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LG kicks TD-LTE-enabled Optimus G Pro onto China Mobile, calls it LG-E985T

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Posted by Derek Kessler on 25 Feb 2014 6:15 pm
LG kicks TD-LTE-enabled G Pro onto China Mobile, calls it LG-E985T
LG's smartphones in Korea, Europe, and the Americas might get cool makes like G Pro 2 and G Flex, but in China, they get numbers. Which is all as well, considering that when you get your phone onto China Mobile you get access to 750 million potential customers. So that's where you'll find the LG-E985T, with TD-LTE and FD-LTE in tow. All things considered, the LG-E985T is actually a fairly well...

LG F70 set to bring KitKat and LTE to millions of new customers

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 24 Feb 2014 4:59 pm
LG F70
LG leveraging their huge bank of LTE patents and a 2440mAh battery to provide high-speed all day long LG isn't finished at Mobile World Congress, and they have just released the details about the new F70, which looks to be a mid-range device with a premium look and feel. The F70 sports a 4.5-inch WVGA display and features KitKat running on a quad-core processor and 1GB of RAM. LG is also...

AT&T adds international LTE roaming in Spain, France, Japan, Australia, Singapore, and 8 other countries

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Posted by Derek Kessler on 24 Feb 2014 11:14 am
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Late last year saw AT&T adding international LTE roaming in Canada and the UK, and today they're adding 13 more nations to the list. If the added services are treated in the same way as AT&T's deals with EE in the UK and Rogers in Canada, the rates charged for the "Data Global" add-ons won't change with the addition of LTE services, though AT&T did not say if that would be the case...

Sprint Spark and HD Voice comes to Salt Lake City and Jacksonville

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Posted by Simon Sage on 24 Feb 2014 10:24 am
A lot of our attention is pointed towards Europe for Mobile World Congress, but domestically Sprint has announced HD Voice and Spark support in Salt Lake City and Jacksonville, Florida. Sprint's LTE is now covering 382 markets, while the 60 Mbps available through Spark is available in 16 cities right now. Anybody in Salt Lake City or Jacksonville happy to get the service? Anyone not on Sprint...

The Wiko WAX brings NVIDIA's i500 LTE modem to Europe

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 24 Feb 2014 10:38 am
Wiko WAX
The 4.7-inch Wiko WAX is Europe's first Tegra 4i smartphone NVIDIA showed off the Tegra Note 7 LTE just a few days ago, and now they have a smartphone using their new i500 LTE modem to show us all as well. The new Wiko WAX is the latest smartphone from one of Europes fastest-growing smartphone makers, and it looks to be their entry into the high-performance smartphone market. The 4.7-inch...

Samsung Galaxy Core LTE announced, mid-ranger bound for Europe and Asia

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Posted by Derek Kessler on 17 Feb 2014 6:39 pm
Samsung Galaxy Core LTE announced, mid-ranger bound for Europe and Asia
A little under one year ago saw Samsung introduce the Galaxy Core, a mid-range Android with specs from a year prior and a price to match, and today they're following up with the Galaxy Core LTE. Like its predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy Core LTE isn't exactly an overwhelming device, but it's still one that will be adequate — especially in the low-cost markets at which Samsung is targeting the...

Boost Mobile offering $35 unlimited plan for 6 months when you buy an LTE device

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 6 Feb 2014 6:47 pm
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Save $120 over the default plan in your first 6 months Boost Mobile is well-known for offering mobile phone service on the cheap, and starting today you can get it even cheaper if you buy a new LTE device. From now until March 31st, if you head to Boost Mobile and purchase one of their new LTE devices and activate it, you'll be set up to pay just $35 per month for unlimited talk, text and data...

Three and EE to share 4G LTE infrastructure and costs

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 3 Feb 2014 6:47 am
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Carriers will reportedly build next stage of their LTE networks together UK mobile operators Three and EE are set to work together on the next part of their 4G LTE networks, according to a report from the Financial Times. The FT reports that the largest and smallest major UK carriers will share masts and backhaul transmission costs as part of a deal that'll see £1 billion ($1.63 billion) being...

Tesco Mobile offers free 4G LTE to all contract customers

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 30 Jan 2014 7:23 am
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Good news for anyone in the UK with a contract on Tesco Mobile — the network has announced that it's to ditch its £2.50 surcharge and offer LTE services to all postpaid customers for free. Tesco Mobile is operated by the supermarket chain of the same name but runs on O2's airwaves, so you should be good for 4G coverage wherever O2's got it deployed. Customers will still need to be on a contract...

Sprint adds another 40 cities to its LTE roster

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 27 Jan 2014 10:13 am
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Sprint today announced that another 40 cities have joined the ranks of its LTE networks. The additions give Sprint a total of 340 LTE markets in the United States. The newly added locales are:

AT&T lights up new LTE markets

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 22 Jan 2014 10:37 am
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AT&T has announced that it's lit up 4G LTE service in "several" new markets today, including 20 highlighted in today's news release. Check out the full list after the break.

Korean carrier to launch insanely fast 225Mbps LTE network before 2014 is out

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Posted by Richard Devine on 20 Jan 2014 10:34 am
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SK Telecom plans to hit hyper-speed with its new LTE-Advanced network While LTE in the States or Europe is pretty fast, it still pales in comparison to the kind of data speeds Korean mobile users get to experience. The gulf is set to get even wider with SK Telecom, Koreas largest carrier, announcing plans to introduce an astonishingly fast 225Mbps LTE-Advanced network later this year.  Current...

HP Chromebook 11 back in the Play Store, LTE model (sort of) shows up at Best Buy

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 15 Jan 2014 2:36 pm
HP Chromebook 11
$100 bump in price gets you connection to the Verizon network Following an extensive recall of faulty chargers, the HP Chromebook 11 is finally back up for sale in the Play Store. Equipped with a newer (and much nicer) charger, you can pick up the Chromebook 11 for the same $279 price — that'll get you an Exynos 5250-powered laptop with 2GB of RAM and a 1366 x 768 display. Every color is in-...

EE and Vodafone set to get speedy in Channel Tunnel

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Posted by Jordan Miera on 9 Jan 2014 2:47 pm
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20 million yearly travelers will now have high speed broadband inside the Chunnel Looks like EE and Vodafone are set to unleash some speed in the Channel Tunnel, a transportation mode that turns the trip from the UK to France into a 35-minute jaunt. Vodafone and EE's networks will consist of LTE (or, as EE creatively calls it, "4GEE"), 3G and 2G. Services should be up by this summer. The goal...

Sprint adds six new Spark markets

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Posted by Jared DiPane on 7 Jan 2014 11:28 pm
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Sparks start to fly in six new markets In addition to rolling out new Framily Plans today Sprint has also announced that they will be expanding the Spark network to six new markets. Spark is what Sprint has dubbed their tri-band LTE technology, and at launch the service was only available in five markets. With most of the coverage expansion taking place in Texas, Sprint has announced that...

T-Mobile LTE network expands to 14 new markets

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 7 Jan 2014 1:46 am
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Plenty of work left to do on the magenta coverage map T-Mobile's LTE network is pretty expansive and hits many major markets across the country, but there's still plenty of room for expansion. The so-called Uncarrier is expanding its new high-speed network to over a dozen new markets today, hitting several different areas of the country including many smaller cities. Check the full list below...

AT&T announces 12 new 4G LTE markets

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 18 Dec 2013 11:14 am
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AT&T has announced that it's switched on its 4G LTE network in another twelve markets, bringing its total LTE market count to 488. The full list, which you'll find after the break, includes locations in Colorado, New York, Wisconsin, Hawaii, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Idaho. If you've seen AT&T 4G LTE lighting up for the first time in recent days, shout out in the comments.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Active LTE-A headed to Korea

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 18 Dec 2013 4:09 am
Galaxy S4 Active LTE-A
New Galaxy S4 Active model for SKT features Snapdragon 800, faster data and upgraded camera Samsung has unveiled a new version of the Galaxy S4 Active in its home country, featuring an upgraded CPU, faster data speeds and an updated camera that brings it in line with the company's other 2013 flagships. The device boasts LTE-Advanced data speeds of up to 150Mbps, and as such it runs Qualcomm's...

EE announces 4G LTE roaming agreement, AT&T first partner network

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 17 Dec 2013 5:50 am
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Additional partnerships set to launch early next year along with LTE roaming abroad for EE customers UK carrier EE has announced that it's the first network operator to launch "inbound 4G roaming" for visitors to the UK, having reached its first LTE roaming agreement with U.S. operator AT&T. That means — technology-permitting — that AT&T subscribers should be able to roam on EE's 4G ...

Sprint announces 70 new LTE locations

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 16 Dec 2013 10:21 am
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Sprint this morning announced some 70 new LTE locations, bringing its total to some 300 nationwide.  We've got the full list of additions after the break.

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