This week I have had the pleasure of being one of the first people to really experience 4G, or LTE in Finland. Sonera opened their commercial service in November, and now they have that much coverage in Helsinki it was possible to try it a little bit around the city centre. The first impression has [...]
Posts Tagged ‘mobile broadband’
First experiences: 4G (LTE) is amazing
Posted in Mobile data, tagged 3G, 4G, DNA, Elisa, Ericsson, HSPA, Huawei, LTE, mobile broadband, Nokia Siemens Networks, TeliaSonera, ZTE on September 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Sharing 3G access for many devices
Posted in Mobile data, Smartphones, tagged 3G, GPRS, mobile broadband, mobile data, sharing, WiFi, WLAN on June 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This is nothing new for mobile experts, but I thought I’d briefly share my experiences anyway. There are many ways to share a mobile (3G/GPRS) connection for many devices and users. This is handy when you only have one 3G device and or SIM card, but several devices and users. I used to use my [...]
Video needs more mobile bandwidth
Posted in Mobile data, tagged 3G, 4G, DNA, EDGE, Elisa, Ficora, GPRS, HSPA, HSUPA, LTE, mobile broadband, TeliaSonera, UMTS on June 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Mobile operators have started launching their first commercial LTE or 4G networks. Many have argued, where is this extra bandwidth needed, as HSPA+ networks can offer up to a 20 Mbps downlink today? I believe more and more bandwidth is needed especially for video based applications and services. But it’s not only about download speeds. [...]
High roaming charges can be avoided
Posted in Mobile data, tagged 3G, EU, mobile broadband, mobile data, regulation, roaming on June 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’m soon going on summer vacation to Italy. My holiday base station will be the beautiful Riva del Garda for two weeks. I’ll probably want to share some images and videos to Facebook friends and read my personal e-mail, but how do you do that without paying euros per megabyte for mobile data? My mobile [...]
