita (WiFi)
CNET (blog)
The Vita will be available in two models and go for $250 for a Wi-Fi-only version or $300 for a Wi-Fi/3G version. Armed with a dazzling 5-inch OLED capacitive touch screen, the Vita also lets players interact with games through a rear touch panel. ...

CNET (blog)

Leap Launches First 4G LTE Market
Twice
By Joseph Palenchar -- TWICE, 12/21/2011 San Diego - Prepaid carrier Leap Wireless launched its first 4G LTE market and began offering a 4G LTE USB modem from Hauwei. The carrier turned onLTE in the Tuscon, Ariz. area and plans to expand service to ...

Cities vie for extra broadband budgets
Yorkshire Post
THREE Yorkshire cities have been invited to bid to become “super-connected” with the country's fastest broadband networks. Ministers have invited Leeds, Bradford and Sheffield to bid for a share of £100m along with 11 other cities to fund broadband ...

Skype offers free Wi-Fi in airports, but not for Android
TechSpot
By Rick Burgess In a display of Skype's holiday spirit, the company will be gifting travelers with one hour of free Wi-Fi access at over 50 major airports across the United States. The offer will begin on Dec 21 and last until Dec 27. ...

TechSpot

US' LightSquared Pushes For Quick 4G Decision
TechWeekEurope UK
LightSquared, an American 4G startup, has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deliver a ruling by the end of this month that would clear the way for its rollout of Long Term Evolution (LTE) services in the US, according to reports ...

TechWeekEurope UK

Kineto Enhances Smart Wi-Fi Application for Use in Public Wi-Fi Networks
MarketWatch (press release)
MILPITAS, Calif., Dec 21, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Kineto Wireless, the key innovator and leading supplier of Smart Wi-Fi solutions for mobile operators, today announced it has added new capabilities to its Smart Wi-Fi Application that enhance the end ...

mopay Extends Carrier Billing Capabilities by Introducing Broadband Billing
MarketWatch (press release)
MUNICH & PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec 21, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- mopay, a global leader in innovative payment solutions for online merchants, today announced its product extension intobroadband billing. This new alternative billing channel available on the ...

More hotels to offer Wi-Fi choice in 2012, hotel CEO says
USA TODAY
We covered quite a bit of ground, which I'll get into in after the holidays, but today I want to highlight the one topic we discussed that's perhaps the nearest and dearest to our hearts - and wallets: Wi-Fipricing in hotels that now charge for it. ...

Public Mobile Selects Devicescape for Mobile Data Wi-Fi Offload
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN BRUNO, CA, Dec 21, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Devicescape, the leader in Wi-Fidata offload, today announced that Public Mobile Inc., a provider of unlimited talk, text and data services to value-conscious customers in Ontario and Quebec, ...

SES Partners with Rustyice Solutions for the Distribution of Its Satellite ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Apogee Internet UK is the only Scotland-based company to offer satellite broadband services to primarily residential customers, but to commercial customers as well. SES announced on 20 December that it increased the speed of its ASTRA2Connect broadband ...

iPass Elected to Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) Board of Directors
MarketWatch (press release)
The WBA is a global industry association that is focused on driving the next generation Wi-Fiexperience. "The WBA is crucial to the future of telecom operator-led Wi-Fi," said Evan Kaplan, president and CEO of iPass. "With our rapidly growing Wi-Fi ...

Bus Trips Surge as Wi-Fi Beats Driving: Study
Bloomberg
Higher gasoline costs make driving a car more expensive at the same time as buses offer access to free Wi-Fi and cheaper fares than on planes and trains, Schwieterman said. Once viewed as a last resort in the US, bus travel is now attracting more ...

Bloomberg

Northants Superfast Broadband Strategy Gets Govt Approval
AboutMyArea
The county is a step closer to having complete coverage of superfast broadband after the government announced its approval of Northamptonshire County Council's strategy to implement the work. The council's local broadband plan, which would bring ...

AboutMyArea

OnStar bringing another 4G LTE concept to CES
Autoblog (blog)
To that end, at CES this January OnStar is rolling out another connectivity concept employing 4G LTE broadband to bring even more media into the car. Last year, GM outfitted a Buick LaCrosse with Verizon's high-speed data service, but the 2012 concept ...

ERF Wireless Provides Guidance for Calendar 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
"Our market leadership position as the largest terrestrial wireless provider to the oil and gas industry in North America -- coupled with an expected increase in demand for secure, high-speed, high-capacity, reliable wireless broadband circuits that ...

Smartphone switch to iPhone 4S or LTE?
The Korea Herald
Cho Yoon-ah, 30, is hesitating on whether to buy the newest version of Apple's smartphone, the iPhone 4S, or one of the LTE handsets now that her two-year mobile contract is almost over. Cho even signed up in advance to get the iPhone 4S, ...

Bluesky Launches First 4G Networks in Samoa and American Samoa
Business Wire (press release)
APIA, Samoa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bluesky, a leading telecommunications service provider in the South Pacific, held this week official launch ceremonies in Samoa and American Samoa, announcing a milestone for this region: the commercial launch of 4G ...

Broadband MEA Expands Content And Reach For 2012
Middle East Events (press release)
Broadband MEA, the region's premier broadband event, is expanding its programme in 2012, making it the most informative and insightful conference yet. Leading operators, Etisalat, STC, Sudatel Telecom Group and du, are already on board, ...

BT rolling-out £2.5billion broadband programme in north east Wales
Daily Post North Wales
by Martin Williams, DPW West MORE than 32000 businesses and homes in North Wales are being targeted as part of a £2.5billion super-fast broadband programme. Mold, Prestatyn and Wrexham are the latest places included in the company's roll-out of fibre ...

Vodafone broadband users switched to Plusnet
PC Pro
By Stewart Mitchell Vodafone is to hive off its home phone and broadband operations to Plusnet, the company has announced. From 7 February next year, all Vodafone At Home customers will be transferred across to BT-owned Plusnet, with monthly charges, ...

PC Pro

19 Broadband Community Centres, 131 Wireless Villages In Sabah So Far
Bernama
SANDAKAN, Dec 21 (Bernama) -- The government has set up four broadband community centres (BCCs) in Kinabatangan in a bid to enable rural residents to enjoy the benefits of information and communications technology. Sukau assemblyman Datuk Saddi Abdul ...

West Dorset District Council announces broadband investment
thinkbroadband.com
Dorset is the latest area to indicate its Local Broadband Plan will be submitted to the BDUK by 31st December 2011, and if approved this will then release the £9.44m the BDUK has allocated to the county. All the district councils and the county council ...

Euronews: Ericsson Readies Swisscom for LTE
Light Reading
Yota has confirmed the launch of its LTE network in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, with customer modems becoming available on Jan. 15, 2012. The network, built with radio access network (RAN) infrastructure from Huawei Technologies Co. ...

Galaxy Nexus LTE Bug Is a Figment of Your Imagination
Phandroid.com
by Kevin Krause on December 20th, 2011 at 5:13 pm Since the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, many a user has noticed fewer 4G LTE status bars than they are used to, leading to the idea that the phone must be suffering from some sort of radio bug. ...

Skype offers free Wi-Fi at U.S. airports for the holidays – Tech ...
By Lee Mathews
Dec. 20, 2011 - Take it from a guy who's flying at 5AM on Boxing Day: holiday travel is hard enough, and it's made even less enjoyable by spotty or overpriced internet.
Geek.com

4G LTE showdown: AT&T vs. Verizon
By Marin Perez
We put the 4G LTE networks of AT&T and Verizon to the test in our speedtests. Which 4G LTEnetwork reigns supreme?
IntoMobile

Galaxy Nexus LTE Signal Is More Accurate Than Others, There May ...
By Dan
In fact, the Galaxy Nexus (thanks to ICS) is reporting the accurate number of bars, where as non-ICS4G LTE phones are showing three to four bars over their true amount. Additionally, when going to Settings > Menu > About Phone > Status on ...
Droid Life

Review: Verizon's Samsung Galaxy Nexus LTE | SiliconANGLE
By Anton Wahlman
If you fit all of these five criteria, there is not even a shadow of a doubt that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus LTE is the right smartphone for you: You are fine being beholden to Verizon's restrictions of software. You don't need international ...
SiliconANGLE

PLDT Group set to launch carrier-grade WiFi service - The ...
By By Mary Ann LL. Reyes
Telecommunications leader Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) and wholly-owned subsidiary Smart Communications are set to introduce a new wireless Internet service in 2012.
philstar.com - Business

Kineto Enhances Smart Wi-Fi Application for Use in Public Wi-Fi ...
Kineto Wireless, the key innovator and leading supplier of Smart Wi-Fi solutions for mobile operators, today announced it has added new capabilities to its Smart Wi-Fi Application that enhance the end user service experience when connected ...
Enterprise Communications and...

Skype Offers Free Wi-Fi At Select US Airports This Holiday « THE ...
By Larry Fire
Skype Offers Free Wi-Fi At Select US Airports This Holiday. Skype, the text, voice and video service is getting into the holiday spirit this year by giving anyone with a Mac, PC, or an iOS device free Wi-Fi at any one of 50 US airports. To take ...

T-Mobile myTouch 4G, myTouch 4G Slide each getting a software ...
Boy, December is shaping up to be the month of T-Mobile software updates. Over the past few weeks we've seen the Sensation 4G, Amaze 4G, and Galaxy S II receive updates, and now its time for the myTouch 4G and myTouch 4G Slide to ...

PSA: Verizon users reporting data outages across the US (update: back up)...
By Amar Toor
Based on what we're seeing on Verizon's @vzwsupport Twitter feed and forums (linked below), it looks as if both 3G and 4G networks have been affected. We tested some handsets in the San Francisco area, and can confirm that data ...
Engadget

App Store - WiFi @
Read reviews, get customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about WiFi @ on the App Store. Download WiFi @ and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and ...
itunes.apple.com/us/app/wifi/id360253549?mt=8

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