Sprint taking iPhone 4S slow data speeds seriously, but has no solution

Sprint taking iPhone 4S slow data speeds seriously, but has no solution

Wireless carrier Sprint does not have an answer for disgruntled iPhone 4S users who are experiencing slow connection and data speeds on the network, but they are taking it seriously, a company representative said in an interview with CNET.

Users have flooded to Sprint since the company announced it would be supporting the new iPhone, offering unlimited data plans to compete with AT&T and Verizon, America’s two largest wireless carriers. That there are problems with … Continue Reading

Lightsquared antenna fix solves potential billon-dollar problem

Lightsquared antenna fix solves potential billon-dollar problem

Mobile broadband startup LightSquared has developed a new antenna in cooperation with PCTEL that will prevent the company’s new 4G LTE network from interfering with high precision GPS receivers, the company has announced.

Lightsquared had run into trouble earlier this year over the signal jamming, but pointed the finger back at the GPS industry in a letter to the Federal Communications Commision. At issue was whether the wireless spectrum assigned to LightSquared, which would enable … Continue Reading

Will Sprint benefit from LightSquared’s broken LTE network?

Will Sprint benefit from LightSquared’s broken LTE network?

Troubled wholesale mobile broadband provider LightSquared has confirmed today that the company has entered a 15-year deal with Sprint to provide high-speed wireless service for the carrier’s 4G LTE network, reports Bloomberg.

The news comes on the heals of an announcement last week that government agencies had completed tests showing that LightSquared’s 4G LTE network interferes with GPS signals, affecting aircraft and automobile navigation systems and emergency response services like OnStar. Fixing the problems will … Continue Reading

Sprint 4G handset to launch by summer

Will Sprint benefit from LightSquared’s broken LTE network?

Troubled wholesale mobile broadband provider LightSquared has confirmed today that the company has entered a 15-year deal with Sprint to provide high-speed wireless service for the carrier’s 4G LTE network, reports Bloomberg.

The news comes on the heals of an announcement last week that government agencies had completed tests showing that LightSquared’s 4G LTE network interferes with GPS signals, affecting aircraft and automobile navigation systems and emergency response services like OnStar. Fixing the problems will … Continue Reading

T-Mobile on desperate rampage: Bids on Orange in UK, now Sprint in US?

Will Sprint benefit from LightSquared’s broken LTE network?

Troubled wholesale mobile broadband provider LightSquared has confirmed today that the company has entered a 15-year deal with Sprint to provide high-speed wireless service for the carrier’s 4G LTE network, reports Bloomberg.

The news comes on the heals of an announcement last week that government agencies had completed tests showing that LightSquared’s 4G LTE network interferes with GPS signals, affecting aircraft and automobile navigation systems and emergency response services like OnStar. Fixing the problems will … Continue Reading

Palm's Pre fails to help Sprint, and RIM snickers

Will Sprint benefit from LightSquared’s broken LTE network?

Troubled wholesale mobile broadband provider LightSquared has confirmed today that the company has entered a 15-year deal with Sprint to provide high-speed wireless service for the carrier’s 4G LTE network, reports Bloomberg.

The news comes on the heals of an announcement last week that government agencies had completed tests showing that LightSquared’s 4G LTE network interferes with GPS signals, affecting aircraft and automobile navigation systems and emergency response services like OnStar. Fixing the problems will … Continue Reading