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How AT&T boosted cell coverage at Boston's TD Garden

Posted May 21, 2012 - 8:36 pm

U.S. wireless carrier AT&T today announced it has finished installation of Boston's first indoor, LTE-capable Distributed Antenna System (DAS), designed to improve cellular-network performance during Boston Celtics basketball and Bruins hockey games, concerts and other events held at the TD Garden.
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New iPad: 4G no more (sort of)

Posted May 19, 2012 - 7:25 am

Apple has stopped calling the new iPad "4G-capable" after regulators cracked down on its U.S.-only capability to connect to high-speed LTE networks. Although it is still listed as being "4G LTE capable," the new iPad is now called "Wi-Fi + Cellular" instead of "Wi-Fi + 4G" in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada, and several parts of Asia.
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AT&T lights up 4G LTE in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Naples

Posted May 17, 2012 - 3:31 pm

AT&T Thursday launched its 4G LTE service in, New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Naples, Fla., today, which extends its high-speed network implementations to 38 markets.
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For LTE network slow but thorough will win the day, Sprint says

Posted May 9, 2012 - 2:19 pm

Sprint Nextel's methodical rollout of new cell sites with LTE may not win the deployment race, but each market that gets the upgrade will see competitive speeds and more complete coverage than other carriers may offer, executives said Wednesday.
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4G LTE networks hit battery life on some smartphones, Metrico finds

Posted May 8, 2012 - 3:31 pm

While battery capacities in smartphones has increased, 4G LTE networks are taking their toll on battery life for Web browsing and video streaming, according to Metrico Wireless.
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HTC Droid Incredible coming to Verizon 4G LTE

Posted May 7, 2012 - 1:37 pm

HTC and Verizon Wireless Monday announced that the Droid Incredible 4G LTE smartphone will go on sale 'in the coming weeks.'
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Verizon promoting LTE as home broadband alternative

Posted May 2, 2012 - 12:47 pm

If you've ever dreamed of using Verizon's LTE network as your home broadband connection, now you can. But it'll cost you.
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2012: The year LTE becomes a standard, not a luxury

Posted April 21, 2012 - 7:37 am

The mobile industry may well remember 2012 as the year when LTE became the dominant wireless technology in the United States.
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Verizon to activate 27 more LTE cities on Thursday

Posted April 18, 2012 - 7:22 am

Verizon Wireless will expand its faster 4G LTE network to 27 new cities on Thursday, bringing the total to 230 metro areas nationwide and reaching two-thirds of the U.S. population.
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Carriers cap LTE services to avoid fixed-line cannibalization, says IEEE's Saracco

Posted April 18, 2012 - 7:20 am

Roberto Saracco isn't buying carriers' claims that they need to put caps on their LTE services due to excessive traffic causing massive engineering challenges.
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AT&T adds St. Louis to LTE, brings total to 32 cities

Posted April 14, 2012 - 7:30 am

AT&T has added St. Louis, Mo., to its growing 4G LTE network, bringing the carrier's nationwide total to 32 cities.
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T-Mobile leaps at LTE spectrum swap opportunity

Posted April 10, 2012 - 7:36 am

T-Mobile has entered into a spectrum-swapping deal with Leap Wireless that will solidify the carrier's spectrum position in four states.
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Run Verizon's iPad as 4G LTE hotspot for 24 hours plus

Posted March 28, 2012 - 10:14 am

Turn off the display and you can run Verizon's new iPad for 24 or more hours as a 4G LTE mobile hotspot.
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Verizon hopes to draw first-time LTE smartphone buyers with the LG Lucid

Posted March 28, 2012 - 7:38 am

Verizon Wireless will begin exclusive sales Thursday of the LG Lucid smartphone for $79.99, after rebate and with a two-year agreement.
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LTE option poses data dilemma for iPad, smartphone users

Posted March 26, 2012 - 2:16 pm

The new iPad's LTE option, which enables access to fast 4G networks, means customers can use up an entire month's worth of data in a couple of hours. Bandwidth-versus-cost poses a dilemma for carriers, too.
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HTC phones with free MOG music, Galaxy Nexus on smaller carriers, and Windows Phone on Sprint: your rumor roundup

Posted March 21, 2012 - 9:27 am

With the iPad 3 out, the rumor mill is mostly focused on Android, particularly on the upcoming swath of LTE-enabled phones due out soon. Because those phones have to get their radios approved, roaming agreements confirmed, and their newer chipsets tested, more news than normal leaks out about them than is usual. And that’s great for us!
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Verizon Wireless: 4G LTE or bust in 2012

Posted March 18, 2012 - 7:25 am

A Verizon Wireless executive has told Dow Jones Newswires that the carrier plans a huge expansion of its 4G LTE wireless network this year and plans only to roll out 4G-capable phones.
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Macworld video review of new iPad

Posted March 14, 2012 - 9:34 pm

See the new iPad in action to see how good the screen is.
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From 'Faux-G' to 4G: T-Mobile announces LTE network plan

Posted February 24, 2012 - 7:42 am

T-Mobile, the smallest of the 'Big Four' U.S. wireless carriers, said today it will invest $4 billion in a new 4G LTE wireless network, with the hopes of launching the new service in 2013.
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iPad 3 to debut March 7, feature LTE support, reports claim

Posted February 15, 2012 - 8:25 am

Apple will unveil the next iPad on March 7, according to reports, and it will be the first Apple product to support the faster LTE data networks now available in the U.S. from Verizon and AT&T.
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LTE boosts mobile gear by 17% in 2012

Posted February 9, 2012 - 4:05 pm

Thanks to 4G LTE technology, the global market for mobile communications gear will grow 17% in 2012, according to IHS, formerly iSuppli.
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LightSquared 4G VS GPS: comments on whether the tests were rigged

Posted January 19, 2012 - 12:53 pm

LightSquared says tests showing their equipment interfered with GPS signals were rigged against them.
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LightSquared claims GPS industry rigged tests

Posted January 18, 2012 - 4:09 pm

LightSquared's proposed mobile data network was set up to fail in tests of interference with GPS that were conducted last November under government auspices, the would-be cellular carrier charged on Wednesday.
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Verizon to add LTE to five more cities

Posted January 18, 2012 - 4:02 pm

Verizon Wireless on Thursday will add five more cities to its rapidly expanding 4G LTE network, including Brownsville and McAllen, Texas.
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AT&T expands 4G LTE network to 11 cities

Posted January 5, 2012 - 9:58 pm

For many wireless users, Verizon's LTE service is no longer the only game in town. AT&T announced earlier today at an investor conference that it has launched 4G LTE mobile data service in 11 new cities, bringing its total LTE footprint up to 26 markets and 74 million customers, the carrier says.
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