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According to a new press statement from Verizon, the carrier is seeing peak download speeds of 40 to 50 megabits per second and peak upload speeds of 20 to 25 Mbps in the LTE (Long Term Evolution) wireless broadband tests they’re conducting in Seattle and Boston.

Google’s Nexus One coming to Verizon on March 23rd with AT&T soon behind? Mmm, could be!

Sprint alerted Forbes that the carrier’s first Mobile WiMax handset will launch in the first half of this year. Given the fact that the Sprint/Clearwire Mobile WiMax network has a limited reach of 27 U.S. markets, most of them little, the device will of course be dual mode – switching to Sprint’s EVDO network when Mobile WiMax isn’t available.

Verizon has announced on their blog that the telco is letting owners of select Android-based Verizon Wireless phones use the devices to control their FiOS TV service.

Verizon CTO Dick Lynch says that Verizon’s LTE plans are on track and that the company should launch the faster service in between 25 and 30 markets later this year.

As the broadband stimulus bill was being hashed out, you’ll recall it was stripped of some very lucrative, carrier-lobbied-for tax credits that would have given companies like Verizon billions for doing absolutely nothing differently.

Previously, both AT&T and Verizon had only made data mandatory for smartphones. Apparently, neither carrier wants you buying an Internet-enabled phone, then only using free Wi-Fi instead of their pricey 3G networks. From the sound of things, now carriers don’t want you using free IM services instead of SMS, either.

Apple announced that AT&T would be the exclusive partner for the new iPad, and contrary to expectations – no Verizon (EVDO) compatible iPhone was announced.

Novatel’s MiFi portable 3G to Wi-Fi router has become very popular among carriers, many of which are now selling rebranded version of the devices to their 3G customers – both Sprint and Verizon sell the unit as the MiFi 2200.

Normally, there’s a ninety day window in between the user donation and the relief getting delivered, as user billing cycles must complete, payment must be verified, and then handled by an intermediary. Verizon and Sprint are stepping up and expediting this process.

Google has a lot of good plans for Google Voice in 2010 after acquiring Gizmo5. AT&T and Verizon need to innovate or adapt, haven’t shown that they will.

Consumer Reports has issued their latest survey of wireless carriers and phones, and it probably won’t make AT&T particularly happy about Verizon at the top in terms of customer satisfaction, while placing AT&T at the bottom.

A significant chunk of the fiber to the home deployments in this country is being accomplished by roughly 700 smaller rural telcos, co-ops, and municipal operations.

According to Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg, the telco isn’t worried about the threat Hulu poses to their freshly created TV empire, because Hulu will probably be dead in a year or two from now.

Still gobbling up rural America accounts and companies, Windstream acquires NuVox and now Iowa Telecom.


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