5G Is Going to Be an Incredibly Tough Sell in 2019
While the avalanche of announcements may have made it seem otherwise, today officially marks the first day of Mobile…
Sprint Convincingly Argues Its LTE Coverage Sucks
Despite having more than 50 million customers, Sprint’s network coverage has always kind of been a joke. But just…
AT&T Plans to Use LTE to Help Control Drones Over Long Distances
AT&T has announced that it’s going to work with Intel in order to use LTE networks to help fly drones way beyond…
Qualcomm's Latest Chip Provides Gigabit LTE Speeds
Hold on to your data contracts: Qualcomm’s latest modem chip will enable mobile devices to achieve LTE download speeds…
US LTE Speeds Rank a Dire 55th Fastest in the World
If you want fast 4G, you should live in Singapore, New Zealand or Hungary. But perhaps most importantly, you should…
T-Mobile Now Has America's Fastest Mobile Data (Barely)
These days, choosing a carrier is more about data than it is calls or messages—so a new report about which one provides…
FCC Allows Limited Testing of Controversial Unlicensed LTE Technology
Depending on who you talk to, LTE-U—the term given to using cellular LTE technology to transmit in unlicensed…
Microsoft's Making Its Own SIM Card to Provide Contract-less Cellular Data
It seems Microsoft is developing its own SIM cards that will allow Windows 10 devices to access a range of different…
An Australian Carrier Just Pulled 1Gbps Over Its 4G Network
Think 100Mbps over a fiber connection is cool? Try 1000Mbps (1Gbps) over a wireless 4G connection. That’s what Aussie…
Hurricane LTE-U: Don’t Let Wi-Fi Get Blown Away
A storm is brewing over use of the 5.8 GHz unlicensed band of the radio spectrum as telecommunications companies plan…
Nokia Networks Will Test the pCell Tech that Promises Faster Cellular Data
Nokia Networks has announced that it’s going to test out pCell, the new cellular data system created by Steve Perlman…
The LG Watch Urbane 2 Is Android Wear's First LTE Smartwatch, And It's Big As Hell
LG has hit the ground sprinting when it come to smartwatches. One of the first out the door with the original G Watch,…
Compared To the Rest of the World, US 4G (Unsurprisingly) Sucks
We’re always being told the U.S. is now lagging behind other, more industrious nations in science and technology and…
Microsoft's Surface 3 Now Has a Swanky LTE Version
Starting today, Microsoft begins selling 64GB and 128GB Surface 3s on AT&T and T-Mobile (through the Microsoft store).…
​LG is Building a Smartwatch With An Enormous Battery
I have a hard time caring about smartwatches. They sound neat, but most of them have tiny batteries that can barely…
Verizon Is Killing Off 3G Networks (to Make More Room For LTE)
The first Verizon LTE networks only opened for business in 2010, but already the carrier is shutting down its older,…
Sprint has announced that it will close down its WiMAX network on November 6th 2015. So, if you haven't made the switch…
LTE Direct Will Let Your Phone Get Alerts With No Towers in Sight
Picture this. You walk into the subway but you don't lose service. Instead, your phone lights up with useful alerts—the…
Nvidia Shield Tablet LTE: Stream Games Anywhere (If You've Got the Cash)
I just stepped into the future of gaming. Well, that's not quite correct. I sampled one possible future: the one…
Qualcomm's New Budget Snapdragon Chip Will Give Everyone LTE
Qualcomm has announced that its latest entry-level smartphone system-on-a-chip, the Snapdragon 210, will be cheap…