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AT&T seeks more spectrum, protection from new neutrality regulations

AT&T wants more spectrum for Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) to meet increasing data traffic demand  according to a blog by Joan Marsh, AT&T Vice President of Federal Regulatory

Sprint’s Samsung Epic 4G Debuting on Aug. 31

Wait is finally over, Sprint has announced availability of Samsung Epic(TM) 4G, a WiMAX capable phone with a full QWERTY keyboard and Super AMOLED touchscreen.

India may put 3G on hold over security concerns

Concerned over the security issues, India’s home ministry has asked the department of telecommunication (DoT) to direct service providers to put all 3G services on hold till an effective system…

Verizon LTE Roadmap: 75% US Coverage by April 2012‎

BGR keeps getting Verizon Wireless’ plans, now it has got its hand on Verizon Wireless’ 2010/2011 plans. 

iPhone on Verizon: rumor again

We have heard so many rumors of iPhone launch on Verizon that we have stopped believing it.

LCS Architecture for LTE EPS

3GPP considered 5 architecture alternatives for LCS during study and selected the one explained further according to 3GPP Release 9.

Clearwire offers WiFi iSpot

Clearwire has introduced a new WiFi hotspot for Apple devices to provide 4G network speeds via WiFi connectivity.

Verizon’s LTE roadmap details out

Intomobile reports that this year Atlanta and Athens, GA will go live with Verizon’s LTE network along with Dallas, Denton, Fort Worth and Weatherford, TX.

FCC approves Samsung SCH-r900 4G LTE Phone

Samsung SCH-r900 with LTE capabilities in 1700 / 1900 radio bands has been approved by FCC. The phone will be launched by MetroPCS.

Verizon’s USB LTE Data Modem pictures leaked

Earlier this month FCC had approved a new LTE USB modem from LG. Now BGR has released images of this modem.

LAN Party games driven by LTE

Alcatel-Lucent claims to host first LTE & LAN Party at their campus in Stuttgart, Germany, on July 17th and 18th.

Rumor: 4G BlackBerry ‘Triton’ in December

An analyst at Frost & Sullivan has claimed that Research In Motion (RIM) is working on 4G BlackBerry ‘Triton’  and it will be launched in December

T-Mobile HSPA+ upgrades going on, LTE on horizon

T-Mobile, USA is offering HSPA+ services in almost 50 major metropolitan areas now (claiming 4G speeds) and its first HSPA+ smartphone is planned for this summer (rumored Android device from…

Nokia Siemens Networks LightSquared

This week clearly belongs to Nokia Siemens Networks. After remaining in less limelight than its competitors on LTE trials, NSN has come back strongly.

Verizon’s LTE rollout soon

Verizon’s 4G-capable SIM card has been spotted recently in wild.

Is TD-LTE ready for commercialization?

While TD-LTE seems to have taken lead over WiMAX, still industry perception is that WiMAX is a much more mature technology than TD-LTE.

picoChip sees commercial LTE femtocells by 2011

picoChip is ready to conduct trials with several carriers this year and expects to see commercial LTE femtocell products in 2011.

Nokia Siemens in talks to buy Motorola’s network unit‎

Nokia Siemens Networks is in talks to buy Motorola’s network equipment business, The Wall Street Journal reports.

UK 4G spectrum auction likely next year

UK’s 4G spectrum might be up for auction mid next year according to Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).

Sprint considering LTE, might merge with T-Mobile

Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse has said that the company is considering a technology switch to LTE according to Financial Times.

Sprint faces shortage of HTC EVO 4G

While Sprint is increasing its WiMAX coverage in USA markets it appears that it has challenges to keep up with the sales of its first 4G HTC EVO handset.

VoLGA adds 3G, new LTE features

The VoLGA Forum has announced a set of new features for delivering mobile voice and SMS services over LTE. New features included are:

Ericsson: 5 Billion Mobile Subscriptions Worldwide

Mobile world has reached another milestone with Internet becoming increasingly mobile.

Operators getting ready to embrace LTE in second half of year

The transition to 4G LTE started in 2009 with TeliaSonera’s launch in December.

Fujitsu working on first Android phone

Fujitsu is working on a Android based smartphone according to a Japanese portal sankeibiz.  According to report Fujitsu plans to release the Android powered smartphone in 2011.

Telefonica to launch femtocell services

Telefonica will launch a new service called ‘Mi Cobertura Movil’ (‘My Mobile Coverage’) to expand coverage in households with a device similar to a femtocells.  This service would cost 9…

Alvarion to offer TD-LTE support

Alvarion one of the global leader in the WiMax market, with most extensive customer base with hundreds of commercial WiMAX deployments, has stated that it will add support for TD-Long…

SoftBank shows the right femtocell move

By giving away free femtocell access point, SoftBank has enhanced femtocell business prospects tremendously.

Verizon Wireless to launch LTE on November 15th

Another interesting story from BoyGeniusReport, BGR reports that Verizon Wireless will begin rolling out its LTE network starting on November 15th this year. 

BlackBerry Storm 3 to Support LTE?

For LTE, Rumors do not seems to die, Initially it has been about iPhone & Android but now BlackBerry Storm 3 has got every ones attention.