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Verizon to launch 4G phones by mid- 2011 (USA)

On 03.15.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Verizon customers waiting for its 4G handset are not required to hold out the purchase of its 4G phone as the company is not likely to have its very first 4G handset until mid-2011.

According to Anthony Melone, Verizon’s CTO, the carrier could have a 4G phone three to six months after it launches the service and it has committed itself to an aggressive LTE roll-out, which will launch in some markets by the end of the year.
Verizon is likely to be defeated by Clearwire which is building another 4G network based on WiMax technology and as claimed that it could support a phone as early as mid-2010.

Both of these networks don’t have the traditional voice-calling capabilities and will first be used for connecting laptops and other data devices.

Verizon-Frontier deal receives judge’s disapproval (USA)

On 03.12.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The state regulators have been advised by administrative law judge Lisa M Tapia to disapprove Verizon’s deal to divest operations in 14 states to Frontier Communications in a USD8.6 billion deal.

The deal will see fixed line service for a total of 4.8 million customers change hands. The deal was agreed between the two parties in May 2009 but the regulatory approval was awaited for the best part of a year.

According to Tapia, evidence presented in the case in front of the Illinois Commerce Commission did not support the sale because the transaction would leave Frontier too laden with debt to be able to properly manage the lines and other infrastructure.

Frontier’s ability to provide adequate, reliable, efficient, safe and least-cost public utility service will also be diminished by the proposed re-organization.

Tagged with: Commerce Commission • Illinois • North Amercia • USA • Verizon

Consumers demand causes abrupt end of T-Mobile & Yahoo deal

On 03.10.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The subscribers demand has been cited as a reason behind the abrupt end of a year old exclusive search deal of T-Mobile USA and Yahoo and the latter’s replacement with search giant, Google. The revelation has been made by T- Mobile USA executives.

The dropping of Yahoo for Google has lead to a major shift in control of the U.S. mobile search market away. Currently, AT&T is working with Yahoo, Verizon has partnered Microsoft and Google has deals with two mobile operators, T-Mobile and Sprint.

Tagged with: Google • Microsoft • North Amercia • operator • Sprint • T-Mobile • USA • Verizon • Yahoo

HTC Supersonic adds its video on YouTube

On 03.08.10, In Mobile Phones, By Editor

A video of HTC Supersonic has been added onto YouTube in which it showing the Supersonic booting up and what it looks like on the back. The aim of the HTC Supersonic is to be one of Sprint’s first 4G (WiMAX) enabled phones of the year.

A few days ago the first video for the Incredible was previewed which was followed by some more pictures that pooped up out of nowhere. Now a real-deal video of Supersonic is available on the YouTube and it doesn’t know the interface, an individual can actually feel for what the device looks like in hand.

Compared to the Incredible, while the Supersonic is also set to be a CDMA device, it also runs Sense. The due share AMOLED screens, 5-megapixel camera and Android 2.1. With the Incredible going towards Verizon, seemingly, at least, the Supersonic does indeed look like it will be heading towards Sprint.

Tagged with: 4G • AMOLED • AMOLED Screen • Android • CDMA • Droid • HTC • megapixel • megapixel camera • Sprint • Verizon • WiMAX • YouTube

Verizon replaces Yahoo with Google (USA)

On 03.06.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A year long exclusive search deal with Yahoo has been called off by T-Mobile USA, replacing it with search giant Google. The deal has been completed recently and as per the deal, Yahoo will be replaced by Google as the default search engine on T-Mobile handsets approximately by March 3.

The Web2Go platform and home page of the mobile phones of the operator has already activated Google Search.
Earlier this week, Google was replaced by Yahoo as a search engine on AT&T’s Motorola Backflip Android phone.

Tagged with: 2G • Android • Google • Motorola • North Amercia • T-Mobile • USA • Verizon • Yahoo

AT&T and iPhone have fastest 3G network speeds (USA)

On 02.24.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The latest test of 3G speed for all the major carriers including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon has been published according to which AT&T’s improvement to its network is properly reflected.

AT&T’s average download speed was 1410 kbps, followed by Sprint at 795 kbps average, T-Moible at 868 kps average, and Verizon at 877 kbps average. The speeds were tested in 13 cities in which Los Angeles was not included but San Francisco was.

The test which was conducted last spring had AT&T as the slowest one but this year it leads the race. IPhone test speeds were faster than other smartphones, followed by the Verizon’s Droid by Motorola.

Tagged with: 3G • Cisco • iPhone • Los Angeles • Motorola • North America • San Francisco • Sprint • T-Mobile • T-Moible • USA • Verizon

4G to be only slightly faster than current 3G

On 02.23.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Massive costs, soaring consumer demand for data and the logistical nightmare of setting up tens of thousands of new cell sites- all these factors are going to lower the speed of 4G technology.

3G technology offers speeds of up to 2 megabits per second and broadband delivers 5 megabits per second to the average U.S. household. On the contrary, 4G will generate speeds of at least 100 megabits per second but the road to get there will be tough.

About 10,000 cell sites will have to be installed by the carriers to fully deploy a 4G network and this will cost hundreds and thousands of dollars. The two largest U.S. carriers, Verizon Wireless and AT&T have both announced plans to unveil 4G networks in the next two years based on a new technology called Long Term Evolution (LTE).

The No. 3 wireless carrier, Sprint Nextel claims to have a 4G network in place based on a different technology called WiMAX.

Tagged with: 3G • 4G • AT&T • Long Term Evolution • LTE • North America • Sprint • USA • Verizon • Verizon Wireless • WiMAX

Sprint to launch its first 4G smartphone this year (USA)

On 02.22.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The current 4G leader, Sprint has announced to introduce its first smartphone before mid-year with an aim to make the greater speed a reality for many businesses over the coming year.

Sprint’s 4G networks reaches about 30 million people in 27 markets and with the addition of Houston, New York, San Francisco, Boston, and Washington by the end of the year; it will expand the footprint to include 120 million people.

Sprint’s 4G WiMAX network has already been launched in 2008 but there have been no handsets to use on it. Apart from Sprint, several other USA carriers has also announced their entry into 4G services with Verizon announcing the introduction of its 4G network later this year using a competing technology called LTE.

AT&T is expected to launch its own LTE network sometime in 2011. Undoubtedly, Sprint’s rush to deliver 4G ahead of its competitors explains its choice of network technology.

Tagged with: 4G • AT&T • Boston • Launch • LTE network • New York • North America • San Francisco • Sprint • USA • Verizon • Washington • WiMAX

MWC 2010: T-Mobile announces 3G upgrade

On 02.17.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In a bid to outdo GSM rival AT&T in the 3G wireless data speed race in the US, T-Mobile USA announced that 7.2-Mbit/s High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 3G upgrade to its network has been completed.

It was also announced that the work on “broad national deployment” of HSPA+ has also begun which will offer top download speeds of up to 21 Mbit/s, by the end of 2010.

It was recently announced by AT&T that the deployment of 7.2-bit/s HSPA software across its network has been finished and it is now building backhaul to support it.

Meanwhile, Verizon has promised 5- to 12-Mbit/s downloads over its new Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in select markets by the end of 2010.

Tagged with: 3G • GSM • HSPA • Long Term Evolution • North America • T-Mobile • T-Mobile USA • U.S • USA • Verizon

AT&T, Verizon, other US carriers to sign cybersecurity deal with federal govt

On 02.12.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: AT&T, Qwest, Sprint and Verizon will supply managed security services to U.S. federal government agencies through the federal umbrella telecommunications contract known as Networx, to help them to meet cybersecurity defense requirements.

Currently, U.S. government is shifting its strategy for defending federal networks against a rising tide of hacking attacks launched by foreign governments and criminals. The government instead of focusing on consolidating external Internet connections is directing agencies to deploy a standard set of security tools and processes on all of their Internet connections.

A shift for the federal Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) Initiative is represented through this move.

Tagged with: AT&T • cybersecurity • Launch • Networx • North America • Qwest • RIM • Sprint • Verizon