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Verizon Wireless Tests LTE in Boston, Seattle

Verizon Wireless says that it has completed its first successful Long Term Evolution (LTE) data calls in boston and Seattle - based on the 3GPP Release 8 standard. The successful data calls involved streaming video, file uploads and downloads, and Web browsing. Significantly, Verizon Wireless has successfully made data calls using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to enable voice transmissions over the LTE 4G network.  more

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More US Households Abandoning the Landline

More and more USA households are dropping their landlines and opting to go completely wireless. According to Telephia, the largest provider of consumer research to the communications and new media markets, households in Detroit and Minneapolis-St. Paul have the highest rate of wireless substitution among the 20 largest cities in the country. Detroit and Minneapolis-St. Paul posted household wireless substitution rates of 19 and 15.2 percent, respectively. The Tampa metropolitan area secured a 15.1 percent rate, representing nearly 177,000 households. Nearly 219,000 (14.3%) households in Atlanta and 220,000 (13.6%) households in Washington D.C. cut the cord. Rounding out the top 10 were Phoenix , Seattle , Denver , boston and Los Angeles . more

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Bids Submitted For NYC Subway Station Cell Phone Network

NEW YORK (AP)--Some of the best-known companies in the world submitted bids Wednesday to wire 277 New York City subway stations for cell phone use.  more

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