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• Verizon, T-Mobile adding more 4G cities

  Verizon Wireless plans to turn on its 4G LTE network in 14 more U.S. cities tomorrow, for a total of 179 markets.

• New gadgets, LTE upstarts and data plans on tap at CTIA Wireless

  What better way to celebrate the arrival of spring than by showing up in Orlando for CTIA <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/wireless.html">Wireless</a> 2011, which runs March 22-24. The buzz is all about LTE, the mythical "4G" network, the continually promised mobile payments explosion, monetizing the heck out of online app stores, and now ... tablets, which manage to bring almost all of these trends, or hopes, together.

• Draft standard would alleviate rebuffering on mobile devices

  A newly formed industry group has proposed a standard that could significantly boost the upload speeds of video content to mobile devices.

• Mobile HD voice popularity grows slowly

  A growing number of mobile operators are rolling out HD voice in their networks, allowing customers with compatible phones to make calls with better voice quality. The operators have been encouraged to invest in the technology by an increase in the number of compatible phone models, according to a report from the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).

• Windows Phone 7 handsets selling out in UK

  Pre-orders for Windows Phone 7 handsets in some European markets have already sold out, according to some news reports. The issue seems to be the collision of high consumer interest with small inventories, at least of some of the new phones.

• Microsoft and Orange to link messaging networks

  Microsoft and Orange will link their instant messaging systems later this year, allowing up to 375 million people to chat with each other using their PC or mobile phone.