Ericsson and Qualcomm Demo LTE CAT6 Carrier Aggregation for Telstra
Ericsson and Qualcomm have successfully completed the inter-vendor interoperability testing of LTE Category 6, based on commercial LTE chipsets and infrastructure supporting Telstra’s carrier aggregation bands.
SK Telecom Announces 2013 Earnings 50% of Mobile Subscribers Using LTE
South Korea’s SK Telecom has announced revenue of KRW 16.602 trillion, operating income of KRW 2.011 trillion and consolidated net income of KRW 1.610 trillion for year 2013. Compared to…
Altair facilitating the transformation of LTE from a premium feature to a mass market one
Altair Semiconductor recently announced that its FourGee-3100/6202 chipset was selected to connect the new HP Chromebook 11.6” LTE to the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network.
SK Telecom Unveils LTE-Advanced 3 Band Carrier Aggregation
South Korea’s SK Telecom has unveiled “LTE-Advanced 3 Band Carrier Aggregation (CA)” technology that aggregates 3 bands 20MHz+10MHz +10MHz. This technology will support speeds of up to 300Mbps. LTE-Advanced 3…
Optus Launches TD-LTE Advanced Carrier Aggregation Network
Australia’s Optus has successfully begun testing LTE-Advanced by activating the TD-LTE Advanced carrier aggregation. Optus announced it achieved single user peak speeds of over 160 Mbps on its commercial 4G…
SK Telecom to Provide 225 Mbps LTE-Advanced Service
South Korea’s SK Telecom has demonstrated the LTE-Advanced service that offers up to 225Mbps of speed by aggregating 20MHz bandwidth in 1.8GHz band and 10MHz bandwidth in 800MHz band.
Qualcomm Introduces 3G/LTE Multimode Modem and RF Transceiver Chip
Qualcomm has announced its fourth-generation 3G/LTE multimode solutions with the newest modem chipset, the Qualcomm® Gobi™ 9×35, and RF transceiver chip, the Qualcomm WTR3925, designed for 4G LTE Advanced mobile…
NSN Launches TD-LTE 8-pipe Radio Module for Band 41
Nokia Solutions and Networks has launched a TD-LTE 8-pipe radio module for Band 41 spectrum. 3GPP Band 41 covers 194 MHz of LTE TDD spectrum in the 2496 MHz to…
Telstra Switches on 3000th 4G Tower, Introduces 4G Advanced Hotspot
Australia’s Telstra has switched on its 3,000th 4G base station in Dalby Queensland today. In addition, operator has introduced the Telstra Wi-Fi 4G Advanced , a battery-powered mobile hotspot that…
Zain Kuwait Plans to Launch Commercial LTE-Advanced Network
Zain Kuwait has announced plans to launch a commercial LTE-Advanced network in Kuwait in collaboration with technology partner Huawei. The rollout will see Zain Kuwait and Huawei activate over 100…
EE Switches on LTE-Advanced Network in UK
UK operator EE has switched on LTE-Advanced network today. It will initially cover London’s Tech City, with companies in the area being selected to access it first. EE has selected…
Intel’s 4G LTE Modem Now Commercially Available
Earlier this week Intel announced the commercial availability of its multimode, multiband 4G LTE solution. Intel’s XMM 7160 LTE modem is now shipping in the 4G version of the Samsung…
NSN Wins Sprint Deal for TDD LTE Roll-out
Nokia Solutions and Networks has signed a new contract with Sprint for the deployment of TDD LTE across its 2.5 GHz spectrum, which will increase its high-speed data capacity as…
NSN Announces Enhanced Voice Call Continuity for VoLTE, Increased LTE Data Rates
Nokia Solutions and Networks has launched voice call continuity (VCC) to complement Voice over LTE (VoLTE) by enabling seamless handovers to 2G or 3G networks. According to company, the enhanced…
Anite Announces Commercial LTE-A Carrier Aggregation Network Testing Solution
Wireless network measurement solutions provider Anite has announced a commercial LTE-A and carrier aggregation (“CA”) testing solution for mobile network operators and network infrastructure vendors. Using the Nemo Outdoor, operators…
SK Telecom Begins Offering LTE Service in 1.8GHz Spectrum
South Korea’s SK Telecom has begun offering LTE service using wider bandwidth in the 1.8 GHz spectrum today and plans to rapidly expand the service to the entire Seoul area…
Alcatel-Lucent to Deploy Mobile Backhaul Network for SK Telecom’s LTE-Advanced Service
Alcatel-Lucent has announced that it will deploy an IP-based mobile backhaul network to support LTE-Advanced services for Korea’s mobile operator SK Telecom. The Internet Protocol/Multiprotocol Label Switching-based (IP/MPLS) mobile backhaul…
LTE-A 3.5GHz Trial Network in Japan Achieves 770 Mbps Max Download Speed
Huawei has announced that it had helped build a 3.5GHz LTE-A trial network in Japan. A recent demonstration of the network showed it could support a max 770 Mb/s download…
CSL to Deploy LTE Advanced at 300 Mbps in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s CSL Limited is now set to deploy LTE Advanced at 300 Mbps, operator announced today. In the demonstration of this technology, 1O1O and one2free showcased theoretical peak download…
Smart Trials LTE-Advanced in Philippines
Philippines’ wireless services provider Smart Communications has recently conducted LTE-Advanced trials in Metro Manila and Davao City. According to operator, Smart’s test facilities achieved speeds of up to 209.66 mbps…
SK Telecom and Rohde & Schwarz to Develop Active Antenna System
South Korea’s telecom service provider SK Telecom has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Rohde & Schwarz, a Germany-based manufacturer of test and measurement equipment for mobile radios and…
Telstra and Ericsson Make LTE-Advanced Call on 1800MHz and 900MHz on Commercial Network
Ericsson has announced that Australia’s Telstra has used the LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) Carrier Aggregation technology on 1800MHz and 900MHz spectrum bands on a commercial network.
SK Telecom Launches Commercial LTE-Advanced Network
South Korea’s wireless operator SK Telecom has debuted the LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) service through smartphones. To commercialize LTE-A, SK Telecom has already applied Carrier Aggregation (CA) and Coordinated Multi Point (CoMP),…
ABI Research: 500M LTE-Advanced Subscriptions by the End of 2018
The LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) subscriptions will take an important role in the mobile subscriber market, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 295% between 2013 and 2018 to reach…
NTT Docomo: “Improvements in backhaul will be essential to meet the increasing requirements of the market in the future.”
Takehiro Nakamura, director of radio access network development for NTT Docomo, Japan is speaking in ‘The Future of LTE’ track on Day Two of the LTE World Summit, the premier…
A1 Telekom Austria, Nokia Siemens Networks Demonstrate Carrier Aggregation in Vienna
Nokia Siemens Networks and A1 Telekom Austria has demonstrated carrier aggregation, a LTE-Advanced technology, in Vienna. The live demo included handling large file transfers with a simultaneous video stream and…
SK Telecom Prepares for September LTE-Advanced Launch, Begins LTE Network Upgrade
South Korea’s SK Telecom has started upgrading its existing LTE network to LTE-Advanced and conducted a field test under real network environment using a smartphone. Operator plans to commercialize LTE-Advanced…
3GPP Reaffirms LTE-Advanced Name
3GPP has defined the standards for LTE, with the latest work focusing on LTE-Advanced, which includes all work from 3GPP Release 10 onwards. 3GPP’s Project Coordination Group (PCG) approved it…
Huawei Showcases 4-Carrier Aggregation for LTE TDD
Huawei has showcased 4-Carrier Aggregation (CA) solution for LTE TDD at the 2013 Mobile World Congress. According to company, solution utilizes 4×4 MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) technologies to provide…
