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.

India’s mobile operator Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL)  has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to support the launch of 3G. The network would based on WCDMA 3G and including HSPA+.

Telenor Hungary has awarded a Hungarian GSM/UMTS/ LTE network construction contract to ZTE. A 200 million euro ($254 million) contract was announced today.

Current developments in the WiMax technologies are offering mobile personal broadband users to create whatever they want on a variety of devices from the laptop to cell phones making a…

Telekom Austria is satisfied with its HSPA+ network and expects the LTE roll-out to begin within several years, according to CFO Hans Tschuden in an interview with Total Telecom.

Chile’s telecoms watchdog Subtel plans to launch auction for 4G LTE spectrum in the 2.6 GHz band inn December and expects to conclude it by mid-2011, reports bnamericas.

Motorola has received $50.6 million in grant funding from the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to build public-safety LTE network in San Fr

Vietnam telecom regulator the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has allowed FPT Telecom to test LTE in Hanoi and HCM City within one year, according to Vietnamnet.

Texas Energy Network (TEN) has annnounced plans to deploy 4G technology to benefit Oil and Gas companies growing data requirements.

Alcatel-Lucent on Wednesday said they are in talks with various service providers, including Reliance Industries and Tikona Digital Networks for deploying infrastructure for mobile broadband servic

LightSquared, that wants to build a new nationwide 4G-LTE wireless broadband network integrated with satellite coverage, has initiated Phase 1 of a Cooperation Agreement between Inmarsat and LightS

Polish telecom regulator, Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) has given permission to Polish cellular operators CenterNet and Mobyland to set up LTE test transmitters for LTE trials.

The Brazilian telecommunications regulator ANATEL has adopted spectrum re-farming of the 2.6GHz band, allowing the use of this spectrum for deployment of next-generation Mobile Broadband services.

Motorola has announced that it has passed China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) 2.3 GHz  full feature set lab trial with a 100 percent pass rate. 

Mobile data offloading is expected to increase to 48% by 2015 from 16% of mobile data as currently diverted from mobile networks.

Oman’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has announced a clarification on Omantel’s claimed 4G LTE trials. 

Vodafone Germany has launched a website and free hotline to inform consumers and businesses about the possibilities of LTE.

Femtocell revenues are expected to reach $4 billion in 2014 and North America is set to experience highest revenue according to Dell’Oro Group forecast.