The clichéd story of the school bully isn't as far off as the elementary school playground. The time-old story of the failing and yet powerful thug taking the smart kid's homework has evolved into a slightly more civilized business arrangement. Intel, the desperate underachiever, has been trying to cover its shortcomings by purchasing technologies from [...]

According to a rumor at Boy Genius Report, Verizon Wireless will launch LTE in 25 markets on November 15. It's expected that Verizon will announce the launch along with its new tiered pricing plans, removing unlimited data from all its plans. There's also a rumor stating that the first Verizon LTE-enabled handsets will be available on [...]

Motorola introduced its latest WiMAX Evolution solution. It's so operators can upgrade their existing from mobile WiMAX to 802.16M or WiMAX 2.0 or TD-LTE. It also allows operators to add LTE to their existing networks. The solution is customized for rapidly spreading 4G networks. Motorola's enhanced WiMAX offering is based on a single RAN solution. [...]

United Kingdom regulator Ofcom granted O2 UK a trial license to begin LTE testing. It will in the 800MHz band and they will be using equipment from Huawei. The UK telecom company is already testing the 4G technology in the 2.6GHz band in September 2009. It is part of a larger testing process conducted by O2 [...]

In a recent Wall Street Journal article, a Verizon Wireless official hinted that the national cellular carrier will team with rural operators to launch LTE across the U.S. Verizon purchased $4.7 billion dollars in the 700MHz frequency spectrum. It covers all of the United States. The plans include leasing spectrum space to rural operators for a [...]