More and more countries around the world are enjoying "truly exceptional" 4G LTE availability scores, according to OpenSignal, but speeds are no longer surging at the usual pace.
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Qualcomm will need to pay over $1.2 billion after the European Commission ruled the semiconductor giant's exclusive LTE modem supply deal for iPhones and iPads broke antitrust rules.
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Enough preparing and testing the 5G waters, as the next-gen mobile connectivity standard is pretty much ready for primetime, at least as far as AT&T is concerned.
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Samsung has launched an LTE network dedicated to a railway and is equipping its staff with a special phone to communicate with each other at high speeds. It doesn't fold up.
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The addition of these two manufacturers will make it five brands ready to jump on Qualcomm and Microsoft's initiative for portable cellular laptops.
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It's the first Windows 10 laptop powered by a Snapdragon chipset — the ones typically seen on Android smartphones. It starts at $599.
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One device brings a good T-Mobile signal closer to home. The other turns your home internet into a new T-Mobile cell site.
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Sprint and T-Mobile have made marked improvements in their networks, but when it comes to the highways, it's gotta be AT&T and Verizon.
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Priced at $150 on-contract, and $250 outright, the "new" Samsung Galaxy Tab E on Verizon stands out with pre-loaded Android 7.1... and not much else.
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Carrier aggregation, 4x4 MIMO, 256-QAM. A bunch of network jargon means that T-Mobile customers are getting faster speeds.
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A long overdue LTE-enabled Microsoft Surface Pro is coming in December to business customers, priced at $1,149 and up stateside.
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No Qualcomm LTE modems for any iPhone or iPad variants next year? That may have sounded like a far-fetched theory a while ago, but now it's possible.
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The eSIM technology of the cellular-capable Apple Watch Series 3 may have cost it access to LTE networks in China, at least temporarily.
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Google's Phone, Contacts and Android Messages apps will link video calls to the Duo app on Pixel, Nexus and Android One phones.
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Echoes of the same anticompetitive behavior over CDMA and LTE patents have come out of Korean and US governments as well as Apple.
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