Sprint Expands Ev-do Revision a Networks
paulxty asked:
Sprint announced today major network enhancements in Seattle, Las Vegas and Milwaukee markets. Upgrades to the Sprint Power Vision Network to the new EV-DO Revision A technology will allow consumers to take advantage of higher data transfer rates for enhanced data communications. Sprint Power Vision users in these markets should experience significantly faster average upload speeds of 300-400 kbps (compared with 50-70 kbps of current EV-DO networks). Average download speeds should also increase to 450–800 kbps from 400-700 kbps.
The upgrade to EV-DO Revision A is expected to further drive Sprint’s wireless data leadership as customers will be able to use the upgraded network to utilize applications such as all IP video telephony, high-performance push-to-talk (walkie-talkie service), multi-user video conferencing, real-time gaming and video streaming as they become available.
Caffeinated Content for WordPress
Sprint announced today major network enhancements in Seattle, Las Vegas and Milwaukee markets. Upgrades to the Sprint Power Vision Network to the new EV-DO Revision A technology will allow consumers to take advantage of higher data transfer rates for enhanced data communications. Sprint Power Vision users in these markets should experience significantly faster average upload speeds of 300-400 kbps (compared with 50-70 kbps of current EV-DO networks). Average download speeds should also increase to 450–800 kbps from 400-700 kbps.
The upgrade to EV-DO Revision A is expected to further drive Sprint’s wireless data leadership as customers will be able to use the upgraded network to utilize applications such as all IP video telephony, high-performance push-to-talk (walkie-talkie service), multi-user video conferencing, real-time gaming and video streaming as they become available.
Caffeinated Content for WordPress
Categories: Online Promotion Tags: 3q, Milwaukee, Video Conferencing
Sprint Nextel Goes to the Wimax
paulxty asked:
But the advantage of Mobile WiMax isn’t just that individual download speeds will rise. It’s that Sprint’s virtual “pipes” will be able to support more simultaneous users at less cost, West said, and that WiMax chips cost “around 1/10″ the price of those of competing technologies.
Sprint will deploy WiMax on 2.5 Ghz spectrum covering 85% of the nation’s top 100 markets. West said Sprint also looked at Flarion’s Flash-OFDM technology (which we reviewed when Nextel tested it in North Carolina) and IPWireless’ UMTS-TDD technology, but neither were good fits.
Flash-OFDM “worked extremely well … [but] it’s only available in what’s called frequency division duplexing, and the spectrum we own is more conducive to time division duplexing,” West said. UMTS-TDD, meanwhile, didn’t have the “ecosystem” Sprint was looking for.
WiMax has traditionally been considered a competitor to cable Internet access for homes. But Sprint’s joint ventures with major cable companies, including Time Warner and Comcast, will continue, Forsee said, with the cable companies having the option to participate in 4G.
Create a video blog…instantly.
But the advantage of Mobile WiMax isn’t just that individual download speeds will rise. It’s that Sprint’s virtual “pipes” will be able to support more simultaneous users at less cost, West said, and that WiMax chips cost “around 1/10″ the price of those of competing technologies.
Sprint will deploy WiMax on 2.5 Ghz spectrum covering 85% of the nation’s top 100 markets. West said Sprint also looked at Flarion’s Flash-OFDM technology (which we reviewed when Nextel tested it in North Carolina) and IPWireless’ UMTS-TDD technology, but neither were good fits.
Flash-OFDM “worked extremely well … [but] it’s only available in what’s called frequency division duplexing, and the spectrum we own is more conducive to time division duplexing,” West said. UMTS-TDD, meanwhile, didn’t have the “ecosystem” Sprint was looking for.
WiMax has traditionally been considered a competitor to cable Internet access for homes. But Sprint’s joint ventures with major cable companies, including Time Warner and Comcast, will continue, Forsee said, with the cable companies having the option to participate in 4G.
Create a video blog…instantly.
Categories: Online Promotion Tags: Joint Ventures, Sprint Nextel, Wimax
Sprint May be Prepping Treo 755p
paulxty asked:
A rumor indicates that Sprint will be launching a new smartphone from Palm, Inc. in a few months.
A post on SprintUsers.com lists several phones that are supposedly coming to this carrier in the near future. One of these is the Treo 755p.
This source gives only a few details on this model. Virtually all that is known is that this smartphone will run the Garnet OS (formerly Palm OS Garnet) and will offer support for the 3G cellular-wireless networking standard EV-DO.
In addition, the Treo 755p isn’t supposed to have an antenna. This and its name suggests that it will have the same general form factor as the Treo 750, a model that is slimmer than most earlier Palm smartphones.
This device is expected to replace the Treo 700p, which Sprint is currently offering.
According to this source, the Treo 755p has a target release date of May 14.
Caffeinated Content
A rumor indicates that Sprint will be launching a new smartphone from Palm, Inc. in a few months.
A post on SprintUsers.com lists several phones that are supposedly coming to this carrier in the near future. One of these is the Treo 755p.
This source gives only a few details on this model. Virtually all that is known is that this smartphone will run the Garnet OS (formerly Palm OS Garnet) and will offer support for the 3G cellular-wireless networking standard EV-DO.
In addition, the Treo 755p isn’t supposed to have an antenna. This and its name suggests that it will have the same general form factor as the Treo 750, a model that is slimmer than most earlier Palm smartphones.
This device is expected to replace the Treo 700p, which Sprint is currently offering.
According to this source, the Treo 755p has a target release date of May 14.
Caffeinated Content
Categories: Online Promotion Tags: Target Release, Treo 755p, Wireless Networking