Hernando County, Florida issued a Requests for Proposals seeking a vendor to provide wireless broadband service based on WiMAX or LTE to the county. The county has a contract with Brighthouse for cable and fiber service. The deadline for submitting responses is 8 July 2011 at 5:00 pm EST. You can view and download the [...]
Verizon hits half-million mark for LTE subscribers
Will Verizon Wireless be the U.S. 4G market leader before the end of the year? It certainly looks that way if Big Red can keep up the pace from its just-announced first fiscal quarter, which saw Verizon add 500,000 subscribers for its Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G network. According to Verizon that number includes 260,000 [...]
Samsung Hotspot for Verizon LTE Launches: $100 for Device, $50 per month for 5 GB, $80 for 10 GB
Samsung’s portable Wi-Fi hotspot for the Verizon LTE network is now available from the Verizon Wireless website, for $100 after rebates and a 2-year contract; however those wishing for an unlimited plan are out of luck, since the mobile hotspot will use the same data plans as the already launched LTE USB modems — $50 for 5 [...]
Verizon LTE Smartphone Data Pricing: $30 for Unlimited 4G/3G Data
Finally — Finally — we have the final piece of the puzzle when it comes to Verizon’s Long Term Evolution (LTE) smartphone strategy, namely the price of the LTE data plan. After dropping $249 on the HTC Thunderbolt device itself and signing up for a 2-year contract your data plan from Verizon is $29.99 a month for [...]
Who will benefit from AT&T’s network “upgrade”?
A little busy here at Sidecut central as we put the finishing touches on a new report — but several news nuggets from the past few days bear a bit more questioning, at least from where we sit: AT&T’s Network ‘Upgrade’ — While it’s good news that AT&T now plans to upgrade the speed of its [...]
Clearwire: Clearing the Decks for LTE?
They say it, and we believe it: Right now, for the foreseeable future, Clearwire Corp. (Nasdaq: CLWR) is a WiMAX company, selling a WiMAX-based 4G service that by all accounts is doing quite well. But the company’s potential to add Long Term Evolution (LTE) services to its portfolio increased in probability Wednesday, with the revelation of [...]
Clearwire brings WiMAX to Houston
We’re still working on some fun stuff we did at CTIA, so for today’s WiMAX news we will redirect you a bit. Check back later though, for some video-related material… ! Clearwire, Sprint launch 4G WiMAX services in Houston: Clearwire made good Monday on its first market launch for 2010, bringing its WiMAX services to the biggest [...]
LTE: not ready for prime time in the US
LAS VEGAS, NEV. — CTIA — Even though its proponents are confident that Long Term Evolution (LTE) services will appear in the U.S. before the end of the year, a quick look around the show floor here at CTIA saw a technology that is still far from being ready for prime-time commercial use. Tony Melone [...]
Verizon says no to Clearwire proposal to merge WiMAX, LTE
LAS VEGAS, NEV. — CTIA — Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow used a keynote appearance here Wednesday to extend a sort of olive branch to proponents of competing 4G radio technologies, saying that the industry and end-users would be better off if somehow WiMAX and LTE could merge together to produce a single standard sometime in [...]
Clearwire’s Morrow: Let’s merge WiMAX, LTE
LAS VEGAS, NEV. — CTIA — Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow used a keynote appearance here Wednesday to extend a sort of olive branch to proponents of competing 4G radio technologies, saying that the industry and end-users would be better off if somehow WiMAX and LTE could merge together to produce a single standard sometime in [...]
- Thai government deploys 20,000 Wi-Fi hot zones in Bangkok December 28, 2011
- Towerstream built it, but will they come? December 26, 2011
- Case Study: Eliminating Performance, Interference Issues With Multi-Channel Wi-Fi access points December 17, 2011
- Tales from the Towers, Chapter 32: S.P.I.R.I.T. – You Can’t Always Get What You Want December 16, 2011
- Ruckus Wireless introduces ChannelFly: predictive capacity management technology December 3, 2011
- Tesco rolls out free Wi-Fi in the UK December 3, 2011
- Wi-Fi now available on California Amtrak trains December 3, 2011
- Looks like WiMAX is really dead in France November 28, 2011
- Malaysian villages go Wi-Fi November 23, 2011
- Seattle leasing dark fiber: a good start, but more needs to be done November 23, 2011
- Tales from the Towers, Chapter 31: When in doubt, use your W.I.T.T.S. November 23, 2011
- US Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding to Expand and Improve Broadband Services in Rural Areas November 21, 2011
- Tales from the Towers, Chapter 30: Fear of 2.4GHz for Public Safety Defies Logic November 21, 2011
- Smartphones and tablets to drive 350% increase in Wi-Fi hotspots by 2015 November 10, 2011
- The end of voice as a cash cow November 10, 2011
- Why hotel WiFi is being crushed by iPads and what to do about it October 25, 2011
- Tales from the Towers, Chapter 30: Fear of 2.4GHz for Public Safety Defies Logic November 21, 2011
- Tesco rolls out free Wi-Fi in the UK December 3, 2011
- Thai government deploys 20,000 Wi-Fi hot zones in Bangkok December 28, 2011
- Charlotte, NC awards public safety LTE network contract to Alcatel-Lucent September 29, 2011
- How will Verizon, AT&T and Sprint position 4G vs. iPhone 5? September 30, 2011
- More on the strange happenings at Open Range Communications October 5, 2011
- Louisiana loses $80 million broadband stimulus grant October 27, 2011
- Cleveland, Ohio neighborhood deploys large outdoor free Wi-Fi network November 10, 2011
- The end of voice as a cash cow November 10, 2011
- Smartphones and tablets to drive 350% increase in Wi-Fi hotspots by 2015 November 10, 2011
- Seattle leasing dark fiber: a good start, but more needs to be done November 23, 2011
- Malaysian villages go Wi-Fi November 23, 2011
- Case Study: Eliminating Performance, Interference Issues With Multi-Channel Wi-Fi access points December 17, 2011
- The Cloud selects Ruckus Wireless for London citywide Wi-Fi network September 27, 2011
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