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At&t Strengthens 3G Coverage in Florida, Washington and California

The battle between Verizon Wireless and At&t is heating up and this morning At&t has issued three press releases regarding improvements to their 3G network. The first bit of news comes from Central Florida where At&t has substantially increased capacity on its 3G network for residents of Gainesville, Tallahassee and Jacksonville.

Next At&t upgraded its 3G mobile broadband service in Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Renton, Auburn, Pierce and King Counties for Washington residents. The carrier deployed its new 850MHz band which should result in better 3G performance and enhanced in-building wireless coverage along with network capacity.

The last announcement was that At&t has invested nearly $65 million from 2008 through the third quarter of 2009 to upgrade the San Francisco Bay Area to the 850MHz 3G band. At&t upgraded close to 850 cell sites as part of the enhancement with the majority coming in the third quarter of 2009.

Overall these are welcomed improvements by At&t and hopefully just the beginning in a major nationwide overhaul that we see completed by the end of 2010. In the meantime expect to see even more Verizon Holiday commercials bashing the carrier while the legal battle rages on in the courtroom.

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EyeTV demonstrates iPhone media streaming over 3G

Good fight Cupertino, unfortunately the makers of EyeTV have been able to pass your rigorous App Store approval process and have been able to release an app that allows media streaming over 3G. The makers of EyeTV, a live streaming TV application for the iPhone, have left a very easy way for users to enjoy [...]

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Vinaphone Launches Viet Nam’s First 3G Service with Motorola Technology

Motorola, Inc. today announced that Vinaphone, a subsidiary of Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT) Group, has launched the first commercial 3G service in Viet Nam with network infrastructure from Motorola’s Home & Networks Mobility business. The network was upgraded in record time, just two months after the contract was awarded in August, demonstrating Motorola’s [...]

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Samsung’s 3G-enabled F839 coming to China Telecom

Today Samsung announced that the 3G-enabled F839 would be coming to China Telecom. The Samsung F839 supports China Telecom’s 3G network(CDMA2000 1x EVDO 800 MHz) and features a 3.2-inch WQVGA resolution touchscreen. On the back of the device is a 3-megapixel camera with QVGA video recording capabilities @ 30fps. The phone comes with full DivX [...]

Only 11 percent of wireless users are 3G

It seemed like the endless bashing of T-mobile’s late release of a 3G network in the US was never going to stop. Now that the carrier has rolled out 3G services is dozens of markets and discontent has come to a standstill it is time to put the accomplishment into perspective. According to a study [...]

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HTC Touch HD lacks compatible US 3G bands

The power of the Internet has been demonstrated once again thanks to a leaked HTC Touch HD manual which outlines HSDPA/UMTS support for the 850 and 1900MHz bands needed for At&t’s 3G network. Unfortunately ladies and gentlemen this manual is completely innaccurate and as we’ve already been told by HTC, the Touch HD will not [...]

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Vodafone UK launches pre-pay 3G USB Modem

Just in time for Christmas Vodafone UK has launched a pre-pay USB Modem to access it’s fast and reliable mobile broadband network. The ‘TopUP and Go’ (3.6Mbps) modem is £39 and includes the first £15 credit which gives 1GB of data. Unlike other pay as you go mobile broadband services the 1GB will not expire [...]

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2011 Prediction: Embedded-3G laptops over-hyped

The near-term importance of new embedded-3G and embedded-WiMAX notebooks has been significantly over-estimated, according to a new research report published by Disruptive Analysis. Even in three year’s time, laptops with built-in wireless access will only be used by 30% of total, active mobile broadband subscribers globally. External USB modems (or “dongles”) will account for 58% [...]

O2 refreshes Mobile Broadband Tariff Table

New research revealed today shows that over one in ten mobile broadband users feel that they were mis-sold on what it offered. The main source of irritation is that consumers feel that they were deceived on the cost of the service with nearly a third complaining that the ongoing cost was higher than expected. [...]

U.S. Court lifts ban on Qualcomm chips

The U.S. International Trade Commission ruling that certain new models of 3G wireless handsets with Qualcomm chipsets could not be imported to the U.S. because they infringed on a Broadcom patent has be overruled this morning. A U.S. appellate court reversed the import ban after ruling that the ITC overstepped its authority in the 2007 decision. Qualcomm’s [...]

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