Next Generation Network Archive

  • Qualcomm releases first batch of next year’s chips

    Qualcomm releases first batch of next year’s chips

    Qualcomm, one of the largest fabless mobile chip manufactures in the world, has announced the availability of samples of its next-gen dual-carrier HSPA+ and multi-mode 3G/LTE chipsets. Hello Future! So, what’s the big deal? According to Qualcomm, These chipsets demonstrate significant progress toward enabling the mass-market commercial deployment of two next-generation network technologies that bring more advanced [...]

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  • Slow Chip Stifles iPhone 3GS Upload Speeds

    Slow Chip Stifles iPhone 3GS Upload Speeds

    The “S” in iPhone 3GS stands for “speed,” but it could very well stand for “slow” if you look at the dated chip it uses for uploading data. At Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, the company proudly boasted that the new iPhone 3GS supports 7.2Mbps High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) — a faster, next-generation network standard that [...]

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