On Tuesday the carrier announced that it was finally catching up with its competitors to become the fifth in the U.S. to offer the iPhone, but with a caveat: it will also be the first major wireless network to eliminate service contracts.
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That is odd: Within a few hours of the first day, the wireless network at D8 overloaded, and was blocked in the main hall with no notification, presumably so people would take their noses out of their screens.
The Galaxy Nexus by Samsung is the first smartphone on the Verizon Wireless network to be upgraded to the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system (OS).
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It was the year that Verizon Wireless launched the first 3G network in the U.S. and the year MobileStar declared bankruptcy after deploying public Wi-Fi throughout many Starbucks locations in 2001.
"We're proud to have been the first to offer the fastest wireless network technology in the world to our customers, " says John Boynton, Rogers Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.
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Barrett said Intel was committed to delivering IT access to the developing world, and was helping Sri Lanka Telecom set up south Asia's first long-range WIMAX wireless network, which we're presuming won't be a wind-up system.
Barrett said Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) was committed to delivering IT access to the developing world, and was helping Sri Lanka Telecom set up south Asia's first long-range WIMAX wireless network, which we're presuming won't be a wind-up system.
The law also enabled the formation of a nationwide interoperable wireless network for our first responders, so that police, fire, and rescue agencies can communicate with each other seamlessly across state and local boundaries, with spectrum allocated to public safety spectrum being made available to commercial providers when not in use by first responders.
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In India, where fixed-line broadband links are rare, many will get their first taste of speedy surfing over a wireless network.
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Bluegrass Cellular, a pioneer in the wireless industry in Kentucky, announced today the launch of the first phase of its 4G LTE network as part of the Verizon Wireless LTE in Rural America (LRA) program.
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Mead also said customers will have another opportunity at being among the nation's first to own an iPhone 4 on the Verizon Wireless network.
The first version also supports multi-player on a local wireless network allowing you to create a world and invite friends to build together.
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"We are excited to be partnering with Bigfoot Networks in being the first company to offer its high-performance Killer Wireless-N 1103 network adapters across our entire line of high-performance gaming laptops, " said Frank Azor, Alienware Product Planning Director.
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Kentucky cities of Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, Glasgow, Radcliff and Bardstown are among the first to experience significantly faster data speeds on their wireless devices as a result of the network launch.
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The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that Apple would begin mass-producing iPhones that were compatible with Verizon Wireless's network, with the intent to sell them in the first half of 2011.
Sprint has a history of innovation, as it was the first national wireless carrier to offer 4G service with the launch of the Sprint 4G (WiMAX) network in 2008.
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The news comes 4.5 months after the Dallas-based carrier turned on its LTE network, becoming the first U.S. operator to offer the high-speed wireless service.
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