It's a lovely thing: the prospect of high speed Internet access while you're flying over the Atlantic. I know I want it on my iPhone, that's for sure. But up until now, that dream has yet to be truly fulfilled. Aircell hopes to change that. [caption id="attachment_3845" align="alignright" width="120" caption="Aircell Opts for LTE 4G"][/caption] For their next big upgrade, Aircell will be ... continued »

Software radios have been sort of the holy grail in mobile hardware for quite some time. A phone needs many chips to operate. It needs a modem to communicate with the network, it needs a processor to control that. That is at the absolute minimum. Most phones now day include Bluetooth, which requires another chip. Many others include GPS, WiFi, ... continued »

Sprint and Samsung released a joint press release today that said that the new mobile WiMAX network is ready for its day in the sun. According to the press release, the network has finally passed Sprint's “rigorous commercial acceptance criteria”. According to the press release, the new network should be ready to go by the end of the year, initially ... continued »

The 4G train is chugging along very nicely by now, with yet another carrier announcing intentions to commit to LTE as their 4G technology. Alltel announced that they have choses LTE over WiMAX, not even mentioning the possibility that they ever even considered UMB. UMB, also known as EV-DO Rev. C, is the clear cut upgrade path for CDMA networks, ... continued »

I have got to tell you, this really woke me up before having my coffee. What is potentially a touch screen BlackBerry, the BlackBerry Thunder, has been outed in a rumor. The device, which is of the model number 9500, will be all touch, with no physical keyboard. In fact, the device will only have four hard keys, send, end, ... continued »

The WiMAX Forum, who is a special interest group that represents the WiMAX technology, is saying that by the year 2012 there will be more than 133 million users of the technology. The study says that by that time, more than %70 of WiMAX users will be using the mobile implementation of the technology, on devices such as mobile phones ... continued »

It's usually tough to summarise a week when we've had a big cellular show, and this one is little different.  Of course, the show in question was CTIA Wireless 2008, held in Las Vegas, and you can review all the coverage courtesy of this tag.  Of the new handsets, Sprint grabbed headlines with the Instinct by Samsung, an obvious iPhone ... continued »

Qualcomm may have been pushing their own 4G cellular broadband technology, UMB, but with takers in short supply they were also doing a healthy turn of business with WiMAX silicon.  Now they've surprised everyone (except those who realise that the potential to make money will overrule any tech loyalty) by announcing new chipset roadmaps that include Long Term Evolution (LTE), another ... continued »

Soon enough, anyone who’s on AT&T will feel AT&T’s 3G love. The company is planning on blanketing 80 additional cities with 3G broadband service, which adds up to a grand total of 350 markets, including all of the top 100 U.S. cities. The only thing left is a 3G-ready iPhone. continued »

Ok folks, it just occurred to me that Helio may indeed be the first MVNO to feature WiMax in future devices such as the Ocean 2. Yes, there will be an Ocean 2 “because I say so”. It just became clear to me that if Sprint doesn’t axe their WiMax initiatives, all that Helio has to do is build WiMax ... continued »