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AT&T Starts 2G Network Shut Down In New York

AT&T begins 2G sit down in New York, original iPhone should be unaffected AT&T has begun shutting down its 2G service in New York to free up spectrum for 3G and 4G customers. The shut down will effect a number of mobile phones that rely on 2G service for voice and data. If you’re st...

The Navy Is Equipping Its Ships With 4G Networks [Military]

Bandwidth on Navy ships is a scarce, expensive commodity. For sailors using non-essential systems, like recreational computers? Dial-up speeds - if they're lucky. But by the end of the year, for the first time, the Navy will put a 4G LTE wireless network aboard some of its ships, giving a whole n...

Global LTE Fragmentation Is A Big Problem For Apple

LTE frequency bands are largely region-specific Apple has faced some challenges already when it comes to LTE on the new iPad and it looks like there will be more challenges to come as nearly 60% of mobile carriers worldwide expect to launch LTE service over the next 18 months. To date, the new iP...

Sprint bumps per GB price on hotspot plans for phones

In a bid to encourage more customers to use their mobile phone as a wireless hotspot, Sprint has revamped its mobile hotspot tethering services on smartphones. Enthusiast sitePhandroidcaught the change in a Sprint community forum: The carrier will no longer offer its $30 monthly plan with 5 GB of...

Cable Companies Band Together To Offer Free 4G/LTE Alternative

Cable companies begin offering free roaming Wi-Fi to customers LTE devices, including iPads, offer users two major advantages: speeds typically faster than many wired providers (in my neck of the woods, Verizon LTE is just over twice as fast as Time Warner’s Roadrunner Turbo) and ubiquitous...

Is FaceTime over 3G really a good idea?

Apple may be planning to add 3G data support for FaceTime on iOS devices if these screen shots from AppleInsider are a clue. Many have long desired to use FaceTime on a mobile broadband network instead of Wi-Fi, which is where Apple’s video chat service is limited to now, and I’m in t...

Apple again seen testing FaceTime over 3G

While folks in the jailbreak community have been able to make FaceTime calls on cellular networks for quite some time now, others haven’t been so lucky. Since it debuted in 2010, the video calling feature has remained Wi-Fi-only.Today, however,evidencehas surfaced that suggests Apple is tes...

AT&T 4G LTE Crawls Its Way To Three New Cities

While Verizon is busy setting the U.S. ablaze with 4G LTE, AT&T continues their embarrassingly slow rollout. In a less than exciting announcement, AT&T has informed us that three new cities have been blessed with their 4G LTE network. Those of you living in the following cities will now ...

Verizon Will Kill Your Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plan When You Switch To 4G LTE

Kiss unlimited data goodbye on Verizon. Bad news for grandfathered unlimited data subscriber on Verizon: the nation’s largest carrier will kill unlimited data once and for all when subscribers switch over to 4G LTE data plans. Starting in mid-summer, when you buy a LTE handset and switch ov...

Verizon To Set 28 New Markets Ablaze With 4G LTE This Thursday

In two days, hundreds of thousands of Verizon customers will be able to experience the blazing speeds of 4G LTE thanks to another major rollout. Verizon continues to leave its competitors in the dust and come May 17, Verizon will have blanketed 258 markets with its 4G LTE network. This week̵...

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