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T-Mobile Uncarrier 7.0 – “WiFi Unleashed”
T-Mobile held it’s “Uncarrier 7.0” unveiling today – it’s next major initiative to change the old rules of the mobile industry. The last Uncarrier event was “Music Freedom”, making cellular data used for streaming music free and unlimited. This time, the theme was “WiFi Unleashed” and it was focused on T-Mobile’s plans to fully embrace WiFi […]
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Notes On The iPhone 6
As expected, Apple announced the iPhone 6 yesterday. There is a lot new in both the phone and in iOS 8. Here are a few of the key bits from the Mobile Internet perspective… The iPhone 6 and 6+ (aka ‘big’ and ‘bigger’) are both getting faster LTE radios than the iPhone 5S and 5C […]
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MaximumSignal’s ‘Max Amp Mobile’ Passes FCC Inspection
Another LTE multi-band mobile booster has successfully navigated the FCC approval process and will be entering production soon. MaximumSignal excitedly announced in RVing forums yesterday that their Max Amp Mobile product has been assigned ‘FCC ID2AC4N-MAXAMPMOBILE’ indicating they are now FCC approved. Details and specifications will be published to their website soon, and RV Mobile […]
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AT&T Closing in on Verizon for LTE Coverage and Reliability
AT&T Mobility has announced that they have hit their goal of covering more than 300 million people with LTE service a few months early. Originally slated to reach that goal by the end of 2014, the carrier is now closing in on Verizon who currently covers 306 million. Verizon has instead of further expanding its footprint, been […]
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Another Security Wake-Up Call – Avoid “Insecurity” Questions!
Internet security is making big news again this week – with dozens of celebrities having their online accounts hacked, and a multitude of very private photos being leaked online as a result by scummy picture traders. So far it seems as if this is not the result of a wholesale core failure in any particular online […]
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T-Mobile Tweaks Plans, Preps for Uncarrier 7.0
T-Mobile last week made a few tweaks to it’s plans – the most interesting revolving around bonus data for tablets added onto smartphone plans. Here are the three key changes: Ten Lines Per Family – T-Mobile is increasing the number of lines that can be combined on a single plan from 5 to 10. This can […]
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Sprint Rolling Out Free International WiFi Calling
Sprint does indeed seem to be getting serious about offering more value to customers. First it was increased data allotments. And this week, Sprint announced a new WiFi calling feature that will allow customers with compatible phones to make and receive calls from the USA for free when traveling internationally, as long as they are […]
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Verizon Teases VoLTE – Dubs It “Advanced Calling 1.0”
At the moment, all voice calls on Verizon’s network requires the phone to connect over Verizon’s old 3G CDMA network – not over Verizon’s newer 4G/LTE network. This is why some phones (including all iPhones) can not support simultaneous voice calls and data connections on Verizon’s network, and why occasionally an area with seemingly great […]
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