[extrowerk] tells us about a new hacker-friendly device – a $20 LTE modem stick with a quadcore CPU and WiFi, capable of running fully-featured Linux distributions. This discovery hinges on a mountain ...

Even as wireless carriers and smartphone makers hype up their plans to offer 5G speeds sometime in the future, the current 4G LTE technology continues to get refined and improved. Today, ahead of the ...

In their monthly announcement, among all the cool things Pine64, they talked about the open firmware for PinePhone’s LTE modem. The firmware isn’t fully open – a few parts remain closed. And Pine ...

With the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus, Apple elected to use LTE modems from two different sources, Qualcomm and Intel. The A1778 and A1784 iPhone models use a GSM-only Intel XMM7360 modem while the ...

In the 39 cities that currently have it, Verizon's 4G LTE network has the fastest cellular data speeds out there. The awkwardly-named Verizon Wireless 4G LTE USB Modem 551L ($99.99-$249.99) is the ...

Verizon launched its high-speed USB modems for its LTE (long-term evolution) network only a week ago, and already they're having problems. PCWorld reports owners of the modems have discovered that ...

Though telecom operators are making investment in LTE-Advanced and Advanced Pro for enhancing mobile data experience, the lack of acceptance of next-generation modems in mobile devices may hinder ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about disruptive companies, technologies and usage models. Some modem and RF front end vendors have undertaken major ...

Our initial speed benchmarking with Verizon's LTE service was enough to get us seriously interested in the high-speed 4G network, but there's more to a mobile broadband service than just raw ...

If you are in the market for an affordable, portable, high quality 4G LTE modem you may be interested in the nectModem which was launched by Indiegogo this month. The small compact modem requires no ...