Sprint in an unusual marketing tactic is marketing its Sierra Wireless Overdrive router as a compani...

We haven't been shy about expressing our undying love for the MiFi, and now Novatel is playing catchup with the Sierra Wireless-built Sprint Overdrive and bringing WiMAX into the fold. Novatel has completed and tested a WiMAX MiFi prototype, achieving 18Mbps throughput in testing. The unit relies on a Beceem WiMAX chip and has 30Mbps down / 10Mbps up theoretical speeds. No word on when the 4G...

ZTE Embraces Leadership Role as an Executive Board Member. SAN DIEGO -- The CDMA Certification Forum® (CCF), a global non-profit organization that certifies CDMA2000 devices, announced that ZTE has joined its Board of Directors. ZTE has appointed General Manager Li Jichao as its representative on the CCF board, which retains six incumbent members: Nokia, Qualcomm, Sierra Wireless, Telus... [

This past week, Sprint was nice enough to send us a new Overdrive 4G Mobile Hotspot by Sierra Wireless. We took the opportunity to drive around Austin and get our hands dirty to find out just how fast Sprint’s 4G network is. Does the 4G WiMax operate as advertised?

Companies in today's briefs include: Dialog Semiconductor, LiveWire Mobile, Sierra Wireless, WiSpots, Samsung Electronics.

Companies in today's briefs include: Cellular South, Syniverse Technologies, GSMA, comScore, Page Plus Cellular, Aviat Networks, IDC, Openwave Systems, Verizon Communications, NEC Electronics, MACH, Telegent Systems, UTStarcom, telent, Sierra Wireless, Wells Fargo & Company.

At CES 2010 last month Sprint announced their Overdrive device from Sierra Wireless that functioned just like the device I was looking for with 4G and 3G support in a compact package. Sprint sent along an Overdrive for me to test out and after a couple of weeks of using it in the Seattle and Portland areas I am pretty sure I will be putting my MiFi up on the auction block and moving to the Sprint ...

Regarding cell phone news today, Sprint made it official, the Overdrive 3G and 4G mobile hotspot is a go and was shown at the CES. This device is a Sierra Wireless built box that connects to Sprint's WiMAX network, and has the potential of sharing the connection with up to five different devices over WiFi. The device has the ability to switch to EVDO in the case of the 4G connection dropping ...

Extend your mobile broadband experience to any Wi-Fi enabled device and break away from today’s fixed Wi-Fi hot spot locations.  Overdrive 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot allows you to connect to any Wi-Fi-enabled devices and up to 5 simultaneously – including laptops, music players, gaming devices, and cameras – through a single connection (via Wi-Fi), and provides

If you're smartphone doesn't have a fast enough data connection, you may want to consider Sprint's newly unveiled Overdrive, which is a hybrid 3G and 4G wireless broadband modem that's akin to the Novatel MiFi, which is also available on Sprint's Now Network. Unlike the MiFi, the Overdrive is made by Novatel's competitor Sierra Wireless and ... Related Posts MiFi GSM/...