Hong Kong mobile operator CSL in partnership with ZTE has launched the comercial LTE/DC-HSPA+ network, ZTE said on Thursday.

Telia has launched LTE network in Växjö, Sweden.

EnergyAustralia has signed an agreement with Ericsson as part of the energy company’s smart grid rollout to use LTE for its 4G communications network.

Australian operator Telstra and Ericsson have announced the successful test of a high quality video link between Sydney and Melbourne using LTE.

ZTE has demonstrated successful IMS based Voice over LTE (VoLTE) calls on CSL’s LTE network and its existing mobile networks at Mobile Asia Congress 2010 (MAC 2010).

Cellular South has picked Samsung to build a LTE network and plans to launch in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Huawei expects to double the 4G commercial networks it is building in 2011.

According to a GSMA research the number of LTE connections in Asia Pacific will exceed 120 million by 2015.

U.S. Cellular plans to conduct LTE trial in the first quarter of 2010.

ST-Ericsson and Nokia are developing TD-LTE demonstration devices for China Mobile.

Ubiquisys has announced a new standards-compliant 3G femtocell solution with Nokia Siemens Networks.

Worldwide service revenues generated by LTE mobile networks are forecast to grow quickly once networks are launched, reaching $100 billion by 2014, says a a new report

Verizon Wireless and Alcatel-Lucent have entered in a four-year agreement expected to be worth US$4 billion for Alcatel-Lucent wireless network architecture and services to support Verizon Wireless

MetroPCS has launched commercial LTE services in the Los Angeles and Philadelphia metropolitan areas.

China Mobile will invest $225 million to establish TD-LTE trial networks in six cities. Operator will install a total of 3,060 base stations. 

Vodafone has announced that it’s LTE network is operational with total of nine sites in five states.

ST-Ericsson showcased advanced multimedia applications, including video streaming and web-browsing on a slim tablet over a TD-LTE network, in a demonstration at the closing ceremony of Expo 2010 Sh

Broadcom Corporation has announced acquisition of Percello Ltd, a semiconductor company that offers digital baseband processors for WCDMA and LTE Femtocells.  

Alcatel-Lucent is partnering with KaR-Tel as its sole equipment supplier for the launch of the 700MHz LTE market pilot in Kazakhstan, according to a company announcement.

ITU has completed the assessment of six candidate submissions for the global 4G mobile wireless broadband technology, otherwise known as IMT-Advanced. 

Alcatel-Lucent has announced that it will cooperate with Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories (CHT-TL) to conduct an end-to-end Long Term Evolution (LTE) trial, using both the 2.6 GHz and 700 MHz bands.

MetroPCS has begun commercial 4G LTE services in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit is the third U.S. city where MetroPCS is offering commercial 4G LTE service.

Motorola and Nokia have entered into a 4G license agreement that extends the companies’ existing intellectual property licensing agreement to include 4G cellular technologies, such as LTE, WiMAX an

Colombian telecoms operator UNE EPM has planned to launch LTE services in three or four large cities during the second half of next year.

Tata Elxsi has announced the availability of its optimized LTE Femto/Pico eNodeB solution compliant to 3GPP Release 8 and Femto Forum specifications.

Femtocells appeal to the majority of US broadband householders with mobile phones according to Femto Forum, an independent industry and operator association .

Broadcom Corporation has announced acquisition of Beceem Communications, a privately-held company that is a provider of 4G wireless platform solutions.

Qualcomm is integrating L-Band LTE technology in its mainstream chipset roadmap according to a statment from LightSquared.

Switzerland’s telecom service provider Swisscom is currently testing the LTE in Grenchen.

Samsung Electronics and Japan’s UQ Communications are demonstrating WiMAX 2 based on IEEE 802.16m with a speed of 330Mbps.