lte stories

T-Mobile customers will have to wait until 2013 to get 4G LTE

Raymond Wong
Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 12:34pm
 
T-Mobile customers might have the prettiest spokeswoman of any U.S. carrier (Hi there Carly Foulkes!), but it's the last network to get real 4G LTE. With AT&T's failed buyout of T-Mobile behind it, the telecom is now focusing its efforts on building out a 4G LTE network. Too bad it won't come until 2013.

AT&T and Nokia to announce a 4G LTE Windows Phone at CES?

Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 1:10pm
 
CES, the tech industry's annual orgy of new gear and gadgets, is about two months off, and we're already seeing rumors about what to expect there. One interesting tidbit: AT&T and Nokia may be set to announce the first 4G LTE Windows Phone there.

Rumor: Apple will finally launch 4G LTE iPhone in 2012

Raymond Wong
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 8:16am
 
The iPhone 4S is plenty fast with its dual-core A5 processor (even if each core is clocked at 800MHz), but it doesn't have 4G LTE data speeds, mainly because Apple didn't want its device to suffer from terrible battery life. The crystal ball is now pointing at 4G LTE in the real iPhone 5 next year.

Sprint is moving its 4G network to LTE

Friday, October 7, 2011 - 9:00am
 
When Sprint first moved towards a 4G network, it settled on WiMAX, which has ended up not catching on nearly as much as LTE has. LTE is the wireless tech that both Verizon and AT&T are building, so now Sprint has decided to follow their lead.

AT&T to get its first LTE phone by year's end

Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 12:45pm
 
AT&T has lagged behind Verizon in getting its 4G LTE network up and running, instead choosing to advertise its 3G network as a 4G network and hope people didn't ask too many questions. But not for much longer! AT&T should have it's first real 4G phone running on its LTE network by the end of the year.

AT&T may implement tiered services for their LTE rollout

Friday, January 21, 2011 - 11:00am
 
AT&T is still lagging pretty far behind Verizon when it comes to LTE, with their actual 4G network not set to be ready for primetime for another year or two. But when it does come, expect to have to pick a tier for how fast you want your service to be.

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