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    SIMPLE MOBILE IS A SCAM

    http://imgur.com/gallery/82uz7MH (To assist in being more informative, I have included the imgur link to a screenshot of a random sampling of Simple Mobile "broadband LTE speeds" I've been taking from July to September of this year, you'll note the adverage "Broadband" speed is around 200...
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    Qualcomm's Snapdragon X24 modem will enable 2 Gbps LTE speeds

    Qualcomm's latest gigabit LTE modem, the X24, can reach speeds of 2 Gbps (where supported by carriers) -- a significant jump from the 1.2 Gbps promised by its predecessor, the X20.
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    T-Mobile has doubled its Gigabit LTE availability

    The Un-carrier announced that LTE Advanced, the next generation of LTE, has expanded to more than 920 markets, eclipsing every other national wireless company.
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    Minneapolis tops 4G LTE speed beating out 34 other US cities

    A new report suggests Minneapolis, Minnesota has the best 4G LTE speeds of 35 different cities tested across the United States.
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    Samsung's latest LTE modem supports faster-than-fiber speeds

    If you're in the market for the Galaxy S9 next year, it could have a modem that's faster than your home fiber connection. Samsung has unveiled a co-called 6CA (carrier aggregation) modem that can handle download speeds as high as 1.2 Gbps.
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    The Sonim XP5 is a new LTE basic phone from Verizon

    After first introducing their first 4G LTE-equipped LG flip phone last month, Big Red is back with a new 4G LTE basic phone called the Sonim XP5.
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    AT&T and T-Mobile are both testing LTE Licensed Assisted Access (LTE-LAA) technology

    Until 5G becomes common enough to blanket the entire US, wireless carriers are looking into how they can expand and improve their current 4G LTE networks. One of the ways this is possible is by using this LTE-LAA carrier aggregation technology and both AT&T and T-Mobile have begun testing it.
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    AT&T offers state governments its emergency LTE network

    AT&T and FirstNet have started offering state governments access to its emergency LTE network in an effort to provide a dedicated network for firemen and EMTs.
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    The LG Exalt is Verizon's first handset to abandon CDMA

    The LG Exalt LTE has launched on Verizon and despite being a feature phone, is also the first device available through Verizon to not offer CDMA network compatibility.
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    South Korea is still the country with the best LTE coverage

    OpenSignal has issued a report on the coverage of LTE in 75 countries across the globe. 4G penetration is highest in Asia, with both South Korea and Japan providing 90% coverage. The US ranks at 86.5%.
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    Samsung will be offering an LTE variant of the Gear S3 Classic

    Samsung has announced it will be adding an LTE variant of the Gear S3 Classic to its smartwatch lineup. This new watch will be compatible with AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile.
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    Chevy is the first major car company with unlimited LTE data

    Chevy has announced starting March 3rd, its car owners can get an OnStar WiFi hotspot for only $20 a month that offers unlimited 3G LTE data.
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    T-Mobile plans to be LTE-only by 2019

    T-Mobile's CTO confirmed the company is looking to become "LTE-only" by 2019. The catch comes with devices on the network still running on the Edge network.
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    Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7 edge now support Sprint's LTE Advanced network

    Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge users on Sprint can now use the company's new LTE Advanced network with data speeds up to 200MB per second. Sprint's LTE Advanced network users three-carrier aggregation to improve data speeds, but it is currently only available in a handful of cities...
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    The world's first Gigabit LTE network has been launched in Australia

    Telstra has introduced the world's first Gigabit LTE network in Australia. The carrier showed download speeds of over 930Mbps and uploads of over 130MBps.
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    T-Mobile boosts LTE capacity in Houston ahead of Super Bowl

    The Super Bowl is set to be played at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. As carriers often do, network improvements will be made to handle the load. T-Mobile has increased LTE network capacity by up to 20 times in some areas, including the stadium and its immediate surrounding, surrounding airpots...
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    Help Galaxy S5 won't connect to LTE

    Hi, My Samsung Galaxy S5 has been acting up with the LTE. It was working fine until I factory reset the phone and thus unrooting the device. After the fact, it wouldn't pick up any LTE data, when I know I have it. I went to the Sprint store, he couldn't fix it. I've switched the preferences to...
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    Help Nexus 5X vs Huawei P9 Lite: Network Performance, Hotspot, LTE-A

    Hello, I have a WiFi-AC compatible computer and I mostly use my phone as Hotspot, in fact most of my 10GB/month are used that way. And I don't use it that much a part for calling while working, I'm not interested at all in photos, movies, games and whatever non professional use of the phone. I...
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    AT&T's 2G network will be fully decommissioned by year's end

    In an effort to save money and clear up spectrum for its 4G network, AT&T plans to flip the switch and turn off its 2G network by the end of the year. AT&T has already moved 6 million subscribers off of its 2G network, but it still has a lot of work to do over the next 8 months.
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    AT&T to begin indoor and outdoor 5G network testing this year.

    AT&T has announced a partnership with Ericsson and Intel to start testing 5G technologies on its network starting in 2016. AT&T claims that 60% of all data on its network in 2015 came from streaming video and that will only increase as 4K streaming comes into play. 5G connections will allow data...
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    Singapore and South Korea offer the best LTE networks on the planet

    If you want to have the fastest or best LTE coverage possible, you might want to consider a move to Asia. OpenSignal's latest report claims that Singapore currently offers the faster LTE networks in the world while South Korea takes the crown with the best overall LTE coverage.
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    Help Why does my mobile data connection always displays 4g as the connection type?

    My phone is samsung note edge, sm-n915p running on 5.0.1 lollipop. Unrooted. whenever i open the mobile data connection, it always displays 4g as the connection type. The thing is, it always only displays '4g', no h+ or h or 3g or any other else. I tried tinkering the options already but to no...
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    Android Devices are Vulnerable to New LTE Security Flaw

    AT&T and Verizon's implementations of LTE are said to be vulnerable to "to several issues" that could result in eavesdropping, data spoofing, and over-billing for potentially millions of phones. Android devices on these networks are at most risk because the software "does not have appropriate...