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Sprint Lights Up 17 New 4G LTE Markets

Tim July 31, 2014 44

Sprint lit up 17 new 4G LTE markets across the US this morning, bringing their total market count to nearly 500. Considering its LTE network launched in 2012, it has been a long road for Sprint, but now that it is live in Eureka and even Fortuna, CA, I can say...

Verizon Makes It Official: Throttling Comes to Unlimited 4G LTE Customers in October

Kellen July 25, 2014 425

Verizon took a minute this morning to confirm our report from yesterday, announcing that they are indeed going to include unlimited data customers with 4G LTE devices in their version of throttling, which they refer to as "Network Optimization." Starting in...

Starting October 1, Verizon Will Include Unlimited 4G LTE Customers in “Network Optimization”

Kellen July 24, 2014 613

Back in September of 2011, Verizon introduced a new initiative called Network Optimization that only affected unlimited data customers. What is Network Optimization? Well, it's a little bit like throttling in that Verizon can slow down your data connection if...

Qualcomm is Ready to Bring You LTE Direct, Battery-Friendly Contextual Awareness

Kyle July 24, 2014 16

Lots of apps nowadays - from Google Now, to Foursquare, to Keep - rely on locational awareness (more commonly referred to as "geofencing") to serve contextually sensitive information, such as the number of nearby restaurants and friends. That's all good and...

AT&T Launches Eight New 4G LTE Markets Across US

Tim July 24, 2014 13

This morning, AT&T announced yet another set of cities/towns that have been graced with their 4G LTE network. It seems that the network won't stop its rollout, at least until every US resident is bathed in faster data speeds. As for the competition,...

Verizon Announces 4G LTE Connectivity for ALLSET Prepaid Plan, Launches July 17

Kellen July 15, 2014 81

Two weeks ago, we exclusively reported that Verizon would introduce 4G LTE connectivity to its ALLSET prepaid plan starting July 17. Today, Verizon made it official. After keeping 4G LTE out of its prepaid plans for years, Big Red will now allow you to "bring...

Verizon Prepaid is Finally Getting 4G LTE, Likely on July 17

Kellen July 3, 2014 70

According to sources of ours, Verizon prepaid is finally getting access to the carrier's massive 4G LTE network come July 17. As those of you in the prepaid game know, Verizon has lagged behind others in terms of prepaid data speeds, leaving their customers on...

Verizon XLTE Network Now Covers 300+ Markets

Kellen June 27, 2014 107

Verizon announced yesterday that it has already expanded its XLTE coverage to over 300 markets, just over a month after it launched the original 250. We reached out to Verizon to try and get a hold of a list of the new markets, but have not yet received one...