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A technical issue disrupted 4G LTE network service from Verizon Wireless for some customers between late Tuesday and late Wednesday, but the issue is now resolved. That's according to the company, which issued only a terse statement on Thursday morning. The term "outage" is "not entirely accurate" a...
AT&T on Monday announced the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and the HTC Vivid. These are the carrier's first Android smartphones to run on its 4G LTE network. They will be on the market Nov. 6. On that day, AT&T will also launch 4G LTE services in four new markets -- Boston; Washington; Balti...
A recently revealed U.S. Department of Justice document has provided details about what kind of usage information is retained by the nation's largest mobile phone providers, as well as how long they retain it. In some cases, information is stored for many years. The document, a single-paged memo, wa...
Motorola and Verizon Wireless on Wednesday got around to delivering what's been promised to owners of the Xoom tablet for several months: 4G LTE. When the Motorola Xoom first went on sale early in 2011, buyers were told that they'd eventually be able to send their 3G-wireless-equipped tablets to a w...
Researchers at the University of Michigan have come up with a way to extend the battery life of tablets, smartphones and other devices that use WiFi. Kang Shin, a professor of computer science and engineering, and Xinyu Zhang, a doctoral student, have developed E-MiLi, a power management method that...
Eight months after Verizon Wireless showed off the prototype for the Droid Bionic, it is finally coming to market. The device is among the handful of phones that will run on the 4G LTE network that Verizon is rolling out this year -- and the carrier's first to sport a dual-core processor. If that ma...
Clearwire said Wednesday that it intends to add "LTE Advanced-Ready" technology to its 4G network. The announcement follows the successful completion of 4G tests that clocked download speeds above 120 Mbps. The deployment is subject to additional funding, the company said. Clearwire's initial implem...
A federal judge recently refused to dismiss charges against Google from July 2010 which claim the company violated the Federal Wiretap Act. At the same time, the court threw out accusations that the search engine giant broke state laws in an accidental data breach. In what's being popularly referred...
LightSquared is moving forward with its plans to create a faster 4G wireless network by switching airwaves after tests showed its previous system interfered with GPS systems, the company announced Monday. The network innovator will use spectrum controlled by satellite company Inmarsat. "Inmarsat is ...
LightSquared's plans for launching a faster wireless network have been hampered by new government tests that show the broadband network could interfere with GPS systems. The proposed wireless network, being developed by LightSquared, is supposed to be the fastest way yet to access a broadband networ...
AT&T Labs has demonstrated download speeds of nearly 29 Mbps on an experimental LTE network in Plano, Texas, according to a report in GigaOm. Upload speeds reportedly hit 10.4 Mbps in the demo. AT&T, however, is saying little publicly about its work-in-progress network. "The network is exper...
AT&T has announced that the 4G Samsung Infuse smartphone, which it is reportedly positioning as a "supermodel of smartphones," will be available to the public May 15. The Infuse runs Android 2.2, has a 4.5-inch super AMOLED Plus screen, can download data at up to 21 Mbps off AT&T's 4G networ...
T-Mobile Tuesday unveiled what it called its most powerful handset -- the HTC Sensation 4G. It will be available this summer, and T-Mobile is talking up a storm about the device. Among other things, T-Mobile repeatedly refers to the device as the "HTC Sensation 4G." However, HTC's own tech specs ind...
Winning regulatory approval may be a difficult battle for AT&T in its bid to buy up wireless rival T-Mobile. However, if it does indeed gain permission to purchase its GSM wireless competitor, the technological challenges could prove to be much less of a headache. AT&T will be able to transi...
Since it was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show last January, the Motorola Xoom tablet has been hailed as the strongest challenge yet to Apple's iPad. However, it faces two possible obstacles to widespread acceptance: Its price, and its lack of a WiFi-only version. The Xoom has both 3G and Wi...
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