12/15/2009
FierceBroadbandWireless
Verizon Wireless customers who have Mobile Broadband and Global Access mobile data plans will now be able to access thousands of WiFi hotspots in the U.S., Canada and Mexico for no additional charge. The plan covers customers who access the Internet via Verizon’s USB modems, PC cards and netbooks; however, the plan does not cover [...]
12/08/2009
Giga Om Offices At Pier 38
Verizon Wireless has finally disclosed expected speeds for its upcoming LTE network, saying the technology will support average data rates per user of 5-12 Mbps on download and 2-5 Mbps on uploads. LTE latency will be roughly one-fourth that of existing 3G technologies, the carrier boasts on its site touting [...]
12/07/2009
Unstrung
A Verizon Wireless Website on its upcoming Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network appears to reveal data speed details, but a spokesman for the operator says that it is not yet giving a date for the launch.
As of press time, the LTE Website says that Verizon will launch the network in 2010. Verizon spokesman Jeffery Nelson [...]
12/02/2009
AppleInsider
Though Apple striking a deal with the largest wireless carrier in the U.S., Verizon, would be ideal, competitors T-Mobile and Sprint are more likely to carry the iPhone in 2010, one analyst believes.
With 89 million total customers, Verizon is the top prize in terms of the four major U.S. carriers. Apple is currently in [...]
11/24/2009
FierceBioTech
Technology is increasingly mobile. Telehealth is on the cusp of a major boom. The federal government is pouring billions of dollars into health IT. Put the pieces together and it’s no surprise that so many big companies see tremendous growth potential in mobile healthcare.
Even during this traditionally slow Thanksgiving week, chip-maker Intel comes out [...]
11/05/2009
Wall Street Journal
Planning on getting a Droid? You’ll have two to choose from tomorrow.
A front view of Verizon’s Droid Eris Verizon Wireless showed off a second one Thursday, the HTC Droid Eris, which, like Motorola’s Droid cellphone, will go on sale Friday (or possibly sooner).
Unlike Motorola Droid, which launched with a national advertising [...]
10/22/2009
TheStreet.com
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — The Apple iPhone continued to drive wireless growth for AT&T, helping the telco post record subscriber growth for the third quarter.
Ma Bell activated 3.2 million new iPhone customers in the quarter, and netted a total of 2 million new mobile phone customers including 1.4 million post-paid contract customers. And despite the [...]
10/19/2009
InfoSync World
It seems like Verizon Wireless might have a version of the iPhone for testing on its upcoming 4G network. Is the iPhone LTE on its way to the carrier for relase next year?
Given the iPhone’s huge sales success, both Verizon Wireless and Qualcomm have been eager to work with Apple on future models [...]
