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Articles published in October 2011
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48 published in october 2011

Cricket's First LTE Market Coming Soon


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (2)
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

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

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

Sprint's Move to Advance Its Network Vision


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October 27, 2011 : LTE-Advanced deployment now should cut down on future truck rolls and will offer users 12Mbit/s to 15Mbit/s downloads to compatible tablets in 2013

Euronews: Sony Buys Ericsson Out of Handsets


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October 27, 2011 : In today's roundup: Sony Ericsson loses the 'Ericsson'; France Telecom's revenues slip; Nokia shares rise in wake of awesome!!! launch

4G World 2011: Scenes from the Show Floor


Slide Shows - Sarah Reedy - Comments (2)
October 27, 2011 : Picture this: LTE, small cells and wall-to-wall backhaul

Nokia Ships First Windows Phone to Europe


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (2)
October 26, 2011 : The Lumia 800 Windows Phone-based smartphone shines on Europe next month. Did we mention it 'looks awesome'?

Euronews: Nokia Unveils Windows Phones


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October 26, 2011 : In today's EMEA roundup: Nokia World sees the debut of the vendor's make-or-break smartphones, while there's anti-trust trouble in Iberia

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
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1 published in october 2011

New Product Recap: September 2011


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October 7, 2011 : Here's a handy guide to some of the product announcements from last month
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36 published in october 2011

Cricket Loses $16.1M in Q3


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October 31, 2011 : Leap reports third quarter results

GSA: 48 Manufacturers Build 197 LTE Devices


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October 31, 2011 : GSA confirms 197 LTE user devices announced by 48 manufacturers

HTC Reports $19B Q3 Profit


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October 31, 2011 : HTC reports 3Q 2011 results

Samsung Uses Junos Pulse


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October 31, 2011 : Juniper Networks to deliver business-ready secure mobility solutions with Samsung

BroadSoft Unveils BroadTouch


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October 31, 2011 : New product line provides enterprise end-users and consumers with intuitive interfaces to access their unified communications services

Moto Mobility Loses $32M in Q3


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October 27, 2011 : Motorola Mobility announces third quarter financial results

Qualcomm Gets Inside Nokia's First Windows Phones


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October 27, 2011 : Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor powers first Nokia Lumia smartphones

Nokia Launches Windows Phones


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October 26, 2011 : Lumia 800 and Lumia 710, the first Nokia smartphones powered by Windows Phone, unveiled at Nokia World in London

RIM Hosts Microsoft Office 365 for BlackBerrys


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October 25, 2011 : RIM announces BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365

AT&T Boasts 301.9M Wi-Fi Connections


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October 24, 2011 : AT&T Wi-Fi usage soars with 301.9 million connections made in third quarter 2011
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27 published in october 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

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

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

Nokia Has to Rock Its World


Wireless Bits - Michelle Donegan - Comment (1)
October 25, 2011 : 6:20 PM Whatever it does tomorrow at Nokia World, it just has to be good

China Mobile's 10M iPhones


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October 25, 2011 : 10:10 AM Operator says again that Apple promises a TD-LTE iPhone

Leading Lights Finalists: Best New Product (Mobile)


Jonestown - Dan Jones - Comments (5)
October 24, 2011 : 6:05 PM Here's a look at who made it onto the short list and why

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

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

Moto Needs the RAZR to Burn


Jonestown - Dan Jones - Comments (3)
October 18, 2011 : 6:05 PM Could the revamped RAZR be the Android flagship to take on the Apple iPhone 4S?
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