Sprint and Clearwire Among Time Division-LTE Proponents
A consortium of companies comprising Motorola, Huawei, ZTE, Cisco, Nokia Siemens, Alcatel-Lucent along with Sprint and Cleaarwire are petitioning the 3GPP to define a more efficient LTE standard for deployment on the 2.6GHz band should WiMax not be widely adopted outside of the Middle East, South Korea, Latin America and the US. The group is […]
Sprint and Clear Launch WiMax in Houston, TX
Both Sprint and Clear have jointly launched WiMax service in the Greater Houston area beginning this past Monday, with the initial coverage area spanning more than 1,900 square miles and more than 4 million people. Retail stores are also open starting with locations in the First Colony Mall, Kay Mills Mall, Willowbrook Mall, The Woodlands […]
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Sprint Announces Further 4G Expansion
Sprint has announced a further expansion of its Sprint 4G service to include more major cities and markets across the East and West Coast of the country while setting up service to cities inbetween. New cities and markets planned for launch later this year include Cincinnati, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Miami, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City and […]
Report: HTC Supersonic Unveiled at CTIA During Sprint CEO Keynote
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Sprint-Nextel CEO Dan Hessee will unveil the long-awaited HTC Supersonic dual-mode WiMax/EVDO Android smart device during his CTIA keynote speech this month on the 24th. This follows leaked images of the device which first surfaced at the beginning of the year along with preliminary confirmation, then a correction […]
Novatel Developing MiFi with WiMax and Qualcomm Wearable Mobile Device Module
Novatel has confirmed that it is currently developing a version of the critically acclaimed Mi-Fi 3G router modem, with a prototype version reaching 18Mbps throughput during testing. The chipset in the prototype is sourced from manufacturer Beceem with support for theoretical maximum speeds of 30Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload. Novatel has also confirmed that […]
Sprint Announces More Major WiMax Market Launches
Sprint has announced another round of WiMax rollouts planned for this year, which include major markets and more cities. The new markets slated for rollout this year include Boston, Denver, Kansas City, Houston, Minneapolis, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C along with other confirmed markets and cities that Sprint refused to disclose at this […]
Sprint Announces Overdrive 3G/4G Router Update
Sprint has announced an update to its Overdrive 3G/4G Router/Modem which addresses Wi-Fi radio operation and throughput, improved Windows XP compatibility, enhancements to the OTA update functionality and a fix for an issue where the router would stay offline after being updated. The update can be found here and installation instructions for OTA or PC […]
Sprint Confirms HTC WiMax Android Device By Summer (Updated)
Many Sprint executives, including CEO Dan Hesse have confirmed to Forbes that an HTC manufactured WiMax device based on Android will be released by the end of the first half of the year. The device in question is expected to be the HTC Supersonic, which was previously leaked last month. The executives go on to […]
Beceem Announces LTE+WiMax Combo Chipset
Chipset solutions developer and manufacturer Beceem has announced that it is currently developing a combination WiMax/LTE chipset for integration into future devices. To that end, the manufacturer is pairing up with Motorola in order to integrate its BCS500 dual-mode chipset into Motorola’s existing WiMax device and networkinginfrastructure with the chipset currently sampling and intended for […]