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The ng Connect Program has extended it’s initiative in Asia Pacific region with the launch of a new LTE Connected Car concept coincident with the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. 

Vodafone Germany has named Huawei and Ericsson as a technology partner for LTE development.

Spirent Communications has added testing capability to verify LTE to CDMA handover of mobile device signals using lab-based test equipment. 

Exalt Communications has introduced microwave backhaul platform, ExploreAirâ„¢, with highest throughput and longest range in the microwave and millimeter wave spectrum. 

Alcatel-Lucent has announced that it has inked a four-year Carrier Ethernet project with Taiwanese operator Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) for its IP network transformation. 

RIL owned Infotel is conducting WiMAX trials using radio equipments from Alvarion & Samsung. 

Harbinger Capital has awarded eight-year, $7 billion contract to Nokia Siemens Networks to build and operate a LTE network for wireless providers and other businesses.

INTRACOM TELECOM has signed a 1,2 million USD contract with DiscoveryTel Ghana (DTG) for the deployment of the first mobile WiMAX network in Ghana.

Nokia Siemens Networks will acquire the majority of Motorola’s wireless network infrastructure assets for US $1.2 billion in cash.

Ericsson has won managed services contract from China Mobile Hebei, a provincial company of China Mobile.

Motorola is close to selling its network business to Nokia Siemens Networks for $1.2 billion reports Reuters citing an unnamed source. 

Oman’s leading telecom operator Omantel has commissioned a 4G LTE network & claims to achive very high speed data transfer.

FCC has approved a new LTE USB modem from LG. LG VL600 is approved with support for CDMA EVDO 850/1900MHz and LTE 700MHz. 

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has initiated steps to make additional spectrum available for new investment in mobile broadband networks.  

China Mobile & Huawei have completed the testing of China’s first TD-SCDMA/TD-LTE network in Wuxi, Jiangsu province reports China Business News, citing Biao Wan, President of Huawei Wireless Pr

Revenue from mobile broadband cards (standard PC cards and embedded cards) grew 6% in 1Q10 over 4Q09 to $1.55 billion worldwide, according to Infonetics Research Report.

Telecom Operator Tele2 has launched an LTE test network in Netherlands.

Clear Mobitel has planned live consumer LTE trial in the 800MHz Digital Dividend spectrum in UK. Clear Mobitel will conduct the LTE trial in a zone which is centered on the…

Australian operator Optus is conduncting LTE tests and has achieved 50 Mbps downlink and 20Mbps uplink speeds. Trials of the new network are currently underway in Sydney.

4G technology deployments and subscriptions will begin to take root in 2010 but only in North America and Western Europe reports In-Stat.

Orange Moldova  has made a public demonstration of LTE technology in Chisinau.

SK Telecom plans to greatly improve 3G network performance and promote early commercialization of the next-generation LTE technology.

Alvarion has announced support for TD-LTE  standard in its 4Motion solution. Alvarion’s all-IP 4Motion solution is the foundation of the company’s OPEN WiMAX ecosystem.

Sprint have launched 4G WiMAX service in Rochester, N.Y., Syracuse, N.Y., Merced, Calif., Visalia, Calif., Eugene, Ore., Tri-Cities, Wash., and Yakima, Wash markets. 

Ericsson showcased its complete end-to-end TD-LTE solution for the first time today, together with ST-Ericsson devices at a China Mobile event in Shanghai, China.

Russian operator MegaFon plans to start LTE tests in Kazan, Russia this year. It will be the second after another operator Scartel, which will test in Kazan.

Russia’s top three mobile operators MTS, MegaFon & VimpelCom  have asked the Communications Ministry not to allow the distribution of LTE-frequency on non-competitive basis as companies mi

According to a new In-Stat report small cell base stations—femtocells, picocells, and microcells—are going to have a large role in this deployment strategy. 

India’s state owned telco MTNL plans to invite private players for network deployment of broadband WiMAX services on a revenue sharing basis.

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