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Posted in October 2011

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Cricket's First LTE Market Coming Soon


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October 31, 2011 : Cricket Communications says it is on track with its LTE deployment plans and will cover 25 million POPs by the end of 2012
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Comment: Everyone's going low - SReedy October 31, 2011

HTC Shuns Cheap Phones


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October 31, 2011 : 12:35 PM -- Coming off a quarter with 93% growth in smartphones, HTC says it doesn't plan to aggressively target the lowest end of the market too
Comment: Lookalikes - SReedy October 31, 2011

AT&T Readies Its First LTE Phones


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October 31, 2011 : HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket will be available on Nov. 6, at which time the carrier will have LTE live in nine cities

Ericsson Builds Efficiencies for LTE


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October 28, 2011 : Ericsson's global CMO outlines the infrastructure vendor's biggest priorities today: mobile broadband, OSS/BSS, managed services and -- of course -- making money

OS Watch: Samsung Scores on Smartphones


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October 28, 2011 : Also: Android takes a beating as Sprint claims it's too chatty, Nokia says it's too fragmented, and its update process leaves handsets behind

Moto Ships 4.8M Smartphones Amid Q3 Losses


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October 27, 2011 : Moto's smartphone shipments were up slightly since last year as the company awaits approval for its merger with Google
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Wave Goodbye to Free Wi-Fi


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October 27, 2011 : 2:40 PM Wireless operators charging for Wi-Fi and counting usage against data caps could be inevitable, says one offload vendor
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Small Cells Take a Big Step Forward


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October 27, 2011 : All the wireless operators are hip to the HetNet (heterogenous network) as they plan LTE deployments that include a healthy dose of small cells and require more spectrum

4G World 2011: Scenes from the Show Floor


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October 27, 2011 : Picture this: LTE, small cells and wall-to-wall backhaul

BelAir Racks Up Cable Wins


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October 26, 2011 : BelAir bolsters its standing with MSOs in the Wi-Fi space with gear in place at Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Cablevision

MetroPCS Preps to Bring LTE for All


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October 26, 2011 : MetroPCS is beefing up its backhaul, actively seeking spectrum and looking for lower-cost Android smartphones as it prepares to complete its LTE deployment by mid-2012

Hope for Nokia's Next Billion


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October 26, 2011 : Alongside its Windows Phone smartphones, Nokia unveiled a line of mid-tier handsets aimed at the Internet's next billion consumers

MetroPCS LTE Revamp Set for 2012


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October 25, 2011 : Regional LTE provider says handset prices will drop in mid-2012 as it looks to complete its 4G rollout and tout its new network

AlcaLu Tackles Video Calling on LTE


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October 25, 2011 : With help from IMS, AlcaLu wants to give operators a way to rival services like FaceTime and really show off LTE's potential

Leading Lights Finalists: Best New Service or App (Mobile)


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October 23, 2011 : 8:00 AM Here's our rationale behind the finalists for the best new mobile service or application

OS Watch: Samsung Outsmarts Apple


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October 21, 2011 : Also: Apple still dominates tablets, Android conspiracy theories arise, Nexus Prime takes on Moto RAZ, and RIM's BBX name's in danger

Life Is Better on OTT for France Telecom


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October 20, 2011 : France Telecom's innovation arm, Orange Vallée, is hoping to convince operators to become OTT providers rather than compete against them, starting with their voice mail

Nokia Has No Window for Microsoft Tablets Yet


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October 20, 2011 : The Finnish company is preparing a modest rollout of Windows-based devices, but won’t commit to tablets based on Microsoft’s OS just yet
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C Spire Beats T-Mobile to the iPhone 4S


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October 19, 2011 : Regional CDMA operator and AT&T merger opponent announces it will carry the iPhone 4S before T-Mobile even gets a crack at it

Apple Preps for a Holiday iPhone Revival


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October 18, 2011 : Rampant iPhone 5 rumors stymied iPhone 4S sales in Q4, but Apple's not exactly worried
Comment: Security matters - SReedy October 18, 2011

Apple Posts $6.62B Q4 Profit


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October 18, 2011 : Apple's Q4 revenue was less than analysts expected as consumers continued to buy iPads but waited on the iPhone 4S
Comment: No hardware? - SReedy October 18, 2011

RIM Jams Android-Friendly Features Into BBX


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October 18, 2011 : The BlackBerry maker talks software as it revamps its developer community, launches an Android-friendly OS update and builds an enterprise app store

AT&T Imagines a Hyper-Connected World


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October 14, 2011 : AT&T says it will add wireless connectivity to any device that will benefit from it – and that list is endless

Sprint's Emerging Devices Vision


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October 14, 2011 : Sprint's multi-modal network is good for connecting millions of tiny machines from wireless kiosks to heart-rate monitors to smart meters

Cricket Sticks With Unlimited as It Looks to LTE


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October 14, 2011 : Cricket is newly nationwide through an MVNO deal with Sprint, and it's counting on unlimited data, music and LTE to stay competitive

Verizon Pitches Its Own Mobile Apps


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October 14, 2011 : Verizon has its own suite of apps that it sells to consumers, and, says Kristi Crum, makes money for the carrier too

QuickPlay Sets Up Shop in FLO TV’s Old Digs


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October 13, 2011 : LR Mobile goes inside Qualcomm's old FLO TV NOC, where QuickPlay is trying to make video and live TV ubiquitous on mobile devices

AT&T Draws the Line Between Work & Play


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October 12, 2011 : The carrier aims to balance work and play with an app that does both, but Mobeen Khan of AT&T says its just the beginning for the enterprise
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AmEx Seeks Mobile Payment Partners


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October 12, 2011 : American Express's head of enterprise says mobile commerce won't take off without more industry unity

Photos: Nokia's San Diego Test Center


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October 12, 2011 : Nokia’s San Diego test lab breaks, bends, twists, pokes and prods all its mobile devices so you can’t do the same

Light Reading's 2011/2012 Salary Survey


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October 12, 2011 : Our second annual employment survey of over 2,500 people in the communications industry reveals that salaries are on the upswing, but so are layoffs

Managing Enterprise Mobile Apps


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October 12, 2011 : Wireless operators are positioning mobile apps in the enterprise as a big opportunity, but are IT departments ready for a flood of new apps?

Wireless Chiefs Talk up M2M


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October 11, 2011 : As wireless devices overtake the U.S. population, the wireless operators look to connect billions more from cameras to robots

AT&T Closes the Gap on Verizon's Android Lead


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October 11, 2011 : AT&T unveils five new Android smartphones at CTIA, bringing its total to 19 -- and they've arrived just in time for the holidays

AT&T App Enables Work/Play Divide


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October 11, 2011 : AT&T's Toggle app, developed by Enterproid, splits work and play on the same phone for enterprises that let staff use their own device

CTIA: A Developer Incubator


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October 10, 2011 : 4:30 AM Last year was all about the enterprise, but CTIA this year is focused on fostering app developers' efforts to tackle mobility

OS Watch: RIM Buys Up a Cloud Vendor


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October 7, 2011 : Also, Nuance acquires Swype, HTC & Samsung had solid third quarters and Samsung cancels its Ice Cream party in October's first OS diary

Apple's Margin Machine


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October 5, 2011 : 7:30 PM The Cupertino giant will make nearly $100 on every 32GB iPhone 4S it sells, which explains why it wasn't eager to overhaul its hardware

iPhone 5: Apple Can Have 4G But Not the World


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October 5, 2011 : If Apple wants an LTE iPhone in 2012, it’ll likely have to drop the global capabilities of the 4S to build it

Photos: Apple's iPhone 4S Unveiling


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October 4, 2011 : Light Reading presents pictures to document the birth of Apple's iPhone 4S

Apple Finds Friends, Synchs With iCloud


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October 4, 2011 : Apple's cloud storage will begin shipping on Oct. 12, along with the revamped iOS 5, featuring friend-finding and music-matching apps

Apple: By the Numbers


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October 4, 2011 : 2:10 PM Apple reminds everyone how terrific its mobile business is before unleashing the new iPhone
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Survey: Apple to Gain in AT&T/T-Mobile Merger


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October 3, 2011 : Light Reading survey takers say Apple has the most to gain if AT&T acquires T-Mobile, good news on the eve of its iPhone unveiling

Leap's 3G Trumps Metro's 4G/2G Mashup


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October 3, 2011 : 11:50 AM Bernstein Research says 3G is better than 4G when 4G's only fallback is a stopgap 2G network