Archive for the ‘Mobile Broadband’ Category

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 ...

T-Mobile UK Preps Truly Unlimited Mobile Broadband and Smartphone Deal for July

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Mobile operator T-Mobile UK, which in recent times has perhaps become better known for restricting its Mobile Broadband data allowances instead of raising them (here), will from next month launch a new "truly unlimited internet" service with "no fair use limits or run on rates" for Smartphone users. ISPreview.co.uk understands that the new ...

LTE Advanced demo shows 10x regular LTE 4G speeds

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Just as we’d started to revel in the speeds of LTE 4G, Ericsson had to go and spoil it all by showing us what’s next in the roadmap. The company has demonstrated LTE Advanced in Sweden this week, delivering speeds 10x that of regular LTE  - over 900 MB/s in fact – by ...

Telstra turns on 4G

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

On track for first to market The race to deploy 4G services (whether or not 4G truly exists or not) continues with Telstra claiming first place. The carrier has flicked the switch on its initial LTE enabled base stations in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane. The Ericsson supplied 4G network is set ...

Three UK starts taking pre-orders for HTC Flyer; Offers it for 169 GBP on a 30.99 GBP/month contract

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

Three UK has started taking pre-orders for the HTC Flyer, the Taiwanese company’s first Android-powered tablet. The carrier asks 169 GBP for the device along with your signature on a 30.99 GBP/month two-year contract. That may sound a lot, but you should bear in mind this deal includes a whopping 15 ...

Three laptop Trade-In.

Monday, May 9th, 2011

If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably got at least one laptop at home gathering dust, which is why Three have created a new Trade-In scheme which lets you turn your old laptop into money. It’s really simple. If you’re buying a new laptop from Three, and have a working laptop that’s ...

Finland’s first LTE network tested by an independent UK firm; average speed of 36.1 Mbps

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

As operators all around the light up their LTE networks we like to take note of just how fast they are and how much you have to pay to ride the high speed pony express. In Finland TeliaSonera launched an LTE network in November 2010. They price it at 46 Euros ...

Vodafone: Data revenue exceeds SMS for first time

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Vodafone Europe has confirmed that, for the first time, mobile internet revenue for the carrier has exceeded SMS revenues. The news marks a significant milestone in the European mobile segment, which has historically seen particularly strong SMS revenues. The data revenue news was revealed at the launch of the HTC Sensation, HTC’s newest Android ...

Superfast Mobile Broadband Infrastructure Spending to Hit GBP17bn in 2014

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Market intelligence firm iSuppli (IHS iSuppli) has predicted that the next generation (4G) of Mobile Broadbandtechnology, Long Term Evolution ( LTE), will cause related global mobile operator infrastructure spending to spiral upwards from just £921 Million ($1.5bn) in 2010 to £17.13 Billion ($27.9bn) by 2014 (107.5% CAGR). LTE will allow UK mobile operators to offer peak ...

Three UK finally turns a profit

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

Eight years on, with a little help from its friends Three UK has finally turned a profit in the UK in its eighth year of operation – with some help from a network-sharing agreement with Everything Everywhere, after parent company Hutchison Whampoa reported its annual results. The figures gain from a one-time ...

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