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Deutsche Telekom, Alcatel-Lucent and Airbus have successfully tested direct data communication using LTE technology, between an aircraft and a wireless network on the ground. When commercial, this solution will be…

Verizon Wireless will launch LTE service in seven new markets and expand in 17 markets across the United States on March 15. With this, its 4G LTE network will cover…

US carrier Cricket Communications has inked a five-year wholesale agreement with Clearwire. With the agreement, Cricket will become the second operator signed on to leverage Clearwire’s forthcoming LTE Advanced-ready network,…

Vodafone Portugal has started offering commercial 4G services on its LTE mobile network. Initially, Vodafone’s LTE services covers a significant spot in Lisbon and Porto, and is also present in…

Ofcom today announced that 4G LTE mobile services could be available in the UK as early as this year. UK operator Everything Everywhere has already submitted an application to Ofcom…

AT&T has announced new markets that will receive LTE services soon. These launches are scheduled for April, May and into the early summer. AT&T plans to roll out LTE in 

US provider C Spire Wireless will introduce 4G LTE mobile broadband services this fall. The company plans to invest $60 million to begin the roll out LTE in September in…

Apple today launched the third generation iPad with new set of features that include Retina display, Apple’s new A5X chip with quad-core graphics, a 5 megapixel iSight camera with advanced…

Verizon Wireless has announced HomeFusion Broadband, a new service that provides in-home wireless broadband using LTE technology. HomeFusion Broadband will be available beginning later this month in Birmingham, Ala., Dallas…

TELUS has announced new plans to invest $3 billion in advanced technology and new facilities over the next three years in British Columbia. Operator has already invested more than $26…

Hi3G has awarded a contract to ZTE to deliver the next stage of the LTE infrastructure network as it builds out the LTE TDD/FDD dual-mode network in Sweden. Under new…

UAE telecommunications service provider du is deploying a nationwide mobile broadband network and has selected Cisco’s mobile Internet solution to deliver high-speed 4G LTE mobile data services to its customers.…

UK Broadband (UKB) has switched on its first 4G TD-LTE system in London using 3.5GHz spectrum. UKB is deploying its network using Huawei’s TD-LTE solution.

Alcatel-Lucent and UAE operator Etisalat have completed a technology trial with Alcatel-Lucent’s lightRadio portfolio over a working 4G LTE network. During the trial, Alcatel-Lucent showcased the capabilities of its new…

Indian telecom service provider, Bharti Airtel has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to build and operate its TD-LTE network in Maharashtra, one of the country’s largest telecom circles. The launch of…

ZTE and 3 Sweden today presented a live interactive video demonstration using TD-LTE technology at Mobile World Congress 2012. The ZTE booth at the Barcelona is connected with a 3…

Alcatel-Lucent and China Mobile have signed a co-creation agreement under which teams from the two companies are conducting joint development and test activities on a series of lightRadio projects at…

African operator Movicel has signed a commercial contract for LTE FDD 1.8 GHz  network with Huawei. Movicel will deploy LTE FDD network in province Cabinda, Angola and will commercialize it…

Telefonica today introduced live experience of Smart 4G network at the Mobile World Congress. The network deploys 2.6Ghz frequency band and provides download speeds of 100 Mbps, between 40-60Mbps on…

Ericsson and Qualcomm will demonstrate evolved Broadcast over LTE (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services, eMBMS) at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012 in Barcelona. eMBMS enables more efficient use of available spectrum…

ITU wants mobile operators worldwide to quickly deploy IMT-Advanced based mobile broadband network. In addition it is also urging governments to slash or even abolish onerous taxes on ICT equipment…

From 2005 until 1H 2011, Ericsson has made the most approved contributions to the LTE RAN standard, according to ABI Research. Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks together had the second…

Japanese operator eAccess will launch commercial LTE service next month. Operator has set initial LTE data service price of 3,880 yen per month. According to eAccess, its LTE service will…

To deliver high quality mobile broadband voice and data services, telecommunications service provider Telenor has selected small cells technology from Alcatel-Lucent. Under a new global frame agreement, Alcatel-Lucent will provide…

T-Mobile USA plans to invest $4 billion in network modernization and 4G evolution effort, which will improve its existing voice and data coverage and pave the way for LTE service…

UK’s Everything Everywhere has outlined the path toward the roll out of 4G LTE. Subject to regulatory approval by the spring, operator is ready to roll out 4G this year.…

NEC has launched new indoor LTE Femtocell base stations for telecom carriers. The base stations will be available in the second quarter of 2012. The new product is available in…

Qualcomm has introduced fifth generation Gobi embedded data connectivity reference platform for mobile devices. Based on Gobi LTE wireless baseband modems, the MDM9615 and MDM9215 support fast LTE connectivity on…

Australian carrier Optus has reached an agreement to acquire Vividwireless Group which operates under the vividwireless and unwired brands for A$230 million cash.

Japan’s mobile broadband operator eAccess plans to launch a Mixed Mode solution for WCDMA and LTE. According to Ericsson, with its Mixed Mode solution, eAccess can use the same radio…