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CSL LTE/DC-HSPA+ USB Modem

May 16, 2011 Opinion

In technology we are use to dealing with the chicken and egg scenario. Where one technology break through cannot happen until another happens. With LTE (4G), many carriers are waiting for consumer hardware manufactures to catch up before they invest in LTE infrastructures. Consumer hardware manufactures are waiting for mass consumer acceptance of LTE before [...]

Smartone-Vodafone & iPhone Personal Hotspot

March 15, 2011 iPhone

After Steve Jobs’ announcement at the “iPad 2 Event” that the Personal Hotspot feature will be available in iOS 4.3, people have been wondering if their mobile carriers will allow the feature to work, and how will these carriers charge for the usage of this feature on their network. Like these users I wonder about it for [...]

Hands On with Jawbone’s Jambox by CSL

January 6, 2011 Review

Last November (2010) Jawbone introduced the Jambox portable bluetooth speaker to the world and today CSL introduce it to Hong Kong customers.

Pre-paid Stored-value SIM in Hong Kong

December 24, 2010 Hong Kong

People overseas have asked if I can recommend a stored-value SIM package for them during their stay in Hong Kong, so instead of repeating my answer over an over I’ve decided to create a post. Before reading this post one needs to understand one thing about the mobile market in Hong Kong. It is very [...]

CSL Asks Hong Kong to Go Beyond

November 26, 2010 Mobile

On Thursday (Nov. 25) CSL launched the world’s first LTE/DC-HSPA+ mobile network during their “Go Beyond” event held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center in Hong Kong. According to CSL it’s new network is capable of achieving speeds of 100 Mbps downlink and 38 Mbps uplink, with its DC-HSPA component supporting 42 Mbps. [...]

Speed of 3G Network in Hong Kong

November 8, 2009 Mobile

Early this year both PCCW and CSL launched their HSPA+ network. As a result improving the speed and capacity of their respective networks. Offering a theoretical downlink speed of 21Mbps and uplink speed of 7Mbps. On Wednesday, November 4th Smartone-Vodafone (SMV) launched their HSPA+ upgrade to their 3G network. The difference between SMV’s announcements and [...]

MMS With iPhone 3.0 On iPhone 3G [Updated]

June 15, 2009 iPhone

When I the create the post, To iPhone 3G S or Not?, I was not able to enable the MMS function on my iPhone 3G. Before I explain how to enable MMS on an iPhone 3G running the iPhone 3.0 firmware, let me explain my context. My iPhone 3G is the officially “SIM unlocked” version [...]