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BTC Launches LTE Service in Bahamas

Bahamas Telecommunications Company has launched 4G LTE service in New Providence, Grand Bahama, Abaco and Eleuthera with other islands being rolled out later this year.

Airtel Launches 4G LTE Service on Mobile in Bengaluru, India

Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel has launched 4G LTE service on mobile. Now Airtel customers in Bengaluru on Apple iPhone 5s or 5c will be able to experience 4G on…

Lanka Bell Launches LTE Service in Colombo

Sri Lanka’s telecom operator, Lanka Bell has officially announced 4G LTE connectivity in the country, following a successful test run since the end of last year. It was in line…

Broadcom and NSN Demonstrate Category 6 LTE-Advanced on Elisa’s Network

Broadcom Corporation, Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN) have demonstrated LTE Advanced (LTE-A) carrier aggregation Category 6 (Cat 6) data rates of 300 Mbps on a live commercial network of Finnish…

Alcatel-Lucent Supplies End-to-End LTE Solution to Claro Uruguay

Alcatel-Lucent has supplied Claro Uruguay, a division of wireless service provider America Movil, with an end-to-end 4G LTE network that will be fully deployed and operational in Montevideo by February…

Broadcom Targets Low-End Smartphone Market with New Turnkey LTE Platform

Broadcom has announced a turnkey reference platform designed to help OEMs rapidly develop a portfolio of affordable 4G LTE mobile devices. This new platform is targeted at the growing sub…

Rostelecom Launches 4G LTE Network in Sochi

Russian operator Rostelecom has commissioned a 4G LTE network in Sochi, in locations where the 2014 Winter Olympics take place. Operator has currently installed 40 LTE base stations. 

NSN and Sprint Demonstrate 2.6 Gbps TD-LTE Throughput

Nokia Solutions and Networks and US operator Sprint will demonstrate 2.6 Gbps throughput over a single sector at Mobile World Congress 2014 using its commercially available Flexi Multiradio 10 Base…

NSN Shows 450 Mbps Data Speeds, a New Coordinated Multi-cell Scheduling Approach at MWC

NSN is demonstrating a new coordinated multi-cell scheduling approach, a coordinated scheduling feature for FDD-LTE and TD-LTE networks to reduce interference between adjacent base stations, at MWC.

EE And Three to Invest £1bn in 4G Network Partnership

UK carriers EE and Three have agreed to build the next stage of their basic 4G networks together, including sharing mast infrastructure and transmission costs, according to the Financial Times.…

Ericsson and Qualcomm Demo LTE CAT6 Carrier Aggregation for Telstra

Ericsson and Qualcomm have successfully completed the inter-vendor interoperability testing of LTE Category 6, based on commercial LTE chipsets and infrastructure supporting Telstra’s carrier aggregation bands. 

Vodafone’s LTE Network Hits One Million Mark in Australia

Vodafone Australia announced that its LTE network now serves more than one million 4G devices in just eight months since its 4G network was launched in June 2013. This equates…

SK Telecom Announces 2013 Earnings 50% of Mobile Subscribers Using LTE

South Korea’s SK Telecom has announced revenue of KRW 16.602 trillion, operating income of KRW 2.011 trillion and consolidated net income of KRW 1.610 trillion for year 2013. Compared to…

Sprint Rolls Out 4G LTE in 40 More Markets

U.S. carrier Sprint has announced today the availability of LTE service in 40 more markets nationwide. With this expansion, Sprint LTE is now available in 340 markets.  Newly added LTE…

Smart Axiata Launches LTE Network in Cambodia

Smart Axiata has launched commercial  4G LTE network in Cambodia on 22nd January 2014.Smart’s LTE network is now available at six LTE Experience Zones, namely inside Naga World Hotel &…

Elisa Selects NSN for LTE Network in Finland

Finland’s wireless operator Elisa has chosen Nokia Solutions and Networks as supplier for its next-generation mobile broadband networks. The contract covers a period of 5 years from 2014 to 2018.

Zamtel Launches 4G Service in Zambia

Zambia’s communication solutions provider Zamtel today launched its 4G LTE service in Kitwe. Zamtel has also set up a walk-in 4G Live Experiential Centre at its Kitwe offices, where customers…

TELE Greenland Selects NSN for Launch of Commercial 4G Network

TELE Greenland selected Nokia Solutions and Networks as a supplier to implement its 4G LTE network and modernize its existing GSM and 3G networks. Operator has started offering LTE services…

Huawei Completes Interoperability Test for Ultra-Flash CSFB Solution

Huawei successfully completed an interoperability test (IOT) for an Ultra-Flash Circuit-switched fallback (CSFB) solution with Huawei infrastructure and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. chipsets at Huawei’s Shanghai R&D facility.

Avantel Selects NSN for LTE Network in Colombia

Colombia’s Avantel has selected Nokia Solutions and Networks to supply the complete infrastructure for its LTE network. As part of deal, NSN will provide the complete suite of radio and…

SK Telecom Unveils LTE-Advanced 3 Band Carrier Aggregation

South Korea’s SK Telecom has unveiled “LTE-Advanced 3 Band Carrier Aggregation (CA)” technology that aggregates 3 bands 20MHz+10MHz +10MHz. This technology will support speeds of up to 300Mbps. LTE-Advanced 3…

MTN Zambia Launches Commercial LTE Network

MTN Zambia has commercially launched LTE network in the country. First phase of LTE launch covers Lusaka, Kitwe, Ndola and Livingstone.

VimpelCom Selects NSN For LTE Roll Out in Russia

Russian operator VimpelCom has chosen Nokia Solutions and Networks as vendor for its LTE radio access networks in the central region of Russia, Siberia, South and most of the Volga…

Maxis Introduces Prepaid LTE Service in Malaysia

Malaysian mobile service provider Maxis Berhad (Maxis) has announced the launch of Hotlink 4G, enabling prepaid LTE service for its customers.

Bouygues Telecom Introduces LTE Router for Enterprise

French carrier Bouygues Telecom is now offering 4G LTE router dedicated to companies in France. Huawei B593 router can connect up to 32 devices (computers, tablets …) via WiFi or…

Slovak Telekom Acquires 800 and 2600 MHz spectrum in Slovakia

Slovak Telekom has acquired 2 x 10 MHz spectrum in 800 MHz, 2 x 40 MHz spectrum in 2 600 MHz FDD and 50 MHz spectrum in 2600 MHz TDD.…

AT&T LTE Network Now Covers More than 270 Million People

U.S. Operator AT&T has announced that it now covers more than 270 million people with 4G LTE. AT&T 4G LTE build expected to be substantially complete by summer 2014.

Alcatel-Lucent to Supply IP/MPLS solution for Metro Network Deployment in Colombia

Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Lazus – telecommunications operator working under the model carrier to carriers in Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica – to deploy ‘metro’ networks in nine cities…

Sprint Adds 6 New Spark Markets

U.S. carrier Sprint announced the availability of Sprint Spark in six new markets. The newly added markets are Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and Fort Lauderdale. Sprint Spark…

EE Signs up Two Million LTE Users, Exceeds the Target

UK’s service provider EE announced that two million customers have now signed up to LTE services from EE, doubling the company target of one million customers by the end of…