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VZW and T-Mobile Find Contiguity
Not everyday do you hear the word "contiguity"— the noun form of the adjective "contiguous." But contiguity is the word that T-Mobile USA VP of regulatory affairs Kathleen Ham used quite aptly...
View ArticleMy Recent, Collected Works...
I started this blog almost a year ago, published one piece, began another, then got wrapped up in other projects, mainly a lot of solid articles that I have written for S4GRU.com about spectrum issues,...
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A Taste of T-Mobile LTE Bandwidth...
by Milan Milanovic and Andrew J. Shepherd LTE represents something of a paradigm shift in the wireless industry from fixed bandwidth carriers to variable bandwidth carriers. This matters to end users...
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[UPDATED] Pixel 3 XL projects out to be mid band LTE powerhouse
Straight to the point, Pixel 3 XL lab test results show mid band RF power output that we rarely have seen from a handset during the LTE era. Smaller sibling Pixel 3 does not reach quite the same RF...
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Moto Z3 Play hits a home run on band 41, swings big and misses on low band
The Moto Z3 Play (model variant XT1929-4, FCC ID IHDT56XE1) is sold directly by Motorola and via other third parties as an unlocked handset compatible with all North American cellular operators. As...
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[UPDATED] iPhone XS and XS Max mostly fail to impress in lab tested RF power...
Following Apple's keynote presentation yesterday, authorization filings for many of its newly announced mobile devices started being made publicly available in the FCC OET database. Among others, this...
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Antennagate reduXS? If so, what can Apple and iPhone users do about it?
About 10 days ago, shortly after the Apple announcement event, I published an article that analyzed iPhone XS and XS Max RF performance as revealed in lab test measurements in the devices' FCC OET...
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Antennagate 2018: "You're getting my findings wrong"
Two weeks ago, I dug into the FCC OET authorization filing documents for the iPhone XS and XS Max the afternoon that they were made public, and I started to review and extract data on the certified lab...
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iPhone XR trades 4x4 MIMO for greater antenna gain and higher EIRP
iPhone XR (model A1984, FCC ID BCG-E3220A) made a somewhat surprising early appearance in the FCC OET database this morning, since the phone will not be available yet for another month. Typically, iOS...
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OnePlus 6T shows its pluses, minuses in FCC RF tests
The OnePlus 6T (variant A6013, FCC ID 2ABZ2-A6013) had its authorization documents uploaded to the FCC OET database early last week in conjunction with the OnePlus launch event in New York. Typically,...
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Moto 5G MOD comes at a cost measured in mW
Late last week, Motorola's Mobile 5G MOD (model number MD1005G, FCC ID IHDT56XL1) made its requisite appearance in the FCC OET database. Part of the Moto Z series of modular attachments, the 5G MOD --...
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