FCC Asks AT&T To Explain Discrepancy Over Claimed Need For T-Mobile vs....
A few weeks ago, AT&T accidentally revealed that it had a plan to cover 97% of the population with its 4G/LTE service. That’s a big deal, because a big part of the rationale for the T-Mobile merger...
View ArticleA 4G iPad Requires A Sensible Shared Data Plan
The Apple rumor mill is spinning at full speed again, with word of a new iPad release in March. This would be on schedule for Apple, so the real speculation is around exactly what improvements this...
View ArticleDisruption Starts With A Foot In The Door: Amazon's New Data Plan Is Limited...
Amazon announced a ton of new ereader/tablet devices this morning, which is being covered to death on the various gadget blogs out there. While some of the devices look interesting (and could put some...
View ArticleAT&T Admits That The Whole 'Spectrum Crunch' Argument It Made For Why It...
You may recall that back when AT&T was trying to buy T-Mobile, a big part of the argument was a spectrum crunch around its wireless efforts. The company insisted — strenuously — that it would not...
View Article'5G' Wireless Doesn't Even Technically Exist Yet, But Everyone's Pretty Sure...
When it comes to wireless networks, no amount of hype is too little when it comes to trying to promote looming standards or the next-generation of wireless technology. You probably remember WiMax,...
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AT&T Attempts A Head Fake With 'Fake 5G'
We’ve already gone over how fifth-generation “5G” wireless, while a notable improvement in network speed and performance, has been obnoxiously over-hyped by hardware vendors and cellular carriers....
View ArticleAT&T Settles Lawsuit Over 'Fake 5G,' Won't Change A Thing
Big wireless carriers haven’t been exactly honest when it comes to the looming fifth-generation wireless standard (5G). Eager to use the improvements to charge higher rates and sell new gear, carriers...
View ArticleT-Mobile's 'Nationwide' 5G Isn't Nationwide, Only Slightly Faster Than 4G
We’ve noted for a while now how mobile carriers don’t seem particularly aware that they’re associating 5G in the minds of American consumers with hype and bullshit. AT&T’s efforts to use bogus...
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Verizon's Latest 5G Innovation: A 5G 'DSS' Network That's Slower Than 4G
While unveiling its shiny new 5G-enabled iPhones back in October, Apple brought Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg to the stage to declare that Verizon had launched an updated, “nationwide” 5G network that...
View ArticleThe ‘Race to 5G’ Wound Up Being More Of A Hobbled Waddle To Nowhere
We’ve noted for years how the “race to 5G” was largely just hype by telecoms and hardware vendors eager to sell more gear and justify high U.S. mobile data prices. While 5G does provide faster, more...
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