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Could Apple offer iTunes affiliate revenue to carriers as a subsidy for LTE data plans?

By Chris Umiastowski, Tuesday, Sep 11, 2012 a 9:38 pm

Last week we saw Amazon drop a bit of a bomb on the competition by offering a $50 per year data plan. At 250MB a month, it isn’t a very good data plan, but people will buy it. I wondered how Amazon could have negotiated such a good deal with AT&T. Perhaps they’re cutting them in on revenue from users who shop on Amazon while using a Kindle Fire HD via the LTE data network? It was purely speculation, but it intrigued me enough that I spent a bit more time thinking about this whole topic. And I quickly realized that Apple actually has a pretty well-established iTunes affiliate program.

iPhone 5 rumored to support LTE in Europe and Asia as well

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Sep 7, 2012 a 6:47 pm

A long time ago, on a blog far, far away, iMore learned that Apple would be adding LTE networking to the iPhone 5, but it remained to be seen if it would be limited to the US and Canada, like the iPad, or if it would try and support some of the other 30+ segments needed for true international deployment. Well, it looks like Europe and Asia might be getting some good news this time.

Everything Everywhere to announce new, possibly LTE network in the UK on September 11, the day before iPhone 5...

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Sep 7, 2012 a 9:26 am

U.K. carrier Everything Everywhere, the amalgam of Orange and T-Mobile U.K., has just announced a special event for Tuesday, September 11, the day before Apple is expected to announce the new iPhone 5. Alex Dobie of our Mobile Nations sibling site, Android Central, scored an invitation:

Fido lights up LTE in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and St. John’s

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Aug 30, 2012 a 10:50 am

Canada's Fido network has just announced that LTE is now live and streaming ultra-fast data in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and St. John’s. Their first device will be a mobile hotspot, but given the new iPad is carrier unlocked and LTE ready, and that the rumored iPhone 5 is rumored to have an LTE radio, it's not hard to imagine more options for Apple mobile device owners in the near future.

Why an LTE iPhone 5 won’t be a very attractive proposition for UK consumers

By chrissyboy6969, Saturday, Aug 25, 2012 a 3:22 pm

There has been a lot of talk over how the iPhone 5 will be a major upgrade from the current iPhone 4S. Consistent rumors point to not only a taller screen but most importantly an LTE radio. What is LTE and why does it matter? LTE in very basic terms is a mobile data technology that offers very fast data. Imagine if you will, downloading data onto your iPhone at a something like 50Mbit/s in real world situations and you’re getting the gist

iMore show 307: What if Google had never made Android?

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 a 12:01 pm

Rene, Georgia, and Seth talk iMore Forums apps, Kenny the Clown, LTE iPhones, AT&T FaceTime face-palms, the iPad mini, and what iOS would be like if Google had never made Android? This is the iMore show!

Everything Everywhere getting early LTE in the UK, but will they get an LTE iPhone to go with it?

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Aug 21, 2012 a 1:19 pm

While the UK is way ahead when it comes to angry chefs yelling at people on TV, so far their LTE deployment has been anything but speedy. However, Everything Everywhere, the company formed by the merger of Orange and T-Mobile, has been granted a license by Ofcom to start deploying LTE on 1800MHz -- this September. If that time frame sounds familiar, it's because it's also the rumored time frame for the iPhone 5 announcement. Coincidental? Maybe, but it would put Everything Everywhere well ahead of rivals O2 and Vodafone, who are still waiting on an oft-delayed spectrum auction before they can even begin their LTE rollouts.

Why an LTE iPhone will mean the most to Verizon

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Aug 21, 2012 a 11:44 am

If Apple ships the next iPhone with support for fast LTE 4G networks, as rumors have suggested for a while, Verizon will be one of the networks that benefits the most. The current iPhone 4S is a mixed bag for Verizon, the slowest iPhone on the fastest network, but the next one won't be, and that will make a huge difference.

Longer, more powerful battery for iPhone 5 purportedly gets sneak-peeked

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Aug 10, 2012 a 7:56 am

If the new iPhone is going to do more than all iPhones before it, including LTE 4G networking and a bigger 4-inch, 16:9 screen, and not run out of juice faster, it's going to need a more powerful battery. And a more powerful battery is just what the latest round of parts leaks purport to show off.

iPhone 5 preview: 4G LTE networking

By Mickey Papillon#IM, Monday, Aug 6, 2012 a 12:14 pm

iMore learned back in March that the next iPhone would have 4G LTE networking. We’ve seen a pretty clear history of Apple integrating technology from the spring iPad release into the summer/fall iteration of the iPhone for the past few years. Last year, that included the A5 processor, 512MB of memory, and 64GB of storage. This year, it seems almost certain it will include LTE.