Recently, several carriers around the world have begun talking about LTE-Advanced, or at least a few features of LTE-Advanced. Notably, Sprint and T-Mobile in the United States have been quick to ...

is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. If you’ve noticed Verizon’s network getting faster recently, here’s why: the carrier announced ...

LTE Advanced is the next major step in the evolution of our LTE networks. It’s a new network technology that’s expected to both help band-aid the massive increases in mobile data demand, and deliver ...

For the past few years, 4G LTE has been a staple of top-of-the-line smartphones and tablets. But as 2013 draws to a close, we're going to see a new wireless technology start stepping up to the plate: ...

Late last week, the ITU (International Telecommunications Union) finally agreed on which technologies qualify for the IMT-Advanced specification. The ITU has decided that LTE-Advanced (which is a ...

The U.S. telecom behemoth Verizon Communications Inc. VZ has recently completed a major upgrade of its 4G LTE networks to LTE-Advanced technology covering 461 cities in the U.S. The LTE-Advanced ...

First, LTE Advanced (LTE-A) is not a single technology. It's a mix of three different techniques to deliver not just superior bandwidth but better connections in general at cell edges. Carrier ...

Recently, I received a press release from Ixia about the company's IxLoad-Wireless XAir2 LTE emulation tester. The press release describes IxLoad LTE XAir2 as a “radio access network (RAN) test ...

Microsoft’s new addition to its line up of Surface Pro devices is looking to make itself less reliant on established Wi-Fi networks and hotspots, with the introduction of the LTE Advanced model. Set ...

These days, 4G LTE is without a doubt the de facto standard for carriers across the globe when it comes to mobile broadband speeds, with 3G and other older technologies mostly relegated to more remote ...

A major upgrade to the LTE cellular communications. Considered to be the "true 4G" technology because of its faster download speeds, LTE Advanced was standardized starting with Release 10 of the 3GPP ...

LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) is a specification from the 3GPP that defines what a fourth-generation mobile phone should be. It is just beginning to be deployed around the world, so now is a great time to get ...