TeliaSonera, First Mobile Carrier to Provide 4G Services

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

TeliaSonera is the world's first carrier to launch 4G/LTE (Long Term Evolution) services, with the first segment of the public benefiting from this offer being the folks of Stockholm and Oslo. The Swedish carrier takes pride in being the first operator in the world to provide its clients with access ...

4G Technology Will Increase Data Traffic, Decrease Costs

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

The implementation of 4G communication technology will allow mobile carriers to handle the significant mobile data traffic growth of the following years, or so claims Dragos Chivu, Nokia Siemens Networks Romania general manager. The official also mentioned that operation costs will go down, thanks to the new technology. Nokia predicts a ...

Nokia and Chipmaker Infineon to Create Next-gen High end Devices

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Reuters informs us that Nokia and chipmaker Infineon will be working together on making chips for high-end devices created by the Finns. These will be the next-gen smartphones of the following years and you should know that Infineon already works with Nokia, as a supplier of chips. The company claims that ...

Verizon LTE iPhone, a Reality?

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

It's been all Apple rumours these days and this time we learn via Mashable, that Apple is testing a Verizon iPhone version with support for LTE 4G connectivity. LTE is the following generation of connectivity, following the 3G one and it should greatly increase the speed of data service and ...

Verizon Wireless Tests LTE 4G Data Calls in Seattle and Boston

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Verizon has recently completed a premiere test of its Long Term Evolution (4G) data call, in Boston, this process relying on the 3GPP Release 8 standard. Also, a test was performed in Seattle as well, with the same technology involved and it was a success too. The tests includes video streaming, ...

AT&T Starts Upgrading Its 3G Network to HSPA 7.2Mbps Technology

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

AT&T has just announced that it'll start upgrading its 3G network to support HSPA 7.2Mbps technology this year. The upgrade will be completed in 2011 and this system will allow users to reach download speeds of 7.2Mbps (theoretically), but you should know that the real speed speeds will be slower. Right ...

China Mobile Readies Ophone Android Handset for May 17th Launch

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Lenovo Ophone was supposed to bring Android to China last quarter, but didn't make it and got posptoned, at least till now, since we found out that China Mobile will be releasing the smartphone on May 17th. May 17th is the World Communications Day, a great opportunity to release a handset, ...

LG Develops Handset Chip That Enables 100 Mbps Downloads

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

LG announced today that it has developed the first modem chip for handsets that can enable download speeds of up to 100 Mbps and uploads of 50 Mbps. The chip is based on the LTE technology standards (3GPP) and can be seen as a step toward the mass market 4G ...

Nokia CEO Discusses US Market Strategies and 4G Implementation

Monday, November 17th, 2008

While being interviewed by the Boston Globe recently, Nokia's CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo talked about the US market and the future of 4G connectivity. Although the public would like to see more S60 3G devices made by Nokia on the market, this seems like a remote situation, but things are improving, ...