T-Mobile just dropped one helluva big change on us, completely redesigning its plans and how it sells devices. No matter how simple they are or how you explain them, there are bound to be questions left unanswered. We've been keeping an eye on the burning questions people are having regarding the changes, and done our best to answer them below. We implore you to first take a look at our...
Rogers is announcing today that it is planning to roll out 44 new LTE markets this Spring for its customers. The rollout is expected over the next few months, and while there isn't a definitive list of every new market, Rogers is listing a few areas as a primer of what's to come: Saint John, New Brunswick Medicine Hat, Alberta Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Guelph, Ontario...
T-Mobile USA has just announced its new 4G LTE services, and along with it confirmed a handful of new devices. On the Android side, upcoming phones include the Samsung Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note 2 and HTC One. The Galaxy S4 is set to arrive in Q2, while the has a HTC One "spring" launch window attached. The Galaxy Note 2, currently on sale on T-Mo, will get an over-the-air update to allow...
T-Mobile today took the wraps off its long-awaited LTE network, launching in seven metro areas. There are three Android smartphones that will take advantage of the higher-speed 4G data. They are the Samsung Galaxy S4, Note 2, and the HTC One. (BlackBerry's Z10 also rocks T-Mobile LTE.) The Galaxy Note 2 is available now; the HTC One and Galaxy S4 are expected in April. The seven cities...
T-Mobile may be testing its LTE network in several additional cities above the two that it has already announced are complete. According to data collected by OpenSignal, which makes diagnostic software that many engineers use to test networks, there is some LTE network activity on T-Mobile in at least 9 different cities in the U.S. On top of the previously announced Las Vegas and Kansas...
The EE LTE train continues to roll along, with the latest expansion to the UK's fledgling 4G network heading to a more rural setting. While many of the major cities across the UK are covered by EE's LTE service, the next expansion sees rural Cumbria receiving the high speed mobile data service. The Northern Fells is one of the UK's most rural areas, and EE's LTE will now provide high-...
There are still major markets in the U.S. that have yet to be touched by AT&T's LTE, but the number is dwindling further as the carrier adds several more markets this week. This group is mostly located in the Southeastern portion of the country: Augusta, Georgia Macon, Georgia Cleveland, Tennessee Dryersburg, Tennessee Ripley, Tennessee Sebring, Florida...
T-Mobile has just released a statement regarding its availability of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4. Although no specific date was given, the carrier has put up a "pre-registration" page where you can enter your email address to receive updates. T-Mobile is excited to partner with Samsung to bring the Samsung Galaxy S™ 4 to our customers. We look forward to sharing more information...
Sprint is planning to release the Samsung Galaxy S4 in the second quarter of the year, and is confirming that it will continue to offer unlimited LTE with the device. Following in line with most other carriers, Sprint isn't getting to much more specific about pricing our availability details: Sprint is excited to bring the benefit of Truly Unlimited 4G LTE data to the U.S. variant of...
Galaxy S4 to be available in 155 countries starting at the end of April We're live here at the Samsung Galaxy S4 event, and they've just dropped some availability information on us. The device will be available in a total of 155 countries on a staggering 327 mobile operators worldwide, starting at the end of April. Samsung is talking up that it will be available with every frequency...
If there were a flagship phone launching in the UK -- or anywhere, for that matter -- without 4G LTE capabilities, we'd be a little concerned. That's why we're not terribly surprised to see EE, the UK's only LTE operator, revealing that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4 will come with support for its burgeoning LTE network. "Ready for #TheNextGalaxy? It's coming to superfast 4GEE," the...
According to CFO Fran Shammo, Verizon will have LTE-only phones in the market by late 2014 and expects device subsidies to decrease in the next few years. Speaking at the Deutsche Bank 2013 Media, Internet & Telecom Conference, Shammo explained that the move to LTE-only devices in late 2014 will help reduce the cost of smart phones. Presumably if a device doesn't require a CDMA...
LG's latest sales announcement may still seem somewhat insignificant in the overall standings, but that's not to say it's an achievement that should be sneered at. Announced this morning, LG has now sold 10 million 4G LTE smartphones worldwide. There's a strong chance that the bulk of those sales were made in its native South Korea, but 10 million is 10 million, wherever they're sold. ...
Sole UK 4G LTE carrier EE (Everything Everywhere) has announced that it's switched on 4G coverage in a further nine towns and cities across the country. From today, EE customers in Barnsley, Chorley, Coventry, Newport, Preston, Rotherham, Telford, Walsall and Watford will be able to pick up LTE reception on supporting devices. Four months after it first rolled out 4G, EE's total market...
The HTC One SV is a very capable mid-level Android phone, and today we found out that it will be available on Boost Mobile starting March 7 -- complete with 4G LTE service. With the Snapdagon S4 processor and 1GB of RAM, the extremely thin and well built One SV will certainly be a treat for existing -- and new -- Boost customers. The One SV will be available on Boost's no-contract...
Qualcomm, well known for both its radio chipsets and processors, is announcing today that its latest Gobi chipsets -- the MDM9225 and MDM9625 -- are capable of LTE Advanced and Carrier Aggregation for higher data speeds. Carrier Aggregation (which isn't what you'd think) is a technology that allows the LTE radio in a device to pull down data across multiple bands of spectrum. This means...
AT&T and General Motors have just announced plans to bring LTE to a wide range of its cars starting in 2014. The partnership will enable GM to provide a whole host of new connected car services through its subsidiary, OnStar, across models from Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac. The connectivity will be built in at a basic level of the car, integrated into the electrical system and...
AT&T announced this morning that it has flipped the switch and turned on LTE in more markets. Any of you in the following locales will be fortunate to have AT&T LTE soon. The new markets are: Tunica, Mississippi Athens, Tennessee Lafollette, Tennessee Tallahassee, Florida Salinas and Monterey, California Lawrence, Kansas Always good to see the...
ZTE does more than make Android phones that we rarely see in the U.S. They're also a big vendor to the folks who build out cellular networks, and provide all manner of equipment to folks like Verizon and other carriers. Today at Mobile World Congress 2013 they have launched what they are calling a 4G Cloud Radio solution. It's technical, and a look at the white papers and press release...
Let's face it, LTE is a mess. The different flavors found all around the world causes issues not just for consumers -- try traveling abroad and getting LTE -- but also for OEM's who actually want to put LTE into their devices. What if, what if one device could pick up LTE wherever you happened to travel? Enter Qualcomm, and the announcement of the RF360, which is hailed as the worlds...