Apple shows the LTE love, going for near global 4G support in the iPhone 5s...
Apple(s aapl) isn’t skimping on the radios for its new “budget” iPhone, the 5c. At its official unveiling Apple said both it and the new 5s would support more LTE bands than any other smartphone in the...
View ArticlePlugging interoperability into the nation’s electric grid
When it comes to avenues of commerce, nothing beats the nation’s electric power grid. That’s right. Those wires running down the street, or underground in your neighborhood, are responsible for more...
View ArticleWhy T-Mobile wants Verizon’s discarded 4G airwaves
Why does T-Mobile want to build an LTE network using frequencies Verizon hasn’t touched in six years? There are several reasons, but the main one has to do with the different stages the two carriers...
View ArticleFCC moves forward on plans for a new 4G auction using shared airwaves
The big news coming out of the FCC’s open meeting on Monday was the opening up of new unlicensed airwaves, boosting the amount of capacity available to your Wi-Fi router. But the FCC threw a bone to...
View ArticleSprint adds 15 new regional carriers to its LTE rural roaming program
Sprint still has to fill in some big holes in its urban LTE footprint — San Francisco being the most glaring example – but it’s making progress bringing 4G coverage to many rural regions of the...
View ArticleSmall carriers want guarantees they won’t get burned at next year’s spectrum...
At CTIA Wireless this week, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler made a plea to mobile carriers: Commit to participating in the next year’s broadcast incentive auction, so he can convince reluctant TV stations to...
View ArticleCan you hear me now? Verizon, AT&T to make voice-over-LTE interoperable in 2015
AT&T and Verizon have just started rolling out voice over LTE (VoLTE), but they already have plans to link their two next-generation voice services together. The pair announced plans on Monday to...
View ArticleEmbedded Experiences Are Coming to the Browser
One of the most interesting and valuable developments in enterprise social software (ESS) over the last few years has been the introduction of embedded experiences. Simply put, these are event-driven...
View ArticleThe CIO as the (IT) supply chain manager
In the recent past, the CIO and staff earned their name as technologists. They built IT infrastructure by hand from the ground-up. Unique server, storage and networking piece-parts were purchased,...
View ArticleSetting the record straight: Own an AT&T iPhone 5? It will work on T-Mobile’s...
There have been a lot of conflicting and confusing – and several plain wrong – reports on whether the current version of the iPhone 5 will work on T-Mobile’s new LTE network. I’m sorry to say I even...
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