LightSquared Interferes with GPS On June 15, 2011, in LTE, News, Satellite, by PGSAdmin Via Wireless Week: “New government tests show LightSquared’s planned LTE network interferes with GPS service. LightSquared’s planned hybrid satellite-terrestrial LTE network sits in spectrum directly adjacent to bandwidth used by GPS, sparking concern that the high-powered signals coming from LightSquared’s network…
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AT&T-Mobile Merger News
AT&T and T-Mobile merger news On May 31, 2011, in GSM, News, by PGSAdmin The two largest GSM providers in America are being grilled by US lawmakers over their proposed merger. The debate in the antitrust hearings is how this will affect jobs and competition. Critics argue against shrinking the already small national cellular provider…
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AT&T Launches Satellite Back-up Service in USA
AT&T Launches Satellite Back-up Service in US On September 27, 2010, in GSM, News, by PGSAdmin AT&T has announced that they will soon be providing a “back-up” satellite coverage for select phones on select plans on their network. The phone will cost $799 and will require a standard voice and data plan in order to…
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First 4G Network in the USA
First 4G Network in the US On October 5, 2010, in GSM, News, by PGSAdmin Sept 21st, 2010: MetroPCS has launched the first 4G LTE service in the United States as well as the world’s first commercially available 4G LTE enabled handset, the Samsung Craft. Service began in Las Vegas, NV and will be spreading…
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