Sprint appears ready to invest in its long-delayed Spark network rollout, but it’s getting some help from the companies that will be providing the equipment. Nokia, Samsung and Alcatel-Lucent are supplying a combined… Read more »
Carriers are constantly on the hunt for more 4G spectrum, but the airwaves they need may be right under their noses. Mobile network builder Ericsson has developed a new technology that… Read more »
SK Telecom is starting the new year with a new kind of 4G network – or at least a network built from the pieces of its older LTE systems. This week,… Read more »
U.K. carrier Everything Everywhere has managed to squeeze a 410 Mbps LTE connection out of a 4G trial, generating speeds nearly 50 percent faster than its new souped-up “4G+” network in… Read more »
T-Mobile’s 4G network may not have the geographical reach of Verizon’s, but T-Mobile has started taking the first steps to get there. In conjunction with its big rollover data announcement on… Read more »
Verizon has already launched two distinct LTE networks since it first turned on 4G in 2010, but now it’s started paving the way for the third. Unlike the first two, however,… Read more »
Verizon is tapping startup SpiderCloud’s small cell technology to move its LTE network indoors, announcing plans to begin wiring up office buildings with these tiny base stations. Read more »
T-Mobile is starting to clock some impressive download speeds on its newly upgraded LTE networks in different parts of the country: 30.2 Mbps in Columbus, Ohio; 24.1 Mbps in Boston; and… Read more »
Telefónica has tapped Israeli networking startup eVolution to help it manage the power consumption of its mobile networks in Latin America. Read more »
The two companies have developed a technology that idles a portion of the mobile network at night when demand is lowest. This won’t just save energy costs. It will create a… Read more »