Tag: LTE

July 25, 2023

If you’re considering a Home Internet plan from Verizon, you’ll have to act fast if you want to avoid paying more for the service. Apparently, the Big Red plans to increase Home Internet plans tomorrow, July 26, and the price […]

October 7, 2022

Verizon, just like all the major US carriers, is fully committed to FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which provides free Internet and mobile services to low-income households. That means that qualified customers benefit from affordable access to internet and mobile […]

January 11, 2022

Microsoft is announcing a new matte black option of its Surface Go 3 today, with optional LTE connectivity. The announcement comes just a day after images of the new Surface Go 3 model leaked online, with a new matte black […]

October 29, 2021

Did you know that your voice calls still go over the older school 4G LTE network while your data is on the 5G one? Yes, just like in the last days of 3G the Voice over LTE (VoLTE) handoff was […]

May 18, 2020

If you’ve been following the countless mobile network reports recently released by reputable research and analytics companies like OpenSignal and RootMetrics, you probably know the 5G situation in the US right now is… far from ideal. While T-Mobile has a […]

March 24, 2020

While it might sometimes feel like 5G networks are expanding at a terribly sluggish pace, especially in the US, one of the big problems is actually the way we analyze the data coming in from wireless service providers around the […]

May 28, 2019

Nah, we aren’t talking about Google introducing a systemwide Dark Mode in Android Q. No amount of LTE tower pinging, talking on the phone, or any other usual suspect when it comes to wireless radio battery drain can affect your […]

January 4, 2019

Back in November, Google sent a letter to the FCC which that was recently made available to the public. The letter explained that Google would add support for Band 48 for the Pixel 3 with the model number G013A. This […]

December 11, 2018

Huawei has been having a hard time getting its products to the West, particularly to the USA, but now it seems that at least one new device is headed there. It’s the Huawei QIS Touch, recently certified by the FCC. […]

December 5, 2018

Prepaid is great — you don’t sign yearly contracts, there’s no credit checks, you can stop and restart the service whenever you need to. And Boost Mobile — a Sprint subsidiary — is one of the prepaid carriers that mixes […]

October 12, 2018

Samsung has teamed up with Intel and Google to produce an LTE-equipped variant of its Chromebook Plus V2 laptop, the firm announced. The Chromebook will call for a steep – as far as Chromebooks are concerned – $599 (about £435, […]

June 25, 2018

Earlier this month, Qualcomm revealed the Snapdragon 850; a dedicated laptop chip—as in, not for smartphones—designed for the second-generation of its Windows 10 on ARM initiative. Compared to the current Snapdragon 835 PCs, it offers a 30 percent performance boost, […]

November 10, 2016

Google’s phone hasn’t had major issues or bugs upon its release. However, a small number of folks, namely in South America, whose carriers primarily use Band 4. Some other reports of the same issue have come from Telus and Bell […]

August 9, 2016

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is trying to get companies started on 5G technology quickly. In its latest press release, the FCC signed an agreement that would expedite 5G deployment for testing sites of the possible successor to 4G LTE. […]

August 5, 2016

No, it’s not a carefully organized cyberattack. There seems to be something wrong with the Motorola Nexus 6 as of late. Many owners of the 6 inch Shamu have been experiencing LTE outages on carriers around the world. In the […]

April 20, 2016

Despite multiple social programs designed to lessen the digital divide between low-income homes and those that earn more money, roughly a third of Americans still don’t have a fixed broadband connection at home. A new survey from the National Telecommunications […]

November 24, 2015

It’s not too often we see a device actually make it to release before being pulled back. Usually, manufacturers catch hardware problems earlier, but for whatever reason LG didn’t know there was an issue with the LG Watch Urbane 2nd […]

November 3, 2015

How would you like to have an LTE cell tower right in your own home or office? T-Mobile is “Amping” up Un-carrier 7.0 by becoming the first mobile operator to offer a femtocell with 3G/4G service and VoLTE capabilities. Called […]

August 31, 2015

T-Mobile chief executive John Legere is upset about customers stealing data from the carrier. In an open letter on T-Mobile’s site, he writes that starting on August 31, his company will be targeting the 3,000 users who are knowingly stealing […]

April 7, 2015

ZTE Blade S6 Plus, a smartphone that was officially announced last month, is now available to buy around the world via eBay. This is ZTE’s way of officially releasing the new handset, which is being introduced shortly after the 5-inch […]