Wireless carrier SingTel and leading telecoms infrastructure solutions provider Ericsson announced recently the first demonstration of an LTE trial at the operator's headquarters in Singapore, Comcentre. According to the duo, they plan on progressively upgrading during the following 12 to 14 months the mobile broadband network SingTel operates at the momen...

WASHINGTON--The FCC today formally unveiled and delivered to Congress its national broadband plan, which calls for increasing wireless spectrum for mobile broadband as part of a much broader and complex effort to expand high-speed Internet access across the nation.  Many pieces of the 360-page plan have been previewed over the past several weeks by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski as the commi...

Mobile broadband semiconductor vendor Icera has started shipping its HSPA+ Release 7-enabled HSPA+ soft modem to customers. The companys platform delivers 21Mbps download speeds as a software upgrade to its current HSPA 14Mbps platform, using the same silicon. It is expected that first Icera customers, which currently ship 10.2Mbsp and 14.4Mbps modems, start upgrading their devices ...

You may remember that Verizon started running ads a while ago showing AT&T's anemic 3G coverage map. AT&T responded by saying "Our coverage includes 97% of the country!" In the small print on Verizon's ads they make it clear that AT&T does have coverage outside of 3G. In the small print on AT&T's ads they make it clear 3G isn't available everywhe...

Ahead of the official unveiling of the FCC's national broadband plan tomorrow, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is sounding optimistic notes about the agency's plans to have broadcasters voluntarily give up their spectrum for mobile broadband use in exchange for auction proceeds. In an interview with Reuters he said "a number of broadcasters" are open to the idea, though he declined ...

As a growing number of consumers increasingly realize the benefits of mobile broadband and applications, AT&T is bringing smartphone-like experiences to a wider range of powerful yet affordable devices designed for the mass-market. AT&T* today announced a line-up of four new Quick Messaging Devices that will be among the first to offer a new suite

Mobile broadband semiconductor vendor, Icera says that it has started shipping its HSPA+ soft modem, supporting HSPA+ Release 7 to customers. Click here for more.

As a growing number of consumers increasingly realize the benefits of mobile broadband and applications, AT&T is bringing smartphone-like experiences to a wider range of powerful yet affordable devices designed for the mass-market. AT&T today announced a line-up of four new Quick...

Demand for better mobile internet connections is only to get greater, so most of the big wireless telecoms are spending a lot of time lately furrowing their brow over the next iteration of their 3G bands. As far as what the next generation of mobile broadband is going to be, there are two big contenders.

There are numerous broadband testing apps available in the App Store, but you dont get much more official than a broadband test app from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC Broadband Test app provides users with information regarding the quality and speed of their mobile Internet connection. Users can test their upload and download speed, as well as the latency of their broadband ...