Archive for the ‘4G’ Category

Galaxy Nexus LTE casts slightly larger silhouette

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

Getting giddy of the thought of an LTE-powered Galaxy Nexus? Well, Google, has just unveiled a full 360-degree view of the Verizon-bound smartphone, and it's packing a bigger caboose. Around 0.6mm thicker than the HSPA+ version available now in the UK, the 4G-stuffed version loses, at least visually, some of its curved ...

Samsung Lampoons Apple Mania in Galaxy S II Ad

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h5JSojJN3Y Samsung attempts to undermine Apple’s mystique and its hold on consumers with a Galaxy S II ad that presents hard core Apple fans as lemmings who are so blinded by marketing that they can’t acknowledge a superior phone. The ad, which was set to premiere on Facebook Tuesday evening and then hit TV ...

O2 London LTE trial promises 100Mbps to lucky few

Monday, November 14th, 2011

O2 has launched its first 4G LTE network in the UK, kicking off a trial of the high-speed service in London that will offer testers up to 100Mbps. The scheme will run for nine months, with 25 sites going live in November and that being ramped up until a total combined area of 40km ...

Think 2014 if you’re waiting for 4G in the UK

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Ofcom juggles warring operators The UK is trialling 4G technology, while the rest of the world is deploying it, because our regulator hasn't the resources to mediate between operators bleating about the injustice of it all. Like warring siblings the UK's network operators constantly cry foul, demanding the regulator redress historical grievances ...

Virgin Media to beef up mobile-data backhaul

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Three, Orange, T-Mobile ink £100m deal for extra grunt Three, T-Mobile and Orange customers will find it quicker to use the internet on their phones thanks to a new deal between the operators and Virgin Media Business. But the effects may take a couple of years to kick in. Virgin Media has ...

Are fixed-line broadband days numbered?

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Fixed-line broadband could be numbered, at least in Germany, where Vodafone is considering moving its fixed line DSL broadband customers on to (Long Term Evolution) LTE after the company said that it is costing a fortune in line rental to Deutsche Telekom through local loop unbundling (LLU). The move would be seen ...

Samsung Galaxy S II LTE phone surfaces in Korea, codenamed Celox?

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

There's a new Samsung Galaxy S II rumor circulating the web today -- this time, it's emanating from South Korea, where specs and images of an LTE smartphone, reportedly codenamed "Celox," have just surfaced. According to its listing, the phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8060 processor, sports a 4.5-inch WVGA Super AMOLED ...

Clearwire Clear Spot 4G Apollo: New portable hotspot that can handle 8 connections, does 6 hours per charge

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

Clearwire, America’s WiMAX operator that supplies Sprint with their 4G network and is also facing some serious financial woes, has announced a new piece of hardware, the Clear Spot 4G Apollo. It’s a portable WiFi hotspot, meaning it takes the WiMAX signal that’s hopefully in your neck of the woods and ...

Ofcom told to use 4G auctions to complete UK coverage

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

Bring voice if not data to the unconnected, says CCP Ofcom should look beyond revenue generation for the government and seek firm commitments to the extension of mobile coverage into today's "not-spots" when it holds the 4G spectrum auctions next year. So says the Communications Consumer Panel, an advisory board founded by ...

Line2 gives your iPad a phone number

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

The amount of accessories on the market and apps for the iPad is massive. Many of the accessories tend to be the same sort of thing with new cases, screen protectors, and mounting devices to keep your iPad in place just about anywhere. A new accessory for the iPad has ...

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