Vodafone Australia Outlines 4G LTE Plans
Vodafone Australia has announced its plan of 4G LTE network launch across 5 capital cities in country. Operator will invite its customers to join the company’s 4G network from June.
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…
EE Extends LTE Network in Additional Towns and Cities
UK operator EE has launched LTE network in 13 new towns and cities across the country, bringing the total number of towns and cities with 4G LTE coverage to 50,…
AT&T Continues to Expand LTE Network
AT&T continues to expand its LTE service coverage and recently launched LTE network in Harrison, AR; Watertown, NY and Hilton Head-Bluffton, SC. AT&T LTE coverage has also expanded in parts…
nTelos Wireless Selects Alcatel-Lucent for Regional LTE Launch
Regional U.S. mobile operator nTelos Wireless plans to launch regional LTE services in US states of Virginia and West Virginia during 2013 using Alcatel-Lucent technology. nTelos Wireless operates in the…
Rogers to Expand LTE to 44 More Markets
Canada’s Rogers Communications will introduce LTE in 44 markets this spring and intends to reach a total of 95 markets in 2013. Rogers will also be making its 2600 MHz…
T-Mobile Launches LTE Network, to Sell iPhone 5 in April
U.S. carrier T-Mobile has launched its 4G LTE network in seven major metropolitan areas, including Baltimore; Houston; Kansas City; Las Vegas; Phoenix; San Jose, Calif.; and Washington, D.C. Operator expects…
ZTE Completes LTE Civil Aviation Ground-Air Broadband Test
ZTE has completed commercial ground-air FDD-LTE-based broadband network test in cooperation with Hainan Airlines, company announced today. The test occurred in February 2013 on Hainan Airlines Flight HU7137 Beijing to…
Vodacom Extends 4G LTE Service to Prepaid
South Africa’s Mobile service provider Vodacom has started to offer LTE services to all its customers. Operator launched commercial LTE services in South Africa in October 2012.
SK Telecom Introduces Unlimited Intra-Network Voice Plans, Lowers Prices of LTE Shareable Data Plans
South Korean operator SK Telecom is launching ‘T&T Sharing’ plans for both 3G and LTE subscribers starting tomorrow to give customers unlimited intra-network voice calls as well as unlimited intra-network…
Airtel Launches LTE Services in Additional Markets
Indian operator Bharti Airtel has launched LTE services in three cities – Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula — in Punjab. The company, which had earlier launched 4G LTE services in Kolkata,…
Polkomtel Selects Nokia Siemens Networks for Voice Services with LTE
Polish operator of the Plus network, Polkomtel has implemented Nokia Siemens Networks’ Circuit Switched FallBack (CSFB) solution to provid voice call services alongside LTE. CSFB seamlessly switches customers to Polkomtel’s…
Alcatel-Lucent Completes Key LTE Interoperability Testing for U.S. Public Safety Applications
Alcatel-Lucent has announced that the company successfully demonstrated full interoperability of its solution for using 4G LTE wireless technology in public safety applications in the United States.
EMT LTE Network to Cover 95% of Estonian Population by the End of 2013
Estonian operator EMT plans to provide LTE coverage to 95% of Estonian population by the end of 2013 and throughout the whole country by the end of 2014. EMT is…
AT&T Continues to Expand LTE Network
AT&T has launched LTE service in Juneau, Alaska; Brunswick and Savannah, Ga.; Evansville, Ind.; Monroe, La.; and Madison, Wis., continuing its nationwide 4G LTE rollout. Operator also expanded in Charlotte,…
Sprint Adds LTE Network in Nine New Markets including San Juan, Puerto Rico
U.S. operator Sprint has launched 4G LTE network in Altoona, Pa., Asheville, N.C., Columbus, Ind., Elkhart/Goshen, Ind., Hammond, La., La Crosse, Wis., San Juan, Puerto Rico, Statesville, N.C., and Temple,…
LG Electronics Sells 10M LTE Smartphones Globally
LG Electronics (LG) has announced that it has sold more than 10 million LTE smartphones globally. Company is aiming to double its LTE smartphone penetration this year, expanding its presence…
Huawei Unveils LTE-B Vision FusionNet and Next-Generation SingleEPC Solution at Mobile World Congress
Huawei today announced the launch of FusionNet, a new generation of network architecture for LTE-B, and next-generation SingleEPC solution at the 2013 Mobile World Congress (MWC). According to company, LTE-B…
Vodafone Launches 4G LTE in New Zealand
Vodafone New Zealand has launched 4G LTE Network in 1800MHz frequency band. Vodafone’s LTE network is live now in parts of Auckland and the network will expand to more suburbs…
Qualcomm Introduces RF360 For Single, Global LTE Smartphone Designs
Qualcomm has announced RF360 Front End Solution that addresses cellular radio frequency band fragmentation and enables a single, global 4G LTE design for mobile devices. Band fragmentation is the biggest…
UK’s 4G Spectrum Auction Winners Announced
UK regulator Ofcom has announced the winners of the 4G mobile spectrum auction today. After more than 50 rounds of bidding, Everything Everywhere Ltd, Hutchison 3G UK Ltd, Niche Spectrum…
NTT DOCOMO Crosses 10 Million LTE Subscriber Mark
Japan’s mobile operator NTT DOCOMO has announced that its LTE subscribers surpassed million on February 18. According to operator subscriptions to it LTE Xi service has been growing rapidly since…
DOCOMO PACIFIC Selects Nokia Siemens Networks for LTE in Guam
DOCOMO PACIFIC has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to supply an end-to-end 4G LTE network in U.S. territory of Guam. The LTE deployment is an extension of Nokia Siemens Networks’ existing…
Maxis Introduces 4G LTE Smartphones
Malaysia’s communications service provider Maxis Berhad (Maxis) unveiled two 4G LTE smartphones today, the Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC One XL. These will be the first two smartphones to be…
Telefónica Announces Multivendor VoLTE to 3G Handover Tests
Telefónica has demonstrated transfer of voice calls from a LTE network to a 3G mobile network seamlessly and without interruption. According to operator, this handover was achieved in Germany in…
Telecom Namibia Picks ZTE to Deploy LTE-Ready Network
The Telecom Namibia Group has selected ZTE to build a unified mobile network that will provide the Group with a fully transformed 2G/3G/4G networks. The partnership deal was signed today…
SFR Selects Nokia Siemens Networks, Launches LTE in Paris La Défense
French carrier SFR has launched commercial LTE services in Paris La Défense. Operator has selected Nokia Siemens Networks as radio supplier to implement its 4G LTE network and upgrade its…
ZTE, China Mobile Test Commercial Carrier Aggregation Technology
ZTE has announced that it completed the download test using carrier aggregation (CA) technology in a commercial environment in collaboration with Guangdong arm of China Mobile. The test took place…
EE Launches LTE in Nine More Areas Across the UK
UK’s telecom operator, EE has made 4G LTE services available in nine new towns across the UK, bringing the total number of towns and cities covered by LTE to 27.…
AT&T to Acquire 700 MHz Spectrum from Verizon for $1.9 Billion
AT&T has agreed to acquire spectrum in the 700 MHz B band from Verizon Wireless for $1.9 billion in cash and Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum licenses in several markets,…
