Yes, Sprint has turned on LTE in Houston, but no, you can’t use it yet
Sprint has started turning on its LTE service in the initial markets to get the service – of which Houston is one – but if you’ve got a device that can talk to the carrier’s version of the 4G network,...
View ArticleSprint’s LTE network launching very soon in Houston
Sprint’s new LTE network didn’t launch in mid-May in Houston, something a top company executive had indicated to me six weeks before. But at a luncheon with business and media types Wednesday, local...
View ArticleWill a Japanese acquisition of Sprint kick off a wireless price war in the U.S.?
Frustrated by the high cost of wireless service in the U.S.? An unlikely savior may be coming in the form of a Japanese businessman of Korean descent who was educated in the United States. Last month,...
View ArticleLinkpost | 6.15.2013
• Web companies begin releasing surveillance information after U.S. deal – The companies that get hit with requests for surveillance data have reached an agreement with the U.S. government that allows...
View ArticleAT&T still tops in LTE network speeds in Houston: PC Mag
In what's become an annual rite, PC Magazine has surveyed the network speeds of wireless broadband providers in 30 United States cities. Although the publication has tweaked its approach and metrics,...
View ArticleRootMetrics: Verizon best wireless carrier overall, AT&T a close second
RootMetrics, a firm that tracks the performance of U.S. cellular networks, has released its report for the first half of 2014 on how the big four wireless providers performed. Once again, Verizon is at...
View ArticleGoogle launches its own wireless carrier
Google announced a new wireless plan Wednesday that will allow customers to pay for the exact amount of data they use on their smartphones.
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