The HSDPA system allows for faster download speeds on mobile phones than most current networks.
Amazon's popular digital-reading device, called the Kindle, offers a dedicated, faster download service, an arrangement Amazon has with Sprint.
Mobile operators, Culture Secretary Maria Miller and communications regulator Ofcom will discuss bringing forward the allocation of spectrum to allow faster mobile download speeds.
Interestingly, the iPad application revenue seems to be caching up to iPhone app revenue much faster than the download gap is narrowing.
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Carriers are now shifting their focus to 4G networks, in particular the LTE standard, which features much faster upload and download speeds.
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The upcoming 802.11ac wireless standard is the world's fastest WiFi, providing gigabit WiFi speeds allowing for web content to download faster, and large video or music files to synch more quickly.
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The upcoming 802.11ac wireless standard is the world's fastest Wi-Fi, providing gigabit Wi-Fi speeds allowing for web content to download faster, high quality media content to synch more quickly and transfer to multiple sources at once with ease.
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The next evolution in wireless technology, the upcoming 802.11ac wireless standard is the world's fastest WiFi, providing Gigabit WiFi speeds so you can download web content faster and synchronize large video or music files more quickly.
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Both protocols are expected to allow smartphone users to upload and download mobile Web data faster than current 3G networks.
Futuristic handsets that can handle multimedia, rather than just text messages, can download news and information faster and can connect easily to corporate networks are hugely important to all mobile operators.
Hence the 3.5G networks rolled out over the past few years by mobile carriers elsewhere in the world, and the trend to even faster 4G services, capable of download speeds of 20 megabits per second or more.
On the inside, apart from the faster 1GHz chip and 14Mbps FOMA download speed, the rest are pretty much what we've seen before: 4-inch 480 x 854 LCD, 1GB ROM, 512MB RAM, 802.11n WiFi, and 5 megapixel camera with 720p video.
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You can stream videos, watch Netflix, and download songs and programs much faster than 3G.
The HTC First will be available exclusively in the UK on EE 4GEE plans, providing customers with download speeds approximately five times faster than 3G - so they enjoy an optimised Facebook experience.
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The result, they say, should please both sides of the peer-to-peer debate: Users can download files about 20% faster than conventional file-sharing, while cutting the bandwidth requirements by more than a factor of five.
The 3G networks, by contrast, can upload and download such files about six times faster.
With this faster network, users will be able to download 20 photos in 60 seconds or a two-hour movie in five minutes, the company said.
This is because average download speeds are around five times faster.
Sprint 4G, powered by WiMAX, delivers download speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G.1 Expanding across the country, Sprint offers 4G service in 27 markets today, with more markets to launch in 2010.
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Broadband services, also known as high-speed internet services, come in two forms, DSL and FiOS, and broadband providers are witnessing greater growth in FiOS because download speeds are up to 5x faster for FiOS than traditional DSL broadband making streaming content, movies and other media easier to view online.
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This is simply because although 3G networks pump data around faster than ever, it is still painfully slow to download lots of data to a phone.
It could be much more than just a way to download Angry Birds very quickly or send texts faster than you can think of interesting things to say.
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Notably, during peak hours the average continuous download speeds of fiber connections were 14 percent faster than advertised, while cable and DSL were slower than claimed by 8 and 18 percent, respectively.
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The 4G auction will sell chunks of radio spectrum to support future mobile services, which will allow users to download data such as music and videos at much faster speeds.
With multiple antennae and dual band WiFi, the cable gateway increases the coverage area for HD streaming in the home while enabling consumers to download web content from any device in the home significantly faster than it would take on a similar 802.11n device.
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Many also felt it took too long for films to download via the internet, but the growth in use of broadband - which offers faster internet connections - is changing that.
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Amazon Prime customers may have purchased the service just to receive faster shipping, but they now have a host of video to watch online for free or download for a few dollars.
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