China Mobile and Alcatel-Lucent are showing their progress in the development of network functions virtualization (NFV) for mobile operators at Mobile World Congress.

Taiwan’s telecom service provider Chunghwa Telecom has selected Ericsson as the consulting and systems integrator of an online charging system (OCS) and policy and charging rules function (PCRF).

Nokia Solutions and Networks has announced six enhancements for its Single RAN (radio access network) Advanced portfolio to help operators simplify their radio access networks and management functions.

SK Telecom has announced plans to build additional 1.8GHz base stations to secure nationwide coverage for its LTE and LTE-Advanced networks by the end of this year. Operator has already…

Bahamas Telecommunications Company has launched 4G LTE service in New Providence, Grand Bahama, Abaco and Eleuthera with other islands being rolled out later this year.

Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel has launched 4G LTE service on mobile. Now Airtel customers in Bengaluru on Apple iPhone 5s or 5c will be able to experience 4G on…

Sri Lanka’s telecom operator, Lanka Bell has officially announced 4G LTE connectivity in the country, following a successful test run since the end of last year. It was in line…

Broadcom Corporation, Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN) have demonstrated LTE Advanced (LTE-A) carrier aggregation Category 6 (Cat 6) data rates of 300 Mbps on a live commercial network of Finnish…

Alcatel-Lucent has supplied Claro Uruguay, a division of wireless service provider America Movil, with an end-to-end 4G LTE network that will be fully deployed and operational in Montevideo by February…

Broadcom has announced a turnkey reference platform designed to help OEMs rapidly develop a portfolio of affordable 4G LTE mobile devices. This new platform is targeted at the growing sub…

Russian operator Rostelecom has commissioned a 4G LTE network in Sochi, in locations where the 2014 Winter Olympics take place. Operator has currently installed 40 LTE base stations. 

Nokia Solutions and Networks and US operator Sprint will demonstrate 2.6 Gbps throughput over a single sector at Mobile World Congress 2014 using its commercially available Flexi Multiradio 10 Base…

NSN is demonstrating a new coordinated multi-cell scheduling approach, a coordinated scheduling feature for FDD-LTE and TD-LTE networks to reduce interference between adjacent base stations, at MWC.

UK carriers EE and Three have agreed to build the next stage of their basic 4G networks together, including sharing mast infrastructure and transmission costs, according to the Financial Times.…

Nokia Solutions and Networks has successfully completed an extensive set of test cases for Voice over LTE (VoLTE) in China Mobile’s (CMCC) pre-commercial TD-LTE network in Fuzhou. The trials included…

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. 

Vodafone Australia announced that its LTE network now serves more than one million 4G devices in just eight months since its 4G network was launched in June 2013. This equates…

U.S. Carrier Sprint has selected BroadSoft’s BroadWorks platform to enhance VoIP services made available by Sprint to both its consumer and business customers, BroadSoft announced today.

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…

U.S. carrier Sprint has announced today the availability of LTE service in 40 more markets nationwide. With this expansion, Sprint LTE is now available in 340 markets.  Newly added LTE…

GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) confirms that 132 manufacturers have announced 1,371 LTE-enabled user devices, including frequency and carrier variants. The number includes 705 new LTE user devices that were…

Smart Axiata has launched commercial  4G LTE network in Cambodia on 22nd January 2014.Smart’s LTE network is now available at six LTE Experience Zones, namely inside Naga World Hotel &…

Finland’s wireless operator Elisa has chosen Nokia Solutions and Networks as supplier for its next-generation mobile broadband networks. The contract covers a period of 5 years from 2014 to 2018.

Zambia’s communication solutions provider Zamtel today launched its 4G LTE service in Kitwe. Zamtel has also set up a walk-in 4G Live Experiential Centre at its Kitwe offices, where customers…

TELE Greenland selected Nokia Solutions and Networks as a supplier to implement its 4G LTE network and modernize its existing GSM and 3G networks. Operator has started offering LTE services…

Huawei successfully completed an interoperability test (IOT) for an Ultra-Flash Circuit-switched fallback (CSFB) solution with Huawei infrastructure and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. chipsets at Huawei’s Shanghai R&D facility.

The GSMA has released findings of a new study from ATDI, which examines ways to mitigate interference between new LTE mobile signals and existing and planned television services.

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.

Colombia’s Avantel has selected Nokia Solutions and Networks to supply the complete infrastructure for its LTE network. As part of deal, NSN will provide the complete suite of radio and…

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…