WSJ: Verizon Expected to Sells Millions of iPhones

Verizon Wireless may sell between 9 to 12 million iPhones this year, according to analysts cited by The Wall Street Journal. This compares with 11.1 million iPhones sold by ATYT in the first nine months of 2010. An announcement is widely expected on Tuesday. http://www.wsj....

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T-Mobile USA Launches Dell Streak 7, 42 Mbps HSPA+ Coming

T-Mobile USA launched its first tablet, the Dell Streak 7, which is capable of peak speeds download rates of up to 21 Mbps. Running the Android 2.2 operating system, the Dell Streak 7 features a 7-inch WVGA touch screen with Gorilla Glass, dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and full Adobe Flash® Player 10.1 support. T-Mobile also unveiled plans to double the speed of its HSPA+ network this year to 42 Mbps. A USB modem from ZTE is already capable...

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Ofcom Opens More Frequencies for 3G

Ofcom, the official telecom regulator in the UK, adopted a new measure that provides more flexibility for mobile phone operators. Specifically, airwaves used by mobile phone operators for 2G services, such as making phone calls and sending texts, will be available to provide 3G services, such as mobile internet browsing. Previously, certain spectrum could only be used for 2G services -- mainly voice calls and text messages.http://media.ofcom.or...

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Verizon Streams 1080p 3D Video Over FiOS at 18 Mbps

At CES, Verizon and Panasonic demonstrated full HD 3D video delivered over Verizon's FiOS All-Fiber-Optic Network. Engineers showed a selection of 1080p 3D content streaming to a Panasonic Full HD Blu-ray 3D Disc player at a bit rate of up to 18 Mbps -- double the bit rate currently used by most cable providers. http://www.verizon....

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Let's Golf! 2 HD Coming to Verizon Wireless LTE

Gameloft's Let's Golf! 2 will be available on select 4G smartphones on the Verizon Wireless LTE network. Let's Golf! 2 is Gameloft's first high-definition game capable of being played over the air through the 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network. With faster download times, the game features multiplayer capabilities that can be accessed anytime without relying on a Wi-Fi connection. http://www.verizonwireless....

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Slacker Mobile Music Optimized for Verizon Wireless LTE

Slacker Radio is optimizing its service for select 4G smartphones on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network. Slacker Radio provides mobile listeners with access to their favorite music along with artist profiles, album reviews and album cover art, enabling music lovers to enjoy a highly personalized music experience. With Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE network, Slacker listeners can enjoy high-fidelity audio along with high-resolution album art. In addition, with 4G LTE, Slacker listeners can quickly cache their favorite stations for...

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Ericsson Showcases LTE at CES

Ericsson showcased two solutions at CES in Las Vegas:Ericsson Converged Workspace -- Ericsson is collaborating with the Verizon Wireless LTE Innovation Center on a converged workspace solution for small businesses that will provide the world's first "office in a box" solution with fully integrated multiple cellular connections. Powered by Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE network, the Ericsson Converged Workspace device provides full PBX functionality, simultaneous...

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Philips Develops First Wireless HDMI Blu-ray Player

Philips introduced the first Wireless HDMI Blu-ray player, eliminating the need for wired connections to the TV. Other features of the wireless HDMI player included 3D playback, Philips MediaConnect, NetTV, Netflix and Blockbuster streaming, that not only bring movies to life but allow consumers unlimited access between their PC and TV. http://www.philips....

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Bitbop TV Coming to VZ's LTE Devices

Verizon Wireless will bundle BitBop TV viewing app with its LTE smartphones and tablets. Bitbop is a premium content aggregator offering TV shows from CBS, Fox, NBC, MTV and others for mobile phone users. Plans start at $10 per month.http...

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Entropic and Cavium Team on MOCA 2.0

Entropic Communications and Cavium Networks announced an Ethernet to Coax Bridge (ECB) reference design that utilizes the latest MoCA 2.0 solution from Entropic Communications and Cavium's ECONA CNS3xxx energy efficient ARM based network processor.Entropic's MoCA 2.0 solution consists of a 40nm baseband MAC/PHY SoC along with an RF transceiver plus analog front-end IC that provides 400 Mbps of aggregate net MAC throughput over 16 nodes and 500 Mbps of net MAC throughput for two node Turbo mode — with full backward interoperability to MoCA 1.1 devices....

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Entropic and Marvell Team on MoCA 2.0

Entropic Communications and Marvell will develop a new class of MoCA (Multimedia over Coax) 2.0 enabled consumer electronics and customer premise equipment (CPE). The cooperation between Marvell and Entropic leverages the power of Marvell AVANTA Gateway-on-a-chip and ARMADA 1000 media processor system-on-a-chip with Entropic's recently announced complete MoCA 2.0 silicon and software solution to enable a greater level of MAC throughput over coax cables for broadband routers, IP set-top boxes and Blu-ray players.http://www.marvell....

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HARMAN and Sierra Wireless Focus on 4G for Cars

HARMAN and Sierra Wireless announced a partnership to bring 4G connectivity to automobiles. HARMAN will support Sierra Wireless AirPrime intelligent embedded modules for LTE networks to offer robust in-vehicle wireless connectivity enabling high bandwidth telematics, navigation, and online infotainment applications. The AirPrime modules also leverage broadly adopted applications programming interfaces (APIs) to encourage a growing ecosystem of software providers' solutions for connectivity, location, and manageability. The companies are betting...

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Sling Media Coming for Verizon Wireless LTE

Sling Media announced a subscription offering for select 4G smartphones on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network. This will enable Verizon Wireless LTE customers to watch their home TV on new 4G smartphones. The subscription service provides a Slingbox, the SlingPlayer application and networking accessories. Pricing has not been disclosed.http://www.slingmedia....

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Verizon Wireless to Bundle TuneWiki with LTE Smartphones

TuneWiki's social music player will be available as a pre-installed application on select 4G smartphones on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network, beginning later this year. TuneWiki's social music player provides real-time, subtitled lyrics as users listen to their stored library of music, watch music videos or stream Internet radio from all over the world. To discover new music from around the world, users can view music maps and...

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ng Connect Showcases Six 4G/LTE Apps

At CES 2011 in Las Vegas, the ng Connect Program, founded by Alcatel-Lucent, showcased six new retail-focused solutions that could leverage 4G/LTE networks. These include:Virtual Personal Stylist -- Alcatel-Lucent, HFMUS, Samsung, TelePresence Tech, [TC]2, Vidyo, and VisionMax showcase an enriched retail experience made possible by 3D telepresence, video conferencing, cloud computing and ultra-high bandwidth connectivity. These program members developed...

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