First true commercial LTE network rollout

Rating: And its from TeliaSonera in Sweden and Norway
Given Motorola’s highly dubious claim to have offered the first cellular mobile phone ever  (despite the Nordic NMT), this time it seems only fair to let Scandinavia claims to possess the world’s first truly commercial 4G network using LTE technology. Via TeliaSonera in Sweden and Norway.
Significantly, [...]

Windows 7 and a mobile broadband nightmare

Rating: One of our dongles is missing!
Using a mobile broadband dongle while travelling has become such an everyday occurrence that when it stops functioning, disaster strikes. This is what happened to GoMo News when a Samsung Netbook NC-10 was upgraded to Windows 7.
The favoured mobile dongle is a Huawei E220 device supplied by 3 UK. [...]

Arab mobile operator Etisalat to launch own mobile phone brand

UAE operator Etisalat will launch its own mobile phone at the end of October.

T-Mobiles Pulse shows where Android can outperform iPhone

T-Mobile UK has announced that the Pulse device will be available on pre-pay for the UK. This will be the third Android phone sold by T-Mobile - and the operator is claiming that the sales made from Android will be more than enough to make up for not having the iPhone.

Android mobile devices a-go-go: Dell and T-Mobile stir the pot

There’s a lot of excitement about two different possible Android devices going around at the moment. There’s the rumoured (and now probable) touch-screen Android from Dell, which we first mentioned at the end of June. And it also looks like T-Mobile will be carrying an Android device from Huawei.

WiMAX made simple - what is Clearwire actually doing?

Clearwire announced today that it has finished its selections for suppliers for the WiMAX network it is building across the US. The final company to be added was Huawei, which will be joining a list of companies including Motorola and Samsung. Each company on the list will be providing physical components for the 4G network. But given the number of companies involved in the endeavor, and the predictably impenetrable language of the press release, I decided to write up a friendlier version of what each company is actually involved in - and even what WiMAX actually means.

Telefonica chooses Huawei platform for massive mobile services launch across Latin America

Mobile operator Telefonica today announced the launch of a Huawei mobile internet services platform across its entire Latin American market. The Service Delivery Platform (SDP) from Huawei is a massive, converged platform. It allows services for mobile devices to be rolled out across 13 different network architectures in the region.

Huawei announces its first Android phone

Chinese cell phone manufacturer Huawei has announced it will be launching an Android-based smartphone at the Mobile World Congress.
Huawai has said it will be demonstrating a “smart mobile phone based on the ‘Android’ platform and first mobile phone based on ‘one’ single UMTS chipset” at the MWC. While no other details were released, Huawei said [...]

MWC: HSDPA modem. Everybody should have one

Rating: Brought GoMo News to you from literally anywhere
I really should give a shameless plug  to the Huawei E220 HSDPA USB modem which has provided me with access when all other modes of communication have struggled. It’s been kindly loaned to me by the GSMA and Vodafone Spain.
Installation of this modem was literally a piece [...]

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