When it comes to mobile service and download speeds, the Bronx is up and the Battery is down. RootMetrics’ infographic reveals a hyper-local picture of the state of data speeds. The Bronx has the fastest average speeds for both downloads (13.5 Mbps) uploads (5.8 Mbps.) Manhattan’s download speed [Full Story…]
Grand Central Terminal Getting Free #WiFi—in About Two Years
January 23, 2013 at 2:19 pm
MTA Metro-North Railroad announced that Ericsson will design and install a wireless network inside the terminal as well as the Park Avenue Tunnel. Ericsson is working with a team that includes AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless to create a distributed antenna system (DAS.) The [Full Story…]
MTA to Add Cell Service to Some Subway Platforms Tomorrow
September 26, 2011 at 5:04 pm
Beginning tomorrow, a new pilot program involving AT&T, T-Mobile and the MTA will be put into effect to add its cellular service to a handful of subway platforms. For this pilot program, stations that run along 14th Street (stations from the A, C, E, F, L, M, 1, 2 and 3 lines) will gain cell [Full Story…]
Sprint Launches Dual Touch Screen Phone at NY Event
February 8, 2011 at 2:16 pm
At an event held yesterday in New York, Sprint has unveiled a secret project that they had been working on - the Kyocera Echo, the first dual touch-screen smartphone. The phone has two 3.5 inch WVGA touch screens and a pivot hinge that allows users to create a 4.7 inch display with four [Full Story…]
4G Cellular Service Finally Available in New York
December 14, 2010 at 10:45 am
According to tech column Logged On on NJ.com, 4G cellular service is becoming available in the greater New York City area. While the service has been slow to roll out, cellular carriers such as Sprint and Verizon have finally brought it to New York. While the networks are supposed to offer [Full Story…]
AT&T Announces 3G Improvements in NYC
November 1, 2010 at 3:56 pm
While Sprint and Clearwire were launching their new 4G wireless offerings to New Yorkers today, AT&T announced that they have upgraded 3G cell sites in Queens and Brooklyn to provide improved service to the areas of Prospect Park, Coney Island and the train stations in Woodside and Jamaica. [Full Story…]
Sprint Announces Full 4G Service In New York
October 18, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Sprint has finally announced that full 4G service for New York will be going live on November 1st. The announcement, which was made early this morning, also included the information that, according to CNET, owners of the carrier's 4G handsets like the Samsung Epic and the HTC Evo will no longer have [Full Story…]
Clearwire Announces 4G in New York
September 17, 2010 at 12:37 pm
4G WiMax provider Clearwire acknowledged this week that its 4G WiMax service is already intermittently available in New York. In a carefully worded statement, Clearwire said that it has started "operational readiness activities." Sprint, Clearwire's carrier partner, has not yet [Full Story…]
Sprint Presents its 4G Applications in New York
September 16, 2010 at 2:30 pm
By Milos Peluffo NY Convergence had the opportunity to attend a Sprint 4G sneak peak this morning at the Sprint Executive Briefing Center in Manhattan. On display were several new gadgets running on the Sprint 4G network, including the HTC Evo and the Samsung Epic. Running on 4G, the connections [Full Story…]
T-Mobile Upgrades to HSPA-Plus in Tri-State Area
May 29, 2010 at 1:00 pm
T-Mobile said it deployed its HSPA-plus technology to triple 3G download speed in New York City, Long Island, parts of New Jersey, and upstate New York, including Albany, Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse. The company is also expanding in Connecticut around Hartford, New Haven, Milford and Stamford. [Full Story…]
Hearst’s Skiff to Debut at CES
January 6, 2010 at 12:30 pm
The Hearst publishing company's e-reader Skiff, which we've written about previously, will make its debut at this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.According to PC World, Skiff: Features an 11.5-inch touchscreen, "unusually large for an e-reader," that [Full Story…]
NYC ‘Undercharging’ Cell Phone Companies for Towers
November 24, 2008 at 10:05 am
Brooklyn Councilman Vincent Gentile said that New York City is charging phone companies less than its suburban neighbors for cell phone tower permits. The City is currently charging between $300 - $1,600 per permit while costs can range in the tens of thousands in suburbs. The New York Post [Full Story…]
Sprint Chosen As Pope’s Wireless Provider For NYC Visit
April 21, 2008 at 9:33 am
MediaPost's Online Media Daily Sprint may be losing subscribers in droves, but the wireless operator is touting one high-placed new customer: Pope Benedict XVI. In a release issued Friday, Sprint said it was chosen by the Archdiocese of New York to provide "critical communications [Full Story…]
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