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Safaricom to start LTE trial in Kenya

Kenya’s Safaricom is expected to start LTE trial within next two months. The roll out will be carried out by Huawei Technologies.

Yota launches LTE in Kazan, Russia

Russian operator Scartel (brand Yota) has announced that it has built 4G LTE network in Kazan.

Will embrace LTE when it becomes a global standard: Intel Exec

Intel, which is a supporter of WiMAX, has said it will embrace competing platform LTE when it is widely available globally, according to PTI.

SK Telecom picks Alcatel-Lucent’s optical solution for wireless data network

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.

Sprint offering 3G femtocells

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 expands LTE coverage, over 200 locations in 2011

TeliaSonera’s Swedish subsidiary, Telia has commercially launched LTE services in Gothenburg, Sweden’s second largest city.

Ofcom to reserve 2.6GHz LTE band for the London 2012 Games

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.

7th WiMAX INDIA emphasizes on current developments in the WiMAX technologies

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: LTE roll-out not soon

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 to launch LTE spectrum auction in December

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.

LightSquared Triggers L-Band Radio Spectrum Re-Banding with Inmarsat

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

Centernet and Mobyland test LTE in Poland

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.

Brazil to re-allocate 2.6 GHz spectrum

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 Passes MIIT’s TD-LTE Lab Trial

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. 

Femtocell Revenue to Reach $4 Billion in 2014

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.

Ericsson: mobile data traffic triples in a year

Global mobile data has nearly tripled in the last year, growing more than 10 times faster than voice, says Ericsson.

Nokia Siemens Networks completes TD-LTE trial in the 2.3GHz band at the MIIT lab in Beijing

Nokia Siemens Networks has successfully completed the TD-LTE trial in the 2.3GHz band at the MIIT lab in Beijing, China. NSN has met the complete TD-LTE test specifications defined by China’s

Ericsson delivers one million radio base stations in 3 years

Ericsson has delivered 2 million radio base stations so far, It took Ericsson some 20 years to install one million radio base stations as announced in 2007, but it took…

One million femtocell shipments in 2010

At least a million femtocells are expected to have been shipped by the end of 2010, says ABI Research. This forecast indicates that femtocell rollouts have more than doubled in…

Nokia Siemens Networks to deploy LTE pilot network for O2 Germany

Nokia Siemens Networks has announced plans to start deployment of  Telefónica  O2’s pilot LTE network in Halle (East Germany) in September 2010 .

Uzbek Operator UCell Tests LTE

Uzbekistan mobile operator UCell has deployed LTE network using ZTE’s equipments. The network is able to achieve a downloading peak rate of up to 100 Mbps, announced ZTE. 

Infonetics: WiMAX service providers plan full mobility by 2012

Two-thirds of the service providers intend to use WiMAX for mobility-based services by 2012 according to a Infonetics Research survey.

Clearwire to start FDD/TDD LTE Trials

Clearwire has announced plans to test Test both FDD LTE and TDD LTE in US. In addition Clearwire  will test multiple coexistence scenarios between LTE and WiMAX as well.

Rostelecom to launch LTE test network in August

Russian operator Rostelecom plans to launch the LTE test network in Penza by the end of August.

Clearwire adds more markets

Clearwire has announced the availability of it’s 4G wiMAX services in new markets in four states. 

Harris Corporation teams with Nokia Siemens Networks to develop 700 MHz LTE Network Solutions

Harris Corporation, a communications and information technology company, has launched Harris VIDA Broadband LTE, its new solution for broadband mission-critical communications for first responders.

NTT DOCOMO Buys Rest of Shares of PacketVideo

Japanese mobile-phone operator NTT DoCoMo will pay $111.6 million to buy the rest of shares of wireless software company PacketVideo.

Telefonica O2 builds LTE network in Germany

Telefonica O2 Germany plans to launch two urban LTE networks in Munich and Halle by the end of 2010. Company is using 2.6 GHz spectrum in these areas.

Best Buy to offer mobile internet service using Clearwire’s WiMAX network

Best Buy Connect & Clearwire have have entered in a partnership in which Best Buy will use Clearwire’s WiMAX network to offer mobile internet service to customers under the Best…

Motorola to build Public Safety 700 MHz LTE Network in San Francisco

Public Safety Agencies have selected Motorola to build 700 MHz LTE Network in San Francisco Bay Area.