Verizon is showing its usual arrogance over its network via an interview with CTO Tony Melone from Cnet. While I’ll be the first to admit, Verizon really outshines the other carriers, including our Magenta at CES, hands down that doesn’t mean they have the strongest offering of all. With that in mind, we won’t deny that they came out swinging with their selection of LTE offerings but … [read full article]
In what is likely a vindication moment for the T-Mobile, the ITU has recognized that HSPA+ will be considered a 4G network amongst its LTE and Wimax peers. T-Mobile had argued that Verizon and Sprint really didn’t offer a true 4G network and built a marketing campaign around their own “4G” network. This decision certainly turns the tablets … [read full article]
Independent telecom analyst Ovum has put out a report offering up information regarding the future of HSPA amidst the growing LTE hype. In fact, the report goes so far to say that HSPA and HSPA+ are sufficient for the next five years of mobile industry growth. “With LTE grabbing so much attention it is easy to ignore the fact that HSPA is a firmly established technology with … [read full article]
It’s been a little over 60 days since our last Clearwire/Sprint/T-Mobile article and that is just far to long! Really, I’m kidding but Jason Armstrong, analyst for Goldman, Sachs & Co. threw gas on the fire yet again. Stating, “Sprint indicated they have encouraged a wholesale deal,” with T-Mobile … [read full article]
In the midst of yesterdays Verizon LTE announcement, a little ego showed on behalf of Verizon as they proclaimed themselves responsible for the success of Android. “Android really took off when Verizon got involved” is the direct quote from Verizon CTO Tony Melone and comes off pretty matter of fact. T-Mobile was the first carrier to launch Android in the … [read full article]
With the 4G Wars heating up after today’s announcement of Verizon’s new LTE network bringing impressive speeds to the table, T-Mobile shares its reaction to the announcement. T-Mobile welcomes Verizon to the “4G world”, claiming that T-Mobile subscribers have been enjoying “America’s Largest 4G Network” for a while now and love it. Magenta also states that it is still on track to … [read full article]
Following Verizon’s LTE announcement this morning, it’s really quite clear that the battle for the “4G” speed war has begun. Early tests from bloggers and journalists testing the Verizon network are coming back with very impressive results, although they all admit the results are on a network with almost zero load on it. Up until this point however, T-Mobile has … [read full article]
T-Mobile has been saying that its 4G HSPA+ network will boost speeds across the board regardless of whether or not the phone is capable of the full speed. So Wireless testing firm Root Metrics decided to put that to the test and found that the speed boost indeed was noticeable across the … [read full article]
The Twitter phrase and new moniker “4Gwars” started this week with T-Mobile releasing its marketing and branding as a 4G mobile provider. Much to the ire of Sprint and now AT&T, this has begun and will likely continue to be the subject of a “little” spat between the carriers. The thing is, I’m almost 100% positive that was … [read full article]
T-Mobile has officially kicked off the “4G wars” with an advertisement that totally pokes fun at AT&T’s inability to use its network for video chat. While Sprint has already responded and one can only expect that AT&T will respond soon, T-Mobile isn’t resting on its laurels. Neville Ray, … [read full article]
