Australia’s Optus has launched femtocell service called Optus 3G Home Zone combined with unlimited call offer.

Telefonica, Vodafone and Orange have won Spain’s LTE auction held last week by the Spanish Ministry of Industry. Operators paid €1.65bn between them for 800MHz and 2.6GHz licenses.

According to recent GSA report 45 manufacturers have announced 161 LTE-enabled user devices, representing 155% growth in the number of products reported by GSA in early

Ericsson and Softbank Mobile are conducting the field demonstration of LTE cooperative transmission control / coordinated scheduling function.

Sprint Nextel and LightSquared have signed a 15-year agreement that includes spectrum hosting and network services, 4G wholesale, and 3G roaming.

Verizon Wireless and Samsung have launched Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 10.1 with 4G LTE. The device will be available on July 28 in either Metallic Gray or Glossy White.

According to GSA, the Global mobile Suppliers Association, operators are quickly upgrading to  42 Mbps dual cell HSPA+ ( 42 Mbps) systems.

Verizon Wireless has announced plans to roll out LTE in 28 additional markets this week, bringing 4G LTE to a total of 102 cities across the country.

AT&T has announced two new LTE devices, the AT&T USBConnect Momentum 4G and AT&T Mobile Hotspot Elevate 4G.

Canadian operator Rogers Communications has launched commercial LTE network in Ottawa region.

ZTE  has launched commercially LTE base station ZXSDR BS8920.

Nokia Siemens Networks has been trialing 4G TD-LTE network in Hangzhou and Xiamen for China Mobile.

SK Telecom has launched commercial 4G LTE service in South Korea.

Ericsson has demonstrated LTE Advanced to the Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (PTS).

Telenor Norway, has launched LTE site in Svalbard, an archipelago located at 78°13’N inside the Arctic Circle.

Slovenian mobile operator Mobitel has been making its technology investments for the last couple of years  and plans to implement the LTE and LTE Advanced technolo

Alaska Communications is building LTE network in Alaska.

Singapore’s telecom service provider, M1 has launched commercial LTE service.

According to a recent Informa Telecoms & Media report, there are now in excess of 2.3 million 3G femtocells globally compared to 1.6 million 3G macrocells.

LightSquared has proposed a solution to the problem of interference with Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers.

Samsung has been selected by Japan’s telecom operator KDDI to supply LTE solutions. KDDI plans to launch a commercial LTE service in 2012.

LightSquared Inc. has reached a 15-year deal with Sprint to share network expansion costs and equipment, and to provide high-speed wireless service to the phone company.

Telecommunications equipment and network solutions provider ZTE has launched of the CDMA/LTE dual-mode distributed NodeB system with four transmitters and four receiver

Verizon Wireless has turned on the LTE in 19 additional metropolitan areas today, as well as expanding the 4G LTE network in San Francisco and Detroit.

UK mobile operator O2 has opposed Ofcom’s spectrum plan for a 4G LTE spectrum auction.

According to ABI Research, LTE subscriptions are racing ahead of expectations and point to strong demand for fast wireless data connections.

Australian operator National Broadband Network (NBN) has selected Ericsson to build and operate  a 2.3GHz fixed-wireless broadband network based on LTE technology.

Telekom has launched commercial LTE network  in Cologne, Germany. It is Telekom’s first LTE network in a city.

Latvian  opertaor Latvian Mobile Telephone (LMT) has launched commercial LTE services.

Telefónica Germany plans to start LTE services from July 1, 2011. Operator is offering mobile broadband services under the name “O2 LTE at Home”.