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Sprint beefs up 3G coverage in Indianapolis ahead of Super Bowl

Indianapolis

With the Super Bowl being just under three weeks away, Sprint is making sure the population in Indianapolis has no problem staying connected. Therefore, Sprint has made improvements and additions to its 3G network around the downtown Indianapolis area.

Verizon Wireless plans to launch 4G LTE in new cities on April 21

Verizon Wireless’ first 4G LTE smartphone is finally available to the masses. In order to help boost along HTC Thunderbolt sales, Verizon is going to bolster its 4G LTE offering to “a mess of new cities and towns” coming this Thursday, April 21. Unfortunately, Verizon did not announce which new cities and towns will receive more »

U.S. Cellular announces prepaid options for the LG Optimus U and LG Apex

T-Mobile may have gone back on its plans to offer a new prepaid unlimited service, but U.S. Cellular is going to make up for it in its own way. Today the carrier announced that starting on April 15, the LG Optimus U and LG Apex will be offered with a couple prepaid options. The phones themselves will cost $199 (Optimus U) and $249.99 (Apex) and are powered by Android. Let’s take a look at the plans and the phones separately.

Sprint makes its 4G service easier to understand

4G is a term that is thrown around by every major carrier in most of their current advertisements. Every carrier claims theirs is the best 4G network in the country. It can get confusing as to what 4G is and why anyone would want it. Sprint has taken it upon itself to educate the public with its new site dedicated to its 4G network.

Sprint’s ready for some football

Ah, Superbowl Sunday, just typing this makes me feel excited. Whether or not your favorite team is still playing, or whether or not you are even a fan, I’m sure you enjoy partying it up with a few friends and watching the game. If you are a hardcore fan and plan to be at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa for the game, you might experience some delays when sending texts and even not being able to get a call through. There will be a lot of network traffic that week and Sprint has been preparing for this for a year now.

Since 2008, Sprint has invested nearly $49 million and more than $11 million specifically for the Tampa Bay area. They are not messing around with anything, they seem to be pretty serious about providing the best possible coverage.

T-Mobile makes their 3G roll-out official, press release style

T-Mobile has begun to officially launch their 3G service. While we have already seen the reports beginning to come in over the weekend, its always nice to get that ‘official’ word, even if its not telling us anything that we did not already know. Better late than never, huh?

The short, and official story is that they have rolled out the 3G coverage in New York City with support for both voice and data. They are also expecting to have coverage become available “across major metropolitan markets” by the end of 2008, however did not mention exactly what those major areas were. Keep reading if you want to check out the full press release…

T-Mobile activates their 3G, some users rejoice

While it is official, T-Mobile has activated their 3G service, but as expected from the rumor train, so far it is limited to just New York City. The good news is that the now faster service appears, based on user reports to be for both voice and data. Some are reporting speeds up to 300Kbps more »

T-Mobile rumors, NYC 3G coverage on May 1

We have been waiting a long time for T-Mobile to begin rolling out their 3G coverage and finally catch up with their handsets that are able to take advantage of the extra speed. This latest report comes as follow up from the recent rumor that 3G service will be available in 27 markets as early more »

Nokia N810 WiMax Edition gets listed, priced at Buy.com

Buy.com has already listed the Nokia N810 WiMax Edition on their site. The N810 is currently listed for $455 with a suggested retail of $479, but as we would expect, is not currently in stock. The listing, although a little early seems to fit the time frame as Nokia announced it would be available beginning more »