New tweaks to Qualcomm’s silicon designs have produced not only a mobile processor capable of supporting Ultra HD, but also a baseband chip that can tap into the world’s fastest networks. Read more »
Sprint has finally tapped into the spectrum treasure trove that has sat dormant for so long in Clearwire. It’s new LTE network is fast, but more importantly it has enormous amounts… Read more »
Qualcomm has a huge lead in LTE silicon, but Intel made up a lot of ground today. It’s multimode LTE modem is now commercially available, giving 4G device makers the voice… Read more »
Networks are springing up all over Asia boasting faster speeds and new breakthroughs in 4G technology, leaving North America and Europe to play catch up. Read more »
Using an LTE-Advanced technique called carrier aggregation Turkcell managed to squeeze close to a gigabit of downlink bandwidth out of a lab network. Don’t get your hopes up though. This technology… Read more »
Both Everything Everywhere and SK’s networks deliver 150 Mbps, yet because of a technicality only one is advertised as LTE-Advanced. This is yet another example of the arbitrariness of mobile industry marketing. Read more »
T-Mobile and MetroPCS officially combined to create T-Mobile US on May 1, but in 61 days the new company has been relatively quiet. A lot has been going on behind the scenes, though. Read more »
Altair has now racked up nearly $100 million. The company is trying to become the LTE specialist creating a pure 4G chip for the tablet and connected gadget market. Read more »
The mobile industry is creating a mythology around LTE-Advanced and 5G that won’t match reality. Those terms imply leaps forward in mobile innovation that today’s networks can’t deliver. Read more »
Once more Samsung seems to be engaging in technical hyperbole. It told Reuters an LTE-Advanced Galaxy S 4 will soon go on sale in Korea. Here are the many reasons why… Read more »