AT&T has officially announced the next phase for their 4G LTE network roll-out. The next date to look forward to is November 20th, at which time that will mean a total of 15 markets will have AT&T 4G LTE coverage. And nicely done, this was timed to go live with the release of the 4G more »

Today Sprint announced its plans to develop its own 4G LTE network. By the time 2013 is over, Sprint expects to blanket 250 million customers in the United States with its form of 4G LTE goodness. In 2012, Sprint expects to begin its LTE reach by gaining access to more than 120 markets in the United States. 15 LTE devices such as phones, data cards and handsets will start being sold in the middle 2012 as well.

Over the next three years, Microsoft has said they will go from the 11 stores they currently have to 86. Originally built to compete with the successful Apple stores, Microsoft is more than doubling down, the company is committing to putting boots all over the US, but focused primarily on the Northeast, Florida, California and more »

No kidding, right? I think maybe everyone but Nokia saw it coming. Or maybe they did too…just not at this drastic of a level.

According to the popular market research firm Canalys, Nokia’s market share dropped down to 38.9 percent in the third quarter; which is down from 51.4 just a year earlier. On the other hand, Apple jumped to 17.3 percent, and RIM increased to 15.2 the same quarter.

Canalys credits some of the Apple and RIM increases to new phones and new marketing strategies. In a statement, the firm said “”The introduction of the iPhone 3G in July and Apple’s expansion into many more countries helped propel the vendor to second place globally.” Continued.