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AT&T Lights Up LTE in 11 More Cities, Including L.A., N.Y. and San Francisco

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 5 at 10:19 am PT

Ma Bell added a bunch more major cities to its fledgling service. It still trails Verizon, but is in a solid No. 2 spot in the LTE race, with Sprint not beginning service until later this year.

AT&T’s LTE Network Isn’t Quite Running Yet, but Devices Go on Sale Sunday

Ina Fried in Mobile on August 16, 2011 at 10:48 am PT

The carrier plans to launch the faster network later this summer, but will start selling devices capable of running on both LTE and the HSPA+ network that AT&T has already started deploying.

You Can Now Buy an Unlocked iPhone 4 (Though You Might Want to Think Twice)

Ina Fried in Mobile on June 14, 2011 at 4:42 am PT

For those who really want an iPhone 4 to run on T-Mobile, there is now an official method for doing so, though the phone can only run on an older, slower data network. The biggest use for the pricey, unlocked version of the phone is likely to be for frequent international travellers that wan’t the ability to easily pop in a new SIM card, rather than pay AT&T’s high international roaming and data rates.

AT&T Announces Its First Five LTE Markets (Sorry, San Francisco and New York)

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 25, 2011 at 8:29 am PT

The carrier said it will light up high-speed mobile networks in Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and San Antonio this summer, with at least 10 more markets coming in the second half of the year.

Merger, Schmerger; T-Mobile Introduces New Devices at CTIA

Ina Fried in Mobile on March 21, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT

Though everyone’s attention was on its deal to be bought by AT&T, T-Mobile hoped to pique at least a few people’s interest with some new smartphone, tablet and wireless broadband products. The announcements, made on the eve of the CTIA trade show in Orlando, also included details on network improvements being made in Las Vegas and New York, among other areas.

Hello World (iPhone)

John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 8, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

So those rumors that had Apple developing a “World iPad” based on one of Qualcomm’s multimode CDMA-GSM chips? There may be something to them after all. An iFixit teardown of the CDMA iPhone 4 headed for Verizon reveals a world mode chip in the device’s innards: Qualcomm’s MDM6600, which supports CDMA and EVDO network standards as well as GSM and HSPA+.

Lacking an iPhone, Scrappy T-Mobile Promises to Stay Aggressive in 2011

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 20, 2011 at 10:52 am PT

Okay, call it a comeback. The perennial fourth-place U.S. carrier says it hopes to start growing again soon, possibly this year, and hopes to boost its revenue by $3 billion by 2014. At an investor event in New York on Thursday, T-Mobile said it also hopes to cut costs and reduce subscriber churn, while at the same time offering the best deal on wireless data costs.

T-Mobile Wants You to Know It Is Speeding Up Its Network, Too

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 6, 2011 at 11:05 am PT

As Mobilized told you last month, T-Mobile is indeed using the Consumer Electronics Show to announce its plans for a faster version of its existing HSPA+ network. It also showed off forthcoming tablets from LG and Dell.

AT&T and Friends Talk Up 4G Network, New Devices

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 5, 2011 at 9:35 am PT

AT&T showed off a bunch of new devices on Wednesday, including a Motorola smartphone that can plug into a screen and keyboard and transform into a thin and light laptop-like device. AT&T also plans to accelerate development of a next-generation network.