Promotional mobile broadband price plans to offer 20GB for £25 per month UK mobile operator EE, currently the country's most widespread 4G LTE network, has announced that it's switched on 4G service in parts of rural Cumbria as part of its latest network expansion. The carrier says this gives 2,000-plus residents and businesses in the area access to its 4G LTE services, and it's...
Carrier boasts 300Mbps speeds for businesses in London's Tech City area Always looking to cement its lead over rival providers, UK LTE network operator EE has announced that it's partnered with Huawei to bring data speeds of up to 300Mbps to London's Tech City, as part of its LTE-Advanced trials. The scheme will kick off in December in conjunction with businesses in Tech City, an area...
Sprint Spark network is a go, phones coming November 8 Sprint has sent out a note to the press, chock full of news plenty of folks are going to love. They are about to officially kick out Sprint Spark — what they've named their tri-band LTE technology — and have three phones in the works to use it. Spark is Sprint's attempt to get some serious LTE speeds for their customers by utilizing...
A quick heads-up for anyone in the UK thinking of signing up with EE — the carrier's wide range of new contract and Pay As You Go plans are now live. Announced a couple of weeks back, EE's new range of services lets customers get hold of 4G LTE data without signing a monthly contract, while also giving mobile broadband subscribers the option of higher data allowances. EE's new tiered...
Sprint this morning announced the official roll-out of 4G LTE data to 45 new locations. That brings Sprint up to a total of 230 4G LTE markets. In addition to the new markets, Sprint also added coverage in Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island, N.Y. The new 4G LTE markets are: Abilene, Texas Adrian, Mich. Albany/Corvallis, Ore. Ardmore, Okla. Athens, Texas...
Updated mid-ranger exclusive to Vodafone at launch, other operators coming later Samsung UK has announced an updated version of the mid-range Galaxy Express handset it launched earlier in the year, the Galaxy Express 2. The LTE-capable handset features a 4.5-inch qHD LCD display, a 1.7GHz dual core processor, 1.5GB of RAM and a 5-megapixel rear camera. Based on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean...
'4GEE Extra' plans and larger mobile broadband allowances coming too British mobile operator EE has announced some sweeping changes to its range of 4G LTE services today, including new Pay As You Go 4G plans, a new two-tiered approach to LTE speeds and larger allowances for mobile broadband customers. EE's new prepaid 4G plans for smartphones start from £5 per 30-day period for 100MB of...
Some folks have more Gs than others, no matter what the carriers try to tell us LTE is something that many of us will take for granted. Verizon and AT&T keep telling us about new locations, and around the world companies like Vodafone and Rogers have an impressive list of locations they service with LTE high-speed data. But in many areas, like the English countryside or the great...
Carrier claims independent tests put its LTE network ahead of other carriers Along with sweeping changes to its international calling and data rates, T-Mobile is also announcing news related to its LTE network here at home. Coming in ahead of schedule according to CTO Neville Ray, T-Mobile is announcing today that its LTE network is now truly "nationwide," covering 233 metro areas...
Liverpool on Oct. 17, Glasgow on Oct. 24, Manchester 'soon afterwards' Vodafone UK is beginning to build out its 4G LTE network, and it's today announced that three major British cities are due for a 4G switch-on in the near future. First up is Liverpool, next Thursday, Oct. 17. That's followed by Glasgow on Oct. 24, with Manchester completing the trifecta "soon afterwards." Vodafone...
Expanding LTE to even more people across the country Update: We've updated this post to reflect the full list of market expansions from AT&T. AT&T has made a few interesting announcements regarding LTE this week, and one of them is a push towards finalizing its initial LTE rollout by the end of 2014. In trying to hit its goals, AT&T has just launched or expanded its LTE...
Well past 400 nationwide markets, AT&T keeps expanding its LTE network It's that time of the week where AT&T announces the grouping of markets that have recently received new or improved LTE service. This time around we have eleven new markets and two improved ones, in which folks using LTE-capable handsets should see faster, more reliable speeds: New markets: Selma,...
EE, currently the UK's largest 4G LTE network, has announced that it's switched on LTE services in another twelve towns across the country. From today EE's 4G should be available in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Beaconsfield, Blackburn, Burton upon Trent, Coalville, Chester-le-Street, Fleet, Gerrards Cross, Halifax, Hinckley, Houghton-le-Spring and Reigate, bringing the total number of EE 4G...
Another group of markets that can now take advantage of increased speeds and coverage Earlier this month AT&T pushed over 400 LTE markets nationwide. Since then it has continued to launch new markets at a steady and often surprising pace, in an attempt to cover practically every part of the US with its LTE service. Today AT&T has announced that it is making its higher-speed data...
Nexus 7 is a device "not yet certified" for Verizon's LTE network There's a bit of a fuss going on about Verizon and the new LTE Nexus 7. It seems that people are facing some difficulty getting the device activated on the carrier, and the back-and-forth is getting even more confusing. We reached out to Verizon, who just replied with an official response. In all its brevity: This is...
Sprint this morning announced that it's turned on LTE data in 34 more markets. That gives Sprint a total of 185 markets nationwide. The new 4G LTE markets are: Alexandria, La. Allegan, Mich. Amarillo, Texas Anniston/Oxford, Ala. Bay City, Mich. Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas Bedford, Pa. Corpus Christi, Texas Del Rio, Texas Enid, Okla. Fort...
LTE coverage now live in 3 new markets, expanding in 11 more AT&T has launched its LTE network in three new markets today, which puts its total number of markets over 400, covering almost 240 million people nationwide. Those three lucky markets pushing the total to 400 are: Alexander City, Alabama Concord, New Hampshire Jamestown, New York On top of these new markets,...
Wider frequency support opens the door to more devices and carrier partnerships AT&T announced today on its public policy blog that it will commit to lower 700MHz LTE interoperability going forward, opening the door for more devices and small carrier partners in the future. This "lower" area of the 700MHz spectrum, also referred to as Band 12, was previously unsupported by AT&T...
Customers moving to 4G plans also receive unlimited data for three months Gearing up for the expansion of its 4G LTE network in late September, Vodafone UK is offering new plans in a promotion it is calling "4G Bonus". Customers signing up for new 12 or 24 month contracts with Vodafone on its new "4G-ready" plans will receive double the standard amount of data it offers, plus an...
Vector is Mobile Nation's newest show. It takes the most important topics in technology today, focuses on them from interesting angles, and then discusses the hell out of them. On this episode Sascha Segan, lead mobile analyst at PC Magazine, talks to Rene about the evolution of data connections, the annual Fastest Mobile Networks survey, the triumphs and tragedies of modern carriers,...