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Apple Launches All Out Assault on Mobile Bandwidth
Last week’s U2 Missile Strike was just the first volley in what is turning into an all out assault by Apple on mobile data plans everywhere – and if you ever use a mobile hotspot you might have already been hit. Apple released iOS 8 to the public last week on Wednesday, September 17th. Apple is calling […]
Verizon Enables VoLTE – Simultaneous Voice/Data At Last!
Verizon’s CDMA voice network has never supported the ability to be on a voice phone call while maintaining a data connection at the same time. This means that if a phone call comes in, your cellular data connection drops – making it impossible to surf the web or look up directions online while still on […]
WiFiRanger Announces XT Antenna Upgrade
WiFiRanger announced today the XT Antenna Upgrade for customers who have the WiFiRanger Mobile or older WiFiRanger Boost roof-mounted installations. The XT is a monster antenna – adding 15″ height over the standard MobileTI antenna. The increased height brings along an increase in gain from 3dB to 8.5dB – resulting in an increase in signal strength […]
Millenicom Makes Usage Tracking a Little Easier
Has anyone else noticed that Millenicom’s customer portal has been recently improved to make finding your ‘current’ usage just a tad easier? Once you log in, the very first page you see is your Millenicom Dashboard, with your current Product List. And now, one of your columns is your usage. Previously, you had to go to […]
AT&T Promises WiFi Calling… Next Year
Not to be overly upstaged by T-Mobile’s big WiFi calling announcements this week, AT&T also just revealed its own plans to offer WiFi calling (aka VoWiFi or “Voice Over WiFi”) to customers. But not until sometime in 2015. WiFi calling enables voice and text calls to be routed over connected WiFi networks, enabling coverage in places that […]
Warning: Apple Launches U2 Missile at Your Data Plan
As part of the big iPhone 6 launch on Tuesday, Apple announced that they were making music history in conjunction with the band U2 by instantly giving away a full copy of U2’s new album to over 500 million people with iTunes accounts. Apple and U2 are giving the new album Songs of Innocence to […]
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 […]
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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