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Sprint Nextel takes control of Clearwire after increasing stake to 50.8 percent
Posted On 18 Oct 2012 By James Trew. Under: Uncategorized.
A securities filing has just revealed that Sprint Nextel has acquired 50.8 percent of Clearwire Corp giving it control of the firm. The deal comes after buying out Eagle River Holdings' stake in the telco. This comes just days after Sprint was subjec...
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Apple’s Ping no longer pinging back, leaves memories of white noise in its wake
Posted On 01 Oct 2012 By Darren Murph. Under: Uncategorized.
"I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride Something touched me deep inside... the day the music died." R.I.P. Ping (09.01.2010 - 09.30.2012)Filed under: Home Entertainment, AppleApple's Ping no longer pinging back, leaves memor...
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ABI Research: LTE subscriptions surpassed WiMAX usage in Q2 2012
Posted On 26 Sep 2012 By Sarah Silbert. Under: Uncategorized.
WiMAX isn't exactly a fading technology, but LTE is more and more the name of the mobile connectivity game -- at least in Japan, South Korea and the US. That's what ABI Research gleaned from its "4G Subscribers, Devices and Networks" market data: acc...
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LTE iPhone 5 coming to EE and Three in UK, but not O2 and Vodafone
Posted On 13 Sep 2012 By Mat Smith. Under: Uncategorized.
Brits ready to stake their preorder claim this Friday might have a harder time deciding between the myriad of networks offering the device. While all of the major UK carriers will be ready to offer you the iPhone 5, that LTE radio will only be workin...
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Sprint confirms its HD Voice is incompatible with the iPhone 5
Posted On 13 Sep 2012 By Jamie Rigg. Under: Uncategorized.
The new, lighter iPhone 5 has a bigger screen, punchier processor, LTE and dual-band WiFi, but if you plan to pick one up for Sprint's network, you can't have it all. Carrier spokesperson Michelle Leff Mermelstein told Phone Scoop that its version of...
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Ping going dark on September 30th, no longer accepting new members
Posted On 12 Sep 2012 By Alexis Santos. Under: Uncategorized.
Ping, Apple's foray into music-centric social networking, hasn't seen much in the way of updates since it was announced two years ago, and now the folks in Cupertino are set to shut it down on September 30th. Struck with the sudden urge to sign-up fo...
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Apple announces worldwide carriers for iPhone 5: Sprint, AT&T and Verizon will support LTE in the US (update: No AWS HSPA+ for T-Mobile)
Posted On 12 Sep 2012 By Mat Smith. Under: Uncategorized.
If you've got Apple's new LTE-capable iPhone 5, you're going to need some LTE markets. Fortunately, Apple had a huge, global list of carriers that are going to work with Apple's latest. In the US, AT&T, Sprint and Verizon will all support true 4G...
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Time Warner Cable expanding fiber broadband coverage in NYC, only businesses to benefit
Posted On 29 Aug 2012 By Jamie Rigg. Under: Uncategorized.
Google, we're not in Kansas anymore, we're in New York, where Time Warner Cable is planning to drop $25 million on expanding its (up to) 1Gbps fiber broadband infrastructure. Specifically, the additional network is hitting neglected areas in Brooklyn...
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IEEE pushes for Ethernet standard between 400Gbps and 1Tbps, hopes to head off big data crunch
Posted On 20 Aug 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
Ethernet might seem passé to those of us toting Ultrabooks, but it's important enough to provoke a crisis for internet providers and many of those who depend on high-speed computing networks for a living: based on the rises of streaming video ...
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