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AT&T Expands Its 4G LTE Network to 12 New Locations

Major carrier AT&T has just announced it will roll out 4G LTE services to 12 additional locations in the following months. Customers living in St. Louis will be among the first to benefit from the new 4G LTE services. With Internet speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G, LTE is the next-generation technology preferred...

12 March 2012
18:11 GMT

Orange and T-Mobile UK to Deploy 4G LTE This Year

Mobile phone users in the UK might soon be able to benefit from blazing fast data connectivity on the airwaves of wireless carriers Orange and T-Mobile UK. The two companies, both part of the larger Everything Everywhere, will start trialing 4G LTE over 1800MHz in Bristol this April. The new trial complements the...

23 February 2012
05:27 GMT

Sprint Touts 3G Network Upgrades, Network Vision Advancements

Sprint is making significant steps forward in its pursuit to provide users with a great experience when on its network, whether it comes to making calls or transferring data. As part of the company’s Network Vision, there have been capacity upgrades, which were aimed at meeting the great increase in usage th...

28 December 2011
17:11 GMT

Mobile 4G LTE Network Demoed

BTS Corporation and Radisys Corporation has just held a live demonstration of their interoperable products – CoreTx and Trillium small cell software, aimed at offering 4G LTE technologies even in harsh environments. The two companies announced that the CoreTx solution and Trillium software can offer the deve...

21 October 2011
15:11 GMT

Verizon Expands 3G Network in Delaware and Jefferson County, New York

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has just announced the expansion of its 3G network in Delaware County and Jefferson County, New York, through the deployment of new cell sites in those areas, for improving coverage and capacity. In Delaware County, the new cell site is expected to enhanced network coverage alon...

4 April 2011
12:51 GMT

O2 Fires Up Fast 900MHz-based 3G Services in London

Today, mobile phone carrier O2 announced the deployment of a new superfast 3G network in London, one that is based on the 900MHz spectrum. The roll-out was possible due to receiving permission for the reuse the 900MHz spectrum for 3G services, which was granted by Ofcom, the UK Communications Regulator, back in Janu...

18 March 2011
12:12 GMT

Verizon Expands Network in Kane County and Taylor Ridge, Illinois

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has just announced a series of enhancements to its 3G network around the country, including the expansion of its coverage in Kane County and Taylor Ridge, Illinois.Through the activation of new cell sites in these areas, residents can enjoy better wireless services from the carr...

10 March 2011
13:41 GMT

AT&T Expands Network Coverage to Selmer

Today, wireless carrier AT&T announced a series of enhancements brought to its mobile broadband network, with the expansion of coverage in Selmer, offering access to advanced mobile services for more users.According to the company, the new launch would provide customers in the area with the possibility to enjoy bett...

29 December 2010
16:51 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Selected to Deploy Elisa LTE Network in Finland

Elisa, one of the most important Finnish network carriers has recently announced that it has contracted Nokia Siemens Networks to build its first phase Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. In addition, as part of the agreement, Nokia Siemens Networks will modernize Elisa's GSM and 3G networks with Single Radio Acc...

16 December 2010
08:43 GMT

Verizon's 3G Network Goes Down Nationwide [Update: It's Up Again]

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless' 3G network was hit today by a major outage, and is currently down all around the United States, various reports around the web suggest.Update: The issue has been resolved. Jump to the bottom of the article for specific info.In case there are users who are trying to connect...

8 December 2010
05:11 GMT

T-Mobile Debuts Teaser Site for HSPA+ Smartphone

Wireless carrier T-Mobile USA has just put up a teaser site for its first HSPA+ smartphone. The company announced a while ago that it would plan to release this device on its airwaves before the end of the ongoing year, and the emergence of the said website suggests that this might actually happen much sooner than t...

28 July 2010
02:06 GMT

Verizon Announces 3G Network Expansion in Millinocket, Maine

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has just announced a series of enhancements brought to its 3G network in Millinocket, Maine. According to the company, the move was driven by an increase in wireless voice, 3G multimedia and Internet access in Penobscot County, Maine, and consists of the deployment of a new cell...

26 July 2010
14:41 GMT

T-Mobile's HSPA+ Network in 19 New Markets on July 21

Wireless carrier T-Mobile USA is reportedly getting ready to expand the availability of its new HSPA+ networks around the United States. The company started the deployment of the new service several months ago, and announced its availability in a series of markets around the country, offering users the possibility t...

14 July 2010
12:01 GMT

China Telecom Plans CDMA EV-DO Rev. B Upgrade

China Telecom Corp. Ltd., one of the three large wireless carriers in China, seems set to prove that it can become the largest CDMA operator in the world. It seems that the wireless services provider has already started CDMA EV-DO Rev. B trials, and that it recently unveiled a series of details on its growth estimat...

13 July 2010
11:12 GMT

AT&T Enhances 3G Network in Big Apple

Mobile phone carrier AT&T announced new 3G network enhancements recently. According to the company, the improvements were mainly aimed to expanding the capacity of its network in New York City, including its airwaves in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens. Following the upgrade, AT&T customers in the area...

29 June 2010
05:17 GMT

Verizon Rolls-Out 55 Cell Towers in South Carolina

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless recently announced a major network enhancement in the Midlands of South Carolina. According to the company, it has rolled-out a number of 55 new cell towers that should expand its voice and data network in the area. The new improvements should result in better indoors coverage, ...

24 June 2010
11:43 GMT

Verizon Expands 3G Coverage in Ham Lake, Minnesota

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has recently activated a new cell site in Ham Lake, offering improved coverage and better services to a wider range of people in the area. According to the company, the new deployment is expected to result in an enhanced mobile user experience when it comes to making calls, send...

22 June 2010
12:21 GMT

Cosmote Rolls Out 3G Services in Romania

Wireless carrier Cosmote recently announced the launch of commercial 3G network in Romania. According to the company, 11 cities in the country can enjoy its new services, including Bucharest, Iasi, Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara, Constanta, Galati, Craiova, Brasov, Moinesti, Oltenita and Orastie. At the same time, the netwo...

22 April 2010
05:52 GMT

Telefónica Spain to Upgrade 3G Network to 42Mbps

Nokia Siemens Networks, leading infrastructure solutions provider, announced today that it has been selected by Telefónica Spain for the deployment of a 3G network upgrade. According to the company, the HSPA+ upgrade will result in increased data download speeds from 7.2 Mbps to 42 Mbps over the following thr...

30 March 2010
10:03 GMT

T-Mobile Announces HSPA+ in New Markets

At International CTIA Wireless 2010, wireless carrier T-Mobile USA announced plans to upgrade its entire 3G wireless network to the High Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+) technology, in an attempt to deliver faster data speeds to its customers. According to the operator, it intends to have HSPA+ deployed over its ent...

24 March 2010
15:01 GMT

T-Mobile to Soon Deliver 21Mbps Connectivity to Customers

Wireless carrier T-Mobile USA is reportedly gearing up for delivering enhanced data speeds to its customers as soon as March 14. The carrier is set to upgrade its network to HSPA+ during the ongoing year, and will also launch devices to support the technology, the first of which is said to be the webConnect Rocket.A...

5 March 2010
10:24 GMT

Verizon Expands Its Network in Green Meadows, Indiana

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced recently the activation of a new cell site in West Lafayette, meant to offer its customers the possibility to enjoy better voice calls coverage, as well as the possibility to send and receive e-mail and text, picture and video messages from their devices. At the same t...

24 February 2010
08:52 GMT

T-Mobile Gearing Up for HSPA+ Upgrades

One of the upcoming improvements that T-mobile customers will certainly enjoy when available is the upcoming HSPA+ roll-out the wireless carrier has in store for the ongoing year. The upgrade is expected to result in theoretical speeds of 21 Mbps on the downlink, which will make its network the fastest one in the co...

11 February 2010
14:41 GMT

Verizon Makes 3G Boosts in California, Preps 4G Deployments

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced recently that it made significant enhancements to its 3G network in California, and that it invested around $485 million in its airwaves in the area during 2009. According to the company, the enhancements it brought to the 3G network in the area are expected to result ...

11 February 2010
14:11 GMT

Verizon Makes 3G Expansions in Middlesex County

Leading mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced today a new expansion it made to its 3G network. According to the company, it has just deployed a new cell site in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, so as to meet the rising demand for wireless voice, 3G multimedia and Internet access its customers show. At the ...

8 February 2010
15:51 GMT

Apple's iPad to Increase Strain on AT&T's Network, Raises Concerns

Cupertino-based company Apple unveiled to the world roughly two weeks ago the iPad, its first tablet device, and announced that it would become available for purchase with 3G connectivity options on board too, and that AT&T would be the US carrier to have it available. While this is one move that might have been exp...

8 February 2010
06:11 GMT

Verizon Expands 3G Network in Meriden, Connecticut

Mobile phone operator Verizon Wireless announced recently newly performed expansions of its 3G network in Meriden, Connecticut. According to the company, customers in New Haven County can now enjoy enhanced 3G coverage inside the Westfield Meriden Shopping Center, offering them the possibility to benefit from better...

5 February 2010
13:11 GMT

Verizon Makes New 3G Expansions in Fairfield County

Leading United States mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced on Monday new investments in its nationwide 3G network, with the expansion of the coverage to a new area in Fairfield County, Connecticut. According to the company, the new expansion included the deployment and activation of a new cell site in the...

2 February 2010
12:41 GMT

Orange UK's Mobile Broadband Tops New Survey

Wireless carrier Orange UK has just been named as the leading mobile broadband provider in the country, a recently performed survey from independent research company YouGov shows. This is not the first time when Orange's broadband service is seen as the top one in the UK, and the new survey showed that the carr...

1 February 2010
08:19 GMT

AT&T's Network Needs More Capacity for the iPad

Last week, Cupertino-based Apple unveiled to the world its first tablet, the already widely known and commented upon iPad. The new device was announced to hit the market in the United States via the long term carrier partner for the company, none other than AT&T. The Apple iPhone is also available from AT&T, so...

1 February 2010
03:21 GMT

Verizon's 3G Network Expanded in Berkshire County

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced recently an expansion of its 3G network in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. According to the company, the new expansion is expected to offer it the possibility to meet increasing demand for wireless voice, 3G multimedia and Internet access on its network. The wirel...

29 January 2010
13:31 GMT

Verizon Announces 3G Expansion in Fairfield County, Connecticut

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced on Wednesday that it had made new enhancements to its 3G network in the country, and that the coverage of its airwaves had been expanded in Fairfield County, Connecticut, through the deployment of a new cell site. According to the company, customers in the area sh...

28 January 2010
13:01 GMT

84Mbps 3G Network Soon to Be Fired Up in Scandinavia

The world's fastest 3G network has been announced as being on its way to be fired up in Denmark and Sweden by wireless carrier 3 Scandinavia and telecommunications solutions provider Ericsson. The two companies have signed a 3-year partnership through which they plan on deploying the first 3G network in the wor...

20 January 2010
10:35 GMT

3G Encryption Also Vulnerable to Attacks

The mobile industry is moving towards newer technology standards when it comes to limiting the risks of attacks on wireless networks, and the 3G service, already widely adopted all around the world, was seen as a solution when compared to the GSM technology. Since the latter was proven as quite vulnerable to attacks ...

16 January 2010
05:09 GMT

Verizon's 3G Network Expanded in Orange County, New York

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has recently announced a series of new enhancements brought to its 3G network. According to the company, it has just expanded the coverage of its network to new areas in Orange County, New York, through the addition of two new cell cites in the area, which should result in bette...

14 January 2010
15:01 GMT

AT&T Fires Up HSPA 7.2 on Its 3G Network

AT&T announced recently that it had just performed a new upgrade to its 3G network, and that its users all around the United States could enjoy the High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 7.2 technology on its airwaves. The new upgrade should enable the wireless carrier's users to enjoy an enhanced experience when it c...

6 January 2010
09:44 GMT

Verizon Makes 3G Network Expansions in Crawford County

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has announced a new expansion of its 3G network, this time around in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, made through the activation of a new cell site in the area. According to the company, the new enhancement is meant to offer residents in Crawford County the possibility to enjoy b...

29 December 2009
05:24 GMT

Verizon Makes 3G Expansions in Colonial Park, Pennsylvania

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced today that it had made new 3G network expansions in the United States, this time around for the benefit of Dauphin County residents. The company has just activated a new cell site in Harrisburg, aimed at offering increased performance when it comes to wireless calling,...

17 December 2009
16:41 GMT

AT&T Launches 3G Network in Vermont

Mobile phone carrier AT&T announced on Wednesday that it had just fired up its third generation (3G) mobile broadband network in Vermont. According to the company, the launch of its new 3G network in the area is set to deliver new opportunities for its customers, who can now enjoy better mobile services, as well as ...

17 December 2009
15:31 GMT

Verizon Announces 3G Expansion in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced on Wednesday new 3G network expansions in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. According to the company, it has made new investments in Cambridgeside Galleria so as to boost the coverage for wireless voice and 3G data in the area. The new site deployments in New England co...

10 December 2009
14:41 GMT

Verizon Deploys New Cell Site in Woodland Hills, CA

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless recently announced that it deployed a new cell site in Woodland Hills, CA, meant to offer improved 3G connectivity to residents, businesses and visitors in Los Angeles County. According to the company, the new roll-out should improve the coverage from Santa Rita Street South to R...

21 November 2009
06:58 GMT

Verizon Expands 3G Network in St. Lawrence County

Wireless carrier Verizon announced recently new investments in the St. Lawrence County through the expansion of its 3G network in the area. According to the operator, it has deployed a new cell site in Stockholm, which should deliver better coverage and network capacity in Southville and Stockholm, and in portions o...

20 November 2009
14:31 GMT

Verizon Enhances 3G Network in Northwestern Ohio

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced recently that it managed to complete the integration of its network with that of Alltel in a series of new markets around the country. According to the company, the new enhancements that have been brought to its 3G network will result in better services for users in To...

19 November 2009
12:51 GMT

AT&T Strengthens 3G Coverage in SF Bay Area

AT&T's 3G network in the San Francisco Bay Area has been greatly improved during the past few quarters, the wireless carrier announced, through investments that totaled more than $65 million, from 2008 to Q3 2009. According to the operator, the new enhancements brought to its network in the area include the add...

18 November 2009
15:01 GMT

AT&T Delivers 3G Capacity Boost in Florida

Wireless carrier AT&T announced on Tuesday a series of improvements brought to its 3G network in Gainesville, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and throughout Central Florida. According to the company, the new enhancements, which come right in time for the holiday season, consist of network capacity increases, which should...

18 November 2009
05:46 GMT

China Mobile to See 100 Million 3G Subscribers by 2011

China Mobile, the largest wireless carrier in the country, and also the largest in the world based on the number of subscribers, is expected to reach a number of over 100 million 3G subscribers by 2011. During the 2009 Sino-Japan TD-SCDMA Collaboration Conference, Yang Hua, secretary general of the TD-SCDMA Industry ...

13 November 2009
11:09 GMT

Verizon Announces Coverage Expansion in Upstate New York

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced on Wednesday that it performed more upgrades to its 3G network around the country. This time around, the regions that benefit from 3G coverage expansion are Ulster County and Franklin County, New York. According to the company, the new enhancements are meant not only t...

12 November 2009
13:41 GMT

T-Mobile Moves to HSPA 7.2Mbps in 2009, HSPA+ Next Year

T-Mobile USA's users have now yet another reason to rejoice, as their wireless carrier has announced plans to upgrade its entire 3G network in the country to offer them faster HSPA 7.2Mbps data speeds. Moreover, it seems that the good news does not end here, as the operator also intends to move to HSPA+ during 2...

12 November 2009
10:19 GMT

Verizon Makes Network Enhancements in Colchester, Vermont

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced on Tuesday that it had made additional enhancements to its 3G network in Chittenden County, Vermont, so as to be able to meet the increasing demand for services like wireless voice, 3G multimedia, and Internet access. According to the wireless operator, the new improve...

11 November 2009
13:41 GMT

Verizon Expands Network in New Haven, Connecticut

On Monday, mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced the expansion of its 3G network in New Haven County, Connecticut, in a move aimed at offering it the possibility to meet the increasing demand for voice, Internet, and 3G multimedia services. According to the company, the new enhancements brought to its netwo...

10 November 2009
13:11 GMT


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