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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.

LteWorld had the opportunity to interview Eran Eshed , Co-Founder and VP of Marketing and Business Development at Altair,  a leading developer of ultra-low power, small footprint and high perf

Sagem Wireless and ST-Ericsson will collaborate on the development of multimode LTE/HSPA+ reference designs, devices and modules.

Russian telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor announced that Russian Wimax operator Scartel and national operator Rostelecom can use their existing radio frequencies for deploying LTE networks.

IPWireless and Altair Semiconductor have announced a partnership to develop a suite of multi-band LTE modem products that will support key frequency bands ideally suited to global LTE deployments.

The Indian government has allotted spectrum to four operators paving the way for starting high-speed mobile broadband.

Roke Manor Research has developed 3G Wide Area Coverage Femtocell capability using picoChip’s technology as the development platform.

Mobile service provider, Zain Kuwait is experimenting with LTE and have achived 150 mb/s download speed.

Japanese mobile operator eMobile has pre-launched its new mobile broadband network using Ericsson’s equipments with HSPA+ technology, that claims to support downlink peak data rate of 42 Mbps.

According to a new ABI Research report 2011 will be the year of LTE, as both Verizon Wireless in the United States and NTT DoCoMo in Japan are expected to…

Nokia & Renesas Electronics have forming a strategic business alliance to develop modem technologies for HSPA+/LTE and its evolution.

Swedish telecom operator Tele2 & Norwegian partner Telenor plan to launch 4G LTE network in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo, Karlskrona and Lund cities this year.

France Telecom-Orange has unveiled a five-year action plan, called “conquests 2015”. The Group has set its sights on reviving a spirit of growth through international development.

WiMAX Forum has urged Indian operators to deploy broadband now. In recent BWA auctions India allocated 2 blocks of 20MHz in the 2.3GHz band across the same 22 service areas. 

First Media has launched 4G Wimax serices in Indonesia under a new brand called Sitra WiMAX earlier this week.

Australia’s Telstra and Huawei are conducting LTE trials using 1800MHz spectrum in Victoria. 

Ericsson has conducted first trials of TDD LTE in India using 2.3GHz band, Ericsson made first data call at the Experience Centre, Ericsson Forum, in Gurgaon.

The Public Safety Alliance (PSA) has announced its support for alternative spectrum that could be auctioned to commercial carriers to provide sufficient federal funding to quickly construct, mainta

ZTE’s share in China’s CDMA market increased to 43.54% in the first half of 2010. ZTE also has an accumulated market share of 43.2% of China’s total CDMA equipment market.

Nokia Siemens Networks & Nokia are conducting LTE interoperability tests in 800 MHz Band.

Ericsson and Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories have announced Taiwan’s first LTE field trial results.

NEC has announced the beginning of shipment of Low power Radio Equipment (LRE) for NTT DOCOMO LTE base stations.

Ubiquisys is supplying Softbank Mobile with 3G femtocell access points, company announced today. 

TeliaSonera has opened the 4G LTE network in Visby for its customers, with this launch Visby has become 3rd city with comercial LTE network after Stockholm and Oslo.

Ericsson has completed the acquisition of Nortel’s majority shareholding in LG-Nortel, the joint venture of LG Electronics and Nortel Networks.