Verizon Wireless Expands 3G Mobile Coverage in Massachusetts

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Posted Oct 27, 04:08 PM in: News » Mobile Broadband, News, Verizon

Good news today to all the folks living in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Thanks to good old Verizon Wireless, soon 3G mobile coverage (including broadband data) will be as “unparalleled” as in the rest of New England.

Verizon has just announced that they will be heavily investing in the region due to “rising demand for wireless voice, 3G Multimedia, and Internet access”.

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Sprint Acquires Virgin Mobile USA

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Posted Aug 31, 07:00 PM in: News » Mobile Broadband, News, Sprint, Virgin

Sprint has just acquired Virgin Mobile USA.

So what? Well, it does show that importance and popularity of prepaid plans finally has been noticed by the big company.

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Verizon Wireless Launches New USB Modem - Now with World Coverage

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Posted Aug 27, 02:07 PM in: News » Mobile Broadband, News, USB, Verizon

Verizon has recently announced an addition to its Mobile Broadband Modems lineup. Manufactured by ZTE, the AD3700 features global connectivity. Up to June 2009, only AT&T could proudly advertise global mobile broadband connectivity due to their choice of global mobile network standard – GSM/UMTS/HSPA.

Verizon and Sprint, however, having built on CDMA/EvDO standard, could cover only North America, including USA and Canada.

Recent announcements from Verizon might change all that.

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Dell Announces Integration of GPS in Mini 10 Netbook Series - Still Difficult to Find

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Posted Aug 15, 11:39 AM in: News » GPS, News

Starting from late June this year, there has been a barrage of announcements, comments, and blog posts on Dell’s new plans to install a GPS minicard on their Inspiron Mini 10 series of netbooks.

We think that’s an extremely cool idea…

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Virgin Mobile is 1-st with Pay as You Go 3G Mobile Broadband Service in US - Finally!

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Posted Aug 3, 10:27 AM in: News » Mobile Broadband, News, Sprint, USB, Virgin

Pay as You go mobile broadband is rather wide spread in Europe, but here in North America, the only option to get online over mobile network has so far been tying yourself with minimum 2-year contract that will set you back cool $60 bucks/month or up to $175 in fees if you decide to quit.

Not anymore. Virgin Mobile USA has just rolled out the Broadband2Go mobile broadband service sans contract.

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