Finland natives rejoice as the path to 4G righteousness is upon your distant neighbors doorstep. TeliaSonera, Elisa, and DNA have recently picked up quite a bit of space in the 1800MHz spectrum in order to develop and deploy their 4G networks in the next couple of years. While the move to go with the 1800MHz frequency instead of the much more popular 2.6Ghz frequency used by many other European nations might seam a bit foolish as it will contribute to more radios...
If there is one thing people like, it is taking ten different objects and turning them into one multi-function power house. For the digital minded, that is why we have smartphones. Calendars, address books, web browsers, email, etc. are all at our finger tips meaning we don’t have to carry each one of the mentioned and unmentioned objects with us seperately. Remember, there was a time when we did, but now with technology and mobile devices becoming so much more...
Carriers in the U.S. have long had a fascination with advertising themselves as the fastest, biggest, or most reliable network. Really who could blame them? It is a PR move meant to attract as many customers as humanly possible. In the age of increasing smartphone use, more and more people are in tune to and concerned with how fast the network is as it will allow their mobile web browsing to be much more fluid and desktop like. Sure faster speeds are always a big...
WiMax has enjoyed a pretty big fanfare of hype the last couple years. However, the last 6-10 months has been a whole lot of hype and not much of any progress. For example, there are only TWO public WiMax networks up and running in the US after several years of “development”. So what’s up? Red tape, financial problems, tech politics? WiMax was dealt a pretty substantial blow when Nokia discontinued the N810 WiMax tablet. Until now, Nokia has...
T-Mobile while a late bloomer in the 3G world is pushing ahead at break neck pace. Last year, they reached around 100 million people by the end of 2008. For the end of 2009, T-Mobile is shooting for over 200 million. Still with the quick pace they are moving, they are still several years behind. For example, Verizon and AT&T have had 3G for several years now. And Sprint is even starting rolling out (albeit much slower) their 4G WiMax network with Clearwire....
