Three UK Now Has Over 3 Million 4G Customers
Three UK has 3.1 million 4G customers now, just 10-months on from its commercial launch, representing over a third of Three’s 8 million customers. Three began enabling customers in March…
T-Mobile Boosts LTE Speed by 50% in San Diego
U.S. carrier T-Mobile today announced that San Diego, CA is the latest area to get up to a 50% increase in LTE mobile speeds from a Wideband LTE upgrade. In…
M1 Rolls Out Nationwide LTE-Advanced Network in Singapore
Singapore’s telecom service provider M1 has launched nationwide LTE-Advanced network, doubling download speeds for customers to up to 300Mbps. All existing and new mobile customers with devices that support the…
Vodafone Launches 4G+ Service in Ireland
Vodafone Ireland has introduced 4G+ technology with data speeds of up to 150Mbps in Ireland. Vodafone customers in Waterford city will have 4G+ access from 1st December, while Cork, Dublin…
DiGi Launches LTE Service in Sabah, Malaysia
Malaysian operator DiGi Telecommunications (DiGi) launched 4G LTE services in Kota Kinabalu. The company plans to complete its LTE rollout for the year by strengthening its network in East Malaysia.
Airtel Deploys LTE Network in Seychelles with Ericsson
Airtel has partnered with Ericsson to deploy a new, nationwide LTE 800 MHz network Seychelles. LTE network is to be commercially launched this year and utilizes Ericsson LTE core and…
Telstra Launches 4GX Mobile Service in Melbourne
Australian operator Telstra switched on 4GX service today in Melbourne with typical mobile download speeds up to 2 to 100Mbps for customers with compatible devices.
IBM and Ericsson Collaborate on 5G Antenna Designs
Ericsson and IBM announced today a collaboration to jointly research phased-array antenna designs for 5G to provide data speeds orders of magnitude faster than what is available currently.
LG Uplus, Nokia Networks Trial Intelligent Network Platform in LTE network
Korea’s telecommunication operator LG Uplus has completed a three-month long trial of its Intelligent Network Platform (INP). Nokia’s radio technology, Liquid Applications and professional services were used in the trial.
Ericsson and Qualcomm Complete LTE Category 9 Carrier Aggregation IOT
Ericsson and Qualcomm have completed inter-company interoperability testing of LTE Category 9 connectivity, with download speeds of up to 450 Mbps. Testing was conducted using Ericsson’s LTE-Advanced network infrastructure and…
Vodafone Switches On LTE-Advanced in Melbourne
Vodafone Australia has launched 4G+ (LTE Advanced) network across Melbourne.
SK Telecom Enables 2G and 3G Service Using LTE Network
South Korea’s operator SK Telecom has successfully commercialized 2G and 3G services through LTE network. Named ‘2G/3G over LTE,’ the technology enhances the stability of 2G/3G mobile networks by utilizing…
SaskTel Deploys Openwave Mobility’s Smart User Repository (SUR) to Manage LTE Demand
Openwave Mobility today announced that SaskTel, Canada’s service communications provider, has successfully deployed the company’s Smart User Repository (SUR) on its network in order to unify and simplify management of…
AT&T to Acquire Mexico Wireless Provider Iusacell
AT&T has signed an agreement with Grupo Salinas to acquire Mexican wireless company Iusacell for US$2.5 billion, inclusive of Iusacell debt.
LMT Launches LTE-Advanced Services in Latvia
Latvian Mobile Telephone (LMT) has announced introduction of 4G+ or LTE Advanced to double the data transfer speeds on mobile phones and router. Operator is offering 4G+ with utilization of…
dtac Selects Ericsson for LTE Expansion in Thailand
Thailand’s telecom operator dtac TriNet has awarded Ericsson a five-year agreement to deliver 4G LTE in several major cities as part of its LTE expansion program on 2100MHz band.
Mobily, Nokia Networks Sign Managed Services and Network Expansion Deal
Mobily, Nokia Networks Sign Managed Services and Network Expansion Deal Saudi Arabia’s operator Mobily has commissioned Nokia Networks for managing its network operations for five years. In addition, Nokia Networks…
Telstra Extends LTE-Advanced Service
Telstra today introduced LTE-Advaced service to a range of communities across the nation. Operator is calling new service 4GX.
Verizon and AT&T Plan VoLTE Interoperability by 2015
Verizon and AT&T plan to enable VoLTE- to-VoLTE connections between Verizon Wireless and AT&T customers in 2015. Verizon introduced its Advanced Calling 1.0 services across the United States in September. …
Movistar Launches LTE Services in Guatemala
Movistar Guatemala has launched commercial LTE services in the country. Movistar LTE service is now available at major points in the capital city, provincial capitals and some tourist sites.
EE Expands LTE Coverage, Introduces LTE-Advanced in London
UK’s mobile operator EE today switched on its LTE-Advanced network in central London. The EE 4G+ technology uses 2.6GHz spectrum, and is available in large parts of central London, including…
SK Telecom’s LTE/LTE-Advanced Subcriptions Surpasse 16 Million
SK Telecom’s revenue rose by 5.9% year-on-year (YoY) and 1.4% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) backed by increase of the LTE/LTE-Advanced subscribers, company reported today.
FTC Sues AT&T Over Data Throttling on Some ‘Unlimited’ Data Plans
The Federal Trade Commission filed a federal court complaint against AT&T Mobility, charging that the company has misled millions of its smartphone customers by charging them for “unlimited” data plans…
T-Mobile Upgrades LTE Network in Connecticut
T-Mobile has upgraded its LTE network in Connecticut to Wideband LTE. T-Mobile announced that this upgrade brings up to a 50% increase in speed in major cities including Bridgeport, Danbury,…
ZTE Powers CSL’s VoLTE Service in Hong Kong
ZTE has announced that company’s VoLTE Solution is supporting CSL’s commercial launch of voice over LTE services in Hong Kong for voice and video calls. Almost 100,000 users are using…
Orange Slovakia Selects Cisco ASR 5000 Series for LTE Packet Core
Mobile operator Orange Slovakia has chosen the Cisco’s ASR 5000 Series elastic evolved packet core for its recently launched 4G long-term evolution (LTE) network. With Cisco solution, Orange Slovakia aims…
ZTE Introduces ElasticNet SDN IPRAN Solution
ZTE has launched the ZTE ElasticNet SDN (software-defined networking) IPRAN (internet protocol radio access network) solution. According to ZTE, the solution introduces SDN virtualization technology to an IPRAN network to…
PLDT Doubles TD-LTE Sites to Over 400 in Philippines
Philippines telecoms provider PLDT has expanded its Time-Division Duplex-Long Term Evolution (TD-LTE) network to over 400 cell sites at the end of September. The current total is more than double the…
Nokia Networks and Qualcomm Demonstrate 300 Mbps LTE-Advanced with Three-band Carrier Aggregation
Nokia Networks and Qualcomm have completed interoperability testing of LTE-Advanced three-band Carrier Aggregation (3x CA) to achieve subscriber data rates of up to 300 Mbps in network environments.
Vodafone Starts LTE Advanced Roll-out in UK
Vodafone UK has began the roll-out of a LTE Advanced technology to boost existing 4G mobile service using Carrier Aggregation. Vodafone is rolling out the enhanced technology from this month…