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Mobile operators in China and India could put out bids for building of 4G trial networks as early as year-end, says Alcatel-Lucent.

Malaysia’s  mobile operator Celcom Axiata Bhd is conducting LTE trials with Huawei and Ericsson reports Malaysia Star.

WiMAX’s growth has not been as early or as strong as many would have hoped several years ago says ABI Research in an new report.

The two Polish mobile operators PTK Centertel (Orange) and P4 (Play)  has been allowed by the regulator to create a joint venture for wholesale business providing access to broadband

Telefonica O2 Germany has put its first LTE pilot network into operation in Munich.

Qualcomm has announced that the Company is on track with its commercialization of products based on LTE TDD and has been demonstrating it’s Mobile Data Modem™ (MDM™) MDM9200™ solution with 2×2

picoChip has announced that FemTel Communications is using its technology to deliver the F100-T femtocell.

Poland has become the fourth country in the world to have a commercial LTE network. Polish operators CenterNet and Mobyland have collaborated to launch LTE services in the 1.8GHz band.

Ericsson and the Motorola Solutions have teamed up to provide LTE-based public-safety network solution.

At the LTE Asia 2010 Conference,  Hong Kong’s mobile network operator CSL Limited (CSL) and ZTE  demonstrated simultaneous Dual Cell HSPA+ (42 Mbps)/LTE technologies on an entire network.

Indian state owned operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has asked its broadband franchisee partners to set up a network that is capable of migrating to the LTE technology if…

Deutsche Telekom is showing LTE technology in action at IFA 2010. Visitors to the stand can try out the 4G technology for themselves in a showcase and discover its advantages.

TeliaSonera Sweden (Telia) has launched commercial LTE services in Malmo, the fourth city to receive 4G coverage in Sweden.  There are now 228 locations in the Telia’s deployment plan.

Alcatel-Lucent says that it has made industry’s first data call using a LTE wireless broadband network operating at Band 14, the spectrum earmarked for public safety agencies in the United…

Vodafone Germany, which is expected to launch LTE network in late September, has announced it’s expansion plans at a press conference at the IFA in Berlin.

Kenya’s Safaricom is expected to start LTE trial within next two months. The roll out will be carried out by Huawei Technologies.

Russian operator Scartel (brand Yota) has announced that it has built 4G LTE network in Kazan.

Clearwire has launched Rover, a pre paid mobile broadband service which works on company’s 4G WiMAX network. The Rover brand is mainly designed to attract young adults.

Deutsche Telekom’s first LTE base station is fully operational in Kyritz/Brandenburg, Germany. In Kyritz, 800 MHz spectrum is used to provide efficient broadband coverage of rural areas.

Telefonica O2 is testing LTE in the region of Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. The exercise will run until 31 August 2010. O2 is using 2.66 GHz frequency spectrum for tests. 

Intel has announced its plan to acquire Infineon Technologies AG’s Wireless Solutions business in a cash deal  valued at about USD 1.4 billion.

Intel, which is a supporter of WiMAX, has said it will embrace competing platform LTE when it is widely available globally, according to PTI.

South Korea’s mobile service provider, SK Telecom  has selected Alcatel-Lucent’s packet optical transport solution to upgrade the operator’s nationwide wireless data network.

MetroPCS will become the first U.S. operator to offer LTE service when it launches 4G  network next month, a Samsung executive said, reports Dow Jones. 

The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) says that 101 firm LTE network deployments are planned or in progress in 41 countries, including 3 systems which have commercially launched (in Sweden,

According to Research and Markets forecast, the worldwide LTE subscriber base is expected to grow at a phenomenal CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 187.7 percent between 2010 and 2015.

To resolve the indoor coverage related problems, Sprint is apparently  offering an EV-DO femtocell to selected customers about two weeks ago after a case by case evaluation of each situation,

TeliaSonera’s Swedish subsidiary, Telia has commercially launched LTE services in Gothenburg, Sweden’s second largest city.

UK regulator Ofcom has launched a new consultation proposal to reserve the LTE 2.6GHz spectrum(2500-2690MHz band) for use by wireless camera applications during the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Telecom Italia is trialing LTE in collaboration with Nokia Siemens Networks, in Turin, Italy, company said in a statement.