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AT&T hasn’t been quite as forthcoming with the exact details of its next-gen network plans as T-Mobile and Verizon have been recently, but FierceBroadbandWireless appears to have wrested a tidbit from wireless boss Ralph de la Vega in a recent interview. Though the standard HSPA 7.2Mbps deployment is still AT&T’s short-term focus, HSPA+ — which can theoretically take HSPA to 21Mbps and beyond — is clearly still on its radar prior to LTE .

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How do we know we’re years away from a final resolution to the Nokia / Apple patent lawsuit?

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We talk about the FCC a lot here, but usually the ways ye olde Commission affects our lives are indirect.

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There’s no rest for the wicked — and perhaps nothing in the world of wireless describes “wicked” better than Nordic carrier TeliaSonera , which holds the distinction of having deployed the world’s first commercial LTE network last year. Thing is, the network’s been taking a little heat for being effectively no faster than some of the recent HSPA+ deployments around the globe, but no worries — they’re already working on it. It seems that central Stockholm is the first ..read more

We’d had some indication that Europe would be seeing Motorola Milestones running Android 2.1 roughly around this time , and it looks like we are now finally starting to get a few more specifics. According to Mobile Bulgaria , that country’s leading carrier, Vivacom, will begin selling Milestones equipped with Android 2.1 “by March 20th,” which should no doubt be just part of a broader European rollout in the coming days / weeks (that will hopefully extend to Canada ..read more