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Mobilicity prepares for move to 4G

TORONTO – Mobilicity said Thursday that it will upgrade its 3.5G network to 4G later this year. The wireless upstart, which recently celebrated its two-year anniversary, said that the network upgrade will offer customers enhanced data performance with peak download speeds of up to 21 Mbps, allowing them to leverage the full performance of their 4G smart phones. "We continue to invest in our network infrastructure as demand for our affordable, unlimited data service grows at an incredible rate," said president and COO Stewart Lyons, in the announcement.  "Mobile broadband is the future; it already accounts for almost 90 percent...