Verizon’s Long Term Evolution (LTE) network was recently launched to the cities of Seattle and Boston. LTE, Verizon’s anticipated 4G network, has gained significant ground in terms of product availability and will continue to expand until it is fully operational in 2013, as Verizon promises. LTE is set to debut in 25 other cities, and [...]

There were a couple of announcements last week that show Mobile Money applications from the perspective of leading retailers such as Starbucks and Amazon. Starbucks is touting their iPhone app that makes the in-store experience more efficient. Combining this with Starbucks’ loyalty card and prepaid gift card makes this a potentially widely distributed mobile [...]

Live from New York on July 20, 2010 was a PR announcement that didn’t especially catch those listening by surprise. The comments have been leaking for many months overtime for such an ambitious project but lacked the details necessary to form a robust discussion, but now we have it; the merging of assets from SkyTerra, [...]

Until now, there have been more than 188 trial WiMAX networks around the world, whereas the number of trial commercial LTE markets is at only 132, a number that is predicted to double within the next two years. An increasing number of operators are planning to migrate from WiMAX to the LTE standard on account [...]

Alvarion unveiled its flexible platform for 4G using Time Division Duplexing spectrum. Their latest, 4Motion solution will support the forthcoming TD-LTE standard. The company will allow customers to take advantage of the expanding LTE product ecosystem. The field trials using TD-LTE will begin in the first quarter of 2011. Alvarion will also continue to drive [...]