Sprint has introduced the second 4G WiMAX capable handset, Samsung Epic 4G, a Galaxy S smartphone and Samsung Mobile’s first 4G Android-powered device.

The Indian government will immediately provide broadband spectrum to the six companies that won licences in the recently concluded BWA auctions.

GSMA recently hosted joint Latin America and North America Conference in Miami, USA. Key activities included a 3GPP Seminar aimed at the Latin American Operator community

Sprint has launched a 3G/4G USB 250U mobile broadband modem from Sierra Wireless.

While India’s Telecom Industry was recently in news due to recent 3G & BWA auctions and expected TD-LTE deployments from winners Qualcomm & RIL (Infotel), another giant step by TELECOM…

TeliaSonera has extensive LTE coverage planned throughout the year. A total of 25 locations in Sweden  to be expanded with 4G over the year.

This Qualcomm webinar was presented last month, it examines LTE Advanced and provides a high-level view into how it helps operators make the next performance leap. 

The main targets for 3GPP LTE evolution are increased data rates, improved spectrum efficiency, improved coverage, reduced latency and packet-optimized system that support multiple Radio Access Tec

UE class determines the speed at which data can be transferred in uplink and downlink directions. For GPRS & UMTS, most of us already are aware of it.

As of now 80 operators have made firm commitments to deploy LTE networks in 33 countries according to a recent GSA report.

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs today unveiled the “iPhone 4,” at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco. 

LteMaps has been updated with recent LTE deployments & commitments. Up to 22 LTE networks are expected to be in service by end of 2010. 

It has been a long wait for another commercial LTE launch after last year’s TeliaSonera launch.

3GPP has already started work on Release 11. See objectives of features & study items from 3GPP Work Items below.

As Sprint launches America’s first 4G phone today (see my prvious blog What to expect from Sprint HTC Evo 4G?

In an interview with Beet.TV, John Johnson, a Verizon Wireless spokesperson, said that Verizon has no plans on supporting Apple devices in the near future. 

Yesterday I read an interesting article on Massive MIMO. The next generation network beyond 4G could be built with big arrays of tiny antennas, according to Bell Labs scientist Tom…

Only few days to go, HTC EVOTM 4G is set to debut on June 4, packed with features including video chat, simultaneous voice and data and HD video capture.

At a Barclays Capital conference this week, Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam said, he hopes to move away from unlimited plans altogether for the company’s LTE network, instead charging for…

Operators are getting ready for LTE deployments in second half of 2010. However data only deployment is initially expected, followed by voice later.

T-Mobile USA recently announced continued expansion and availability of its HSPA+ super-fast mobile broadband network that delivers 4G speeds in the Northeastern U.S.

Last week KDDI announced that their “au Femtocell” service will be commercially available to customers of KDDI’s au Hikari fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) service in the Tokyo met

Russian telecommunications experts have discussed the Regions’ needs with 3GPP Chairmen and leading officials in a In a pre-conference seminar, reports 3GPP.

picoChip designs has been named “Best Enabling Product/Technology for LTE” in the Informa LTE Awards. LTE awards had been annouced at LTE World Summit.

Sprint is sending out request for proposal that evaluates LTE for its next-generation network, according to a Light Reading article.

Germany’s mobile spectrum auction ended today netting a total of EUR4.38 billion. This amount is considerably less than analysts had expected.

After 183 rounds of bidding in 34 days, the 3G spectrum auction raised approximately Rs 67,719 crore (US$15 billion) in commitments from the carriers.

Speaking at the LTE World Summit in Amsterdam Ken Wirth, president LTE and 4G networks at Alcatel-Lucent, warned that Services and applications need to be launched in conjunction with LTE…

Earlier we had discussed about WiMAX & LTE. See earlier blog WiMAX or LTE : which one is better? for more.

The DoT said that the 3G auctions ended on Wednesday but the names of the winners have not been announced yet.