05/16/2011
Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) – France hopes to get at least 2.5 billion euros ($3.53 billion) for the fourth-generation (4G) wireless frequencies it plans to grant to telecom operators in an upcoming auction, Industry minister Eric Besson told Le Figaro.
France is in the final stages of setting terms for the auction of fourth-generation mobile spectrum, which [...]
25/2011
Giga Om
Ever since Sprint launched its Evo with WiMAX last year, calling it the nation’s first 4G phone, competing operators have scrambled to use the 4G moniker for their own devices and services. T-Mobile soon began touting that its HSPA+ network upgrades would bring “4G-like speeds” and now simply uses the 4G tag for phones [...]
03/17/2011
Giga Om
Verizon’s first 4G handset, the HTC ThunderBolt, is available today and already the first real-world speed tests are coming in. Although there are relatively few LTE subscribers as compared to those on traditional 3G networks, the bandwidth numbers are impressive, both when using the phone for typical use and also as a connection for [...]
01/07/2011
ZDNet News
The biggest technology news this week didn’t come from CES in Las Vegas. No, the biggest news story was that Qualcomm, a major mobile phone radio silicon player, is buying Atheros, one of the leading lights of Wi-Fi silicon. Put them together and what do you get? I’ll tell you what you get; you [...]
12/03/2010
Bloomberg News – Frankfurt (am Main)
BRUSSELS—The European Commission wants radio spectrum for wireless broadband—also known as the fourth-generation mobile network—available by 2013, it said Thursday in a Memo ahead of the European Union Telecom Ministers’ meeting.
“The commission is convinced that its proposal to fix 2013 as the target date is necessary and realistic,” Neelie [...]
Economic Times – Mumbai Edition – Online, The
SEOUL: Telecom gear maker Alcatel-Lucent said on Wednesday that it is expecting India to deploy 4G networks as early as the second quarter of next year, and it is aggressively pursuing deals with Indian operators.
“What’s coming next is 4G. A number of operators are actively planning deployment of [...]
10/22/2010
CNET.com – New York Bureau
Two of the most popular next generation wireless technologies are close to getting their official 4G moniker from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
The ITU, which is an agency within the United Nations, is the International standards body that officially designates wireless technologies as 1G, 2G, 3G and now 4G. This [...]
10/22/2010
PC World – Online
Since the wireless industry can’t yet agree on a single definition for the term “4G,” it should be no surprise that the 4G World show in Chicago this week saw top service providers deliver mixed messages about what consumers might be able to expect from the “fourth generation” of cellular services over [...]
10/18/2010
IDG News Service – Japan
Clearwire is launching its 4G WiMax network in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles before the end of the year, it said Monday.
The service offers speeds similar to Wi-Fi but without the short-range limitations and is already available in 56 markets across the U.S. The upcoming launch will strengthen [...]
09/27/2010
Thomson Reuters
TAIPEI, Sept 27 (Reuters) – China Mobile (0941.HK), the world’s largest carrier by subscribers, said on Monday it would extend its cooperation with Taiwan smartphone maker HTC Corp (2498.TW) to new-generation 4G mobile technology.
China Mobile vice president Huang Wenlin made the comment at a business conference in Taiwan, but did not give other details. [...]
