It certainly has been a big week in the world of mobile. Though there was many exciting events, RIM without a doubt stole the headlines this week. Not only did the long awaited BlackBerry Bold, AKA the BlackBerry 9000 get official, but we also found out that AT&T would be the first to carry the hot device. Furthermore, we also ... 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 »

Many people in the U.S. are currently enjoying AT&T's HSPA network. After the upgrade this year to enable HSUPA alongside the HSDPA network, true mobile broadband is now available in the U.S. Unfortunately, the network is of the 1.8mbps and 3.2mbps variety in most places, making it a very slow network compared to the similar HSPA networks in Europe. 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 »

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 »

UK wireless regulator Ofcom has announced their single largest release of spectrum to date, the 2010-2025MHz and 2500-2690MHz bands (known as 2.6 GHz), which it claims are ideal for "high-speed, high-capacity mobile data connections enabling the delivery of advanced mobile services using technologies such as WiMAX or evolutions of 3G technology."  Unlike the FCC's recent 700MHz auction, Ofcom will be ... continued »

As the hammer came down on the FCC's 700MHz spectrum auction last month, winners (and losers) were forced to be coy about their plans under the Commission's anti-collusion rules.  That ban on discussion ended late yesterday, and various key players in the proceedings have stepped up to give their version of events.  As expected, Verizon and AT&T have been crowing ... continued »

Telecoms hardware specialist Huawei Technologies have announced their first-to-market network base stations for the recently-auctioned 700MHz spectrum, set to be available in the Q1 2009.  Based on the unified BTS (Base Transceiver Station) platform, Huawei will provide mobile network solutions for UMTS, CDMA and LTE technologies that operate in the 700Mhz spectrum, as well as in the existing 850MHz, AWS ... continued »

Just when you thought the 7.2Mbps downlink speeds of HSDPA (which are usually only available in limited number of urban areas) was impressive, NTT DoCoMo have revealed that they've recorded a 250Mbps downlink using the new Super 3G technology they've been trialing in Yokosuka, Japan since February.  Super 3G, which is also known as LTE (Long Term Evolution), has been in theory ... 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 »