Nokia Siemens claims to have made the first voice call using Long Term Evolution commercial components and industry compliant software, putting the fourth generation wireless technology closer to a commercial reality. The company utilized its Flexi Multiradio Base Station to complete the call from a Nokia Siemens research and development center in Ulm, Germany. The Flexi Base Station, which is fully compliant to the 3GPP Release 8 LTE standard and supports ... Read More

Reuters reports that Comcast is planning to offer its customers the ability to watch cable subscription services on mobile devices through its wireless WiMAX network, quoting Comcast Chief Financial Officer Michael Angelakis. The company is also considering delivering voice services over the network, but Angelakis says that it is too early to reveal details on that possibility. It would be the second time that Comcast attempted to launch mobile voice services, ... Read More

Google has updated Android to version 1.6 - colloquially known as Donut - bringing with it a number of additional tools to help enrich the mobile experience. The update has only been made available for developers as a Software Developer Kit (SDK) but should appear on mobile phones in October, meaning the Motorola Dext is in line to pick it up in the UK. Android 1.6 brings a number of minor, but ... Read More