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• Preview: LG Optimus LTE2

  By Ross Catanzariti | 25 May, 2012 14:45

  The LG Optimus LTE2 is the first smartphone to come with 2GB of RAM.

• Qualcomm to sell Indian broadband operation to Bharti Airtel by 2014

  By John Ribeiro | 24 May, 2012 18:18

  Bharti Airtel has invested about US$165 million to acquire a 49 percent stake in Qualcomm's Indian entities that hold broadband wireless licenses, with the Indian mobile operator eventually taking full ownership, the companies said Thursday.

• ZTE's latest LTE test shows how operators can increase bandwidth

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 May, 2012 12:47

  ZTE has successfully completed a hand-over test between two different versions of LTE, allowing operators to more effectively use their spectrum in a way that is seamless to the end user, the company said on Thursday.

• Obama orders agencies to optimize Web content for mobile

  By Grant Gross | 23 May, 2012 20:06

  U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered all major government agencies to make two key services available on mobile phones within a year, in an effort to embrace a growing trend toward Web surfing on mobile devices.

• Obama orders agencies to optimize Web content for mobile

  By Grant Gross | 23 May, 2012 17:58

  U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered all major government agencies to make two key services available on mobile phones within a year, in an effort to embrace a growing trend toward Web surfing on mobile devices.

• Alcatel-Lucent offers managed service to improve mobile network performance

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 22 May, 2012 02:35

  Mobile operators that want help keeping their subscribers happy can get it through a new managed service from Alcatel-Lucent, the company said on Monday.

• In pictures: HTC One XL unboxing

  By Ross Catanzariti | 21 May, 2012 13:35

  The HTC One XL is an identical looking phone to the HTC One X with the added benefit of 4G capability.

• New iPad: 4G no more (sort of)

  By Daniel Ionescu | 14 May, 2012 23:25

  Apple has stopped calling the new iPad "4G-capable" after regulators cracked down on its US-only capability to connect to high-speed LTE networks. Although it is still listed as being "4G LTE capable," the new iPad is now called "Wi-Fi + Cellular" instead of "Wi-Fi + 4G" in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and several parts of Asia.

• New coalition opposes Verizon and cable spectrum deals

  By Grant Gross | 15 May, 2012 06:25

  A proposed sale of mobile spectrum from a group of cable providers to Verizon Wireless, along with accompanying marketing and research agreements, will lead to higher prices for broadband and mobile customers, a coalition of groups opposing the deal said Monday.

• Small cells could raise big problems

  By Stephen Lawson | 11 May, 2012 00:52

  Amid growing interest in small cells, widely seen as an inevitable tool for carriers to deal with booming mobile data demand, there are now signs that it may be hard to derive the expected benefits from them in some cases.

• For LTE network slow but thorough will win the day, Sprint says

  By Stephen Lawson | 10 May, 2012 04:19

  Sprint Nextel's methodical rollout of new cell sites with LTE may not win the deployment race, but each market that gets the upgrade will see competitive speeds and more complete coverage than other carriers may offer, executives said Wednesday.

• Ericsson lets operators speed up mobile, fixed networks using caching

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 10 May, 2012 00:42

  Using caching technology from Akamai Technologies, Ericsson's Smart Cloud Accelerator, announced Wednesday, is designed to allow operators to improve performance in both fixed and mobile networks.

• Sony launches 13-megapixel smartphone with LTE, but only for Japan

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 09 May, 2012 19:52

  Sony Mobile Communications has launched two new Android-based LTE smartphones for the Japanese market; the light-weight Xperia SX and the Xperia GX, which has a 13-megapixel camera, the company said on Wednesday.

• AT&T sees an end to Wi-Fi-only tablets

  By Stephen Lawson | 09 May, 2012 10:50

  Tablet makers are moving toward selling only models equipped with cellular radios and away from having separate Wi-Fi-only units, as the added cost of 3G hardware falls below US$30, an AT&T executive said Tuesday.

• Senator questions whether Comcast is following NBC merger conditions

  By Grant Gross | 08 May, 2012 04:55

  A U.S. senator has urged the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to investigate whether Comcast is violating conditions imposed in its early 2011 merger with NBCUniversal.