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alltel

Alltel Picks LTE for 4G Mobile Broadband

While Alltel isn't exactly the biggest fish in the carrier pond, its decision to use LTE for its upcoming 4G mobile broadband network further cements LTE's status as the dominant 4G tech. It's the third carrier in the US after Verizon and AT&T to go for LTE (Sprint is going the WiMax route, but we can assume T-Mobile will go LTE as well.) Like Verizon, Alltel's current network is CDMA, so it'll have to perform some behind-the-curtains magic to make everything flow smoothly once its post-2009 rollout begins, since LTE is a GSM technology. (If none of this made sense, here's a handy guide to mobile mumbo-jumbo.) [Electronista]

6:00 PM on Thu May 15 2008
By matt buchanan
1,241 views, 6 comments

Latest by uberfu: SO AT&T is rolling out 4G in 12 becuase they are trying to roll out 3G right now while everyone else [except Sprint] is already working on 4G? WTF AT&T - just skip the damned 3G already - you missed and more »

rumor

Rumor: T-Mobile Lusting To Buy Sprint

T-Mobile may be smallish in the US, but it's owned by German giant Deutsche Telekom, a company plenty powerful enough to buy up Sprint if it wanted to...and the rumor mill says it may want to. The Inquirer points out the obvious network issues that might arise. After all, what do you get when you cross a GSM network barely on HSDPA but harboring LTE aspirations with a CDMA/EV-DO franchise who's experimenting with WiMax while lugging a legacy iDEN network around for God-knows-what-reason? [Inquirer]
BTW, if you had trouble digesting that last sentence, please visit our handy Giz Explains post on mobile-network acronyms.

8:43 AM on Mon May 5 2008
By Wilson Rothman
3,704 views, 30 comments

Latest by Hardcore1: I loves me some Sprint more »

giz explains

Mobile Term Madness: LTE, WiMax, EV-DO and More Explained

We've been talking a lot about emerging mobile tech lately, tossing around crazy acronyms and words like WiMax, LTE, 3G, G-Spot, EDGE and whatnot. A lot of you probably already know this stuff cold, but in case you don't, here's the quick and dirty guide to what you need to know. More »

2:00 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By matt buchanan
21,491 views, 34 comments

Latest by n/a: Didn't AT&T just announce that they would have speeds of 20.0 mps by 2009? Is this possible on 3G phones, or am I gonna have to wait for the 4G iPhone? more »

wimax

Is WiMax All Washed Up? An Open Letter

Dear Sprint and Intel,
I'm sorry to hear about your recent WiMax delays and struggles, I really am. The Xohm service was originally scheduled to launch this month, but all you've given us are a few prototypes and half-baked demos in controlled environments—the public has yet to see the technology truly in action. WiMax in general and Xohm in particular have the potential for greatness, but you guys seem to have lost your way. Here are all the signs that WiMax may be washed up: More »

4:00 PM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By Adrian Covert
10,218 views, 32 comments

Latest by bigMoneyMIKE: @matt buchanan: Sure Matt, I know we all will look forward to your editorial! I may be off on the time line of the build-out, perhaps its something like 95% penetration by end of '08 but I do know for more »

verizon

Verizon's $9.36 Billion 700MHz Plans: High-Speed 4G LTE Network Up and Running Before AT&T

Not that it wasn't obvious, but Verizon's 700MHz plans look a lot like AT&T's. It'll be using the spectrum as the core of their high-speed 4G LTE network. Verizon paid $9.36 billion total, including $4.7 billion for the open access C Block (apparently, it let Google sweat a bit before actually plunking down their bid). Unlike AT&T, which said you won't see commercial deployment of LTE 'til 2012, Verizon's shooting for 2010. It also countered AT&T's claims that Verizon's spectrum sucks: "The breadth of the national C-block spectrum footprint, all in a single band and with a depth of 22 MHz, provides a speed and performance advantage." We'll know soon enough, you know, in like 10 bajillion years when the networks launch. More »

10:29 AM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By matt buchanan
4,056 views, 28 comments

Latest by yoshi: @Gofastmazda: Verizon's first mistake, is spending billions on a bloated all fiber, to the home, network. Don't the cable companies already offer fiber to home networks? Look how crappy Time Warner and Comcast are Their second mistake was not taking the Apple more »

lte

WiMax Competitor LTE Runs Wii Online Multiplayer So Fast It Seems Local

WiMax isn't the only the live 4G game in town. Alcatel-Lucent is running an arguably much sexier demo of LTE (long-term evolution), the high-speed 4G network that Verizon and AT&T are going to deploy. Besides streaming video to a wall of TVs with over 100Mbps of throughput, they have two Wiis hooked up, one on Wi-Fi and one on LTE, battling each other in an online Mario Strikers Charged match. It's totally lag-free, as frenzied and butter smooth as Striker gets. Full-fledged online gaming anywhere is so close it hurts.

6:30 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By matt buchanan
4,319 views, 14 comments

Latest by n/a: @bigMoneyMIKE: Umm... Sprint already has Wimax LAUNCHED in at least 4 cities. They have phones coming out for their new service. A sham? Maybe but if it actually works, it's going to PWN! more »

cellphones

Nokia High Fives Verizon For Picking GSM 4G Technology

The biggest yet least splashy news may still be Verizon Wireless's choice of 4G network, that is, following parent Vodafone to Nokia's Long-Term Evolution rather than choosing the Sprint/Intel WiMax way or sticking with EV-DO. Today Nokia, the self-styled "the world leader in converged devices," applauded VZW for its new openness and willingness to evolve its network into "the open, global specification of LTE." This is particularly cute when you think about how relatively few Nokia handsets have turned up on Verizon's network to date. [Nokia]

10:07 AM on Mon Dec 3 2007
By Wilson Rothman
1,768 views, 11 comments

Latest by Sqube: CDMA is also done in Japan and Korea. But we all know how backwards they are when it comes to cell phone tech. more »

cellphones

Verizon Switches to GSM's Side For Ultra Highspeed 4G Technology

Verizon Wireless today announced it would support "Long Term Evolution" (LTE), the super fast 4G technology currently in testing from Nokia and its European friends in the 3GPP group, and operating at a blistering 100Mbps. It's certainly hot technology, but one seen as an extension of GSM's high-speed packet technology. This is a rejection of CDMA's EV-DO (which has a faster Rev. C that could have been rolled out) and a definite rejection of WiMax, which has been Sprint's chosen 4G technology. As dramatic as the shift is, it's not totally surprising when you look at Verizon's historic lack of compatibility with its European co-owner, Vodafone, an early LTE supporter. It also fits with Verizon's new pledge of openness: presumably this means interchangeable SIM cards for easier-to-swap phones and mobile devices. (Press release with lots of nice details after the jump.)
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8:10 AM on Thu Nov 29 2007
By Wilson Rothman
13,522 views, 21 comments

Latest by Brian B: @analogs: Yes but it matters to many GSM users. I refuse CDMA carriers because I like to change handsets, not to mention travel abroad. more »

wireless

Nokia Successfully Tests 100Mbps Wireless Data Network

Today Nokia said that in technical trials, the target of 100Mbps download speed and 50Mbps upload speed for its next-gen cellular data network "can be met," and promised initial deployment by 2010. Americans probably won't see it until later, since the 3GPP LTE (don't ask) initiative has more momentum across the Atlantic. The founding members are all Euros, though some Asian companies just joined in, including LG Electronics, NTT DoCoMo and Samsung. Still, it's grounds for excitement, since those superfast wireless data rates will get here sooner or later. (FYI: The phone pictured is Nokia's concept Aeon, and no, that's not a real 100Mbps antenna.) [Gadget Lab]

11:53 AM on Wed Nov 7 2007
By Wilson Rothman
2,686 views, 4 comments

Latest by n/a: 100mbps and i can't even maintain a 54mbps home wireless connect. why not put that to better use for home network users with a router that can transfer at 100mbps wirelessly more »

cellphones

Verizon, AT&T To Share 4G Network Technology

When the next phase of wide-area wireless networking rolls out, AT&T and Verizon Wireless will be using the same technology, the 100-megabit Long Term Evolution (LTE). Not surprisingly, it will be the same technology used by Verizon's GSM-flavored corporate parent, Vodafone. More »

1:23 PM on Fri Sep 21 2007
By Wilson Rothman
8,163 views, 8 comments