ABI Research: LTE Traffic to Grow by Over 200% in 2013
Global LTE traffic will grow by over 200% in 2013, says ABI Research. Overall mobile data traffic had increased by 69% year-on-year in 2012. LTE has growth rate of 207%…
Ericsson Announces Preliminary Market Share Data for 2012
Ericsson has announced today that it maintained share of global installed base of radio base stations at 40%, and the claims top position in both mobile equipment market as well…
Indian BWA Winners Allowed to Offer Voice Over LTE
Indian broadband wireless access (BWA) winners can offer voice over LTE network now. According to a NDTV report, 4G operators can provide voice services along with high-speed Internet if they…
GSA: 400 New LTE User Devices Announced in 2012
In a recent report GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) confirmed that 87 manufacturers have announced 666 LTE-enabled user devices, including frequency and carrier variants. Approximately 400 new LTE user devices…
RIM Changes Name to BlackBerry, Re-invents and Re-designs with BlackBerry 10
Research In Motion has changed its name and will now operate under the iconic name BlackBerry. Company also launched much awaited BlackBerry 10, the re-designed, re-engineered, and re-invented BlackBerry platform.
Apple Adds LTE Support For 36 Additional iPhone Carriers with iOS 6.1
Apple has announced iOS 6.1, adding LTE capabilities to 36 additional iPhone carriers and 23 additional iPad carriers worldwide. OS 6.1 is available as a free software update today. iOS…
LTE- Advanced: It’s Closer Than You Think
As the UK and Europe commits to 4G (LTE) technology, its successor LTE-A (LTE-Advanced) is already waiting in the wings to deliver the equivalent of a fixed-line broadband experience to…
LTE Subscribers to Exceed 100 Million Globally in 2013
LTE subscribers are projected to surpass the 100-million mark this year and will reach 198.1 million in 2013, up 115% from 92.3 million last year, according to an IHS iSuppli…
500K Outdoor Small Cells to be Deployed in 2013
ABI Research has forecasted that outdoor small cells will reach 500,000 units in 2013 in its latest report on outdoor small cells and carrier Wi-Fi Market Data. 1W and below…
GSA: 145 LTE Networks in Commercial Service
GSA has confirmed that 145 operators have launched commercial services in 66 countries so far. GSA further reports that 104 new operators have committed to invest in LTE network deployments…
CES 2013: ZTE Announces 5.0 FHD Quad-core Smartphone Grand S
ZTE has announced the world debut of the ZTE Grand S – 5.0 FHD LTE at 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). As the flagship handset in ZTE’s high-end Grand Series…
ABI Research: 103M LTE Mobile Devices, 2M Femtocell Units Shipped in 2012
According to a new ABI Research finding, an estimated 103 Million 4G LTE mobile devices were shipped in 2012. Apple’s iPhone 5 and Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones provided LTE-enabled handset shipments…
Smartphone Users By The Number
As global LTE smartphone shipments are expected to grow threefold to reach 275 million units in 2013, other 3GPP technologies are also driving many fold increase in smartphone numbers in coming years.
Evolution of Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC)
Along with LTE introduction, 3GPP also standardized Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC) in Release 8 specifications to provide seamless continuity when an UE handovers from LTE coverage (E-UTRAN) to…
LTE Smartphone Shipments to Grow Threefold Globally in 2013
Global LTE smartphone shipments will grow threefold to reach 275 million units in 2013, reports Strategy Analytics. 90.9 million units are expected to be shipped in 2012. Company forecasts that…
TeliaSonera Celebrates Three Years of 4G LTE in Sweden
TeliaSonera’s 4G network is now three year old. Operator launched first commercial 4G LTE in Stockholm and Oslo on 14 December 2009. Since 2009, TeliaSonera has expanded its network across…
North America Adds 19M LTE Subscriptions in 12 Months
LTE subscriptions in North America has soared to 22.3 million, a increase of almost 19 million in 12 months at the end of the 3Q 2012. This represents 51 percent…
Report: 98% of Mobile Operators See Small Cells Essential for Networks
According to a latest small-cell market status report by Informa Telecoms & Media, 98% of mobile operator respondents believe small cells are essential for the future of their networks. Results…
Telsyte: LTE to Make Half of Mobile Services in Australia by 2016
Nearly half of all mobile connections in Australia will belong to 4G LTE by mid-2016, reports Telsyte, an Australian independent emerging technology analyst firm. Telsyte estimates 46 per cent of…
Ericsson: LTE to Account for 10% of All Mobile Subscriptions in Latin America By 2018
According to the new Ericsson Mobility Report, LTE will account for some 10 percent (approximately 90 million) of all mobile subscriptions in Latin America by 2018. Company says that 14…
Introduction of Relay Nodes in LTE-Advanced
For efficient heterogeneous network planning, 3GPP LTE-Advanced has introduced concept of Relay Nodes (RNs). The Relay Nodes are low power eNodeBs that provide enhanced coverage and capacity at cell edges. …
Latest Status & Update of LTE Advanced
Originally, when the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) determined what was considered 4G, LTE, WiMAX, and HSPA+ did not make the cut. However, operators began using ‘4G’ term for LTE WiMAX…
GSA: 113 Commercial LTE Networks Worldwide
According to latest GSA report, 113 operators have launched commercial LTE networks in 51 countries. Number of operators, investing in LTE, has gone up by 45% in a year to…
Smarter Infrastructure Needed to Handle Exploding Data Traffic
Mobile operators across the globe are being squeezed by decreasing revenues per user, and a seemingly insatiable demand by users for more data. To efficiently manage the rapidly growing increase…
GSA: Over 50 Mobile Networks with HD Voice Service
GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) has confirmed that 51 mobile networks in 38 countries have launched HD voice services. 127 phones supporting HD Voice (W-AMR) have been announced so far…
Evolution to LTE in EMEA will require Sophisticated Diameter Signalling
Trends in Europe, Middle East and Africa all point in the same direction, as operators know that brand innovation relies on the speed at which they adopt LTE. Concurrent to…
iPad 4 and iPad mini with Global LTE Support Launched
Apple has unveiled fourth generation iPad and new iPad mini with support of additional LTE bands for markets across the world. The new iPad mini features the same number of…
Paul Beaver, Anite: Robust High Quality VoLTE Service to Drive LTE
In an Interview with LteWorld, Paul Beaver, Director of Products at Anite, a global leader in wireless device testing technology, explained importance and challenges for VoLTE (Voice over LTE) technology.…
GSA: 105 Commercial LTE Networks Worldwide
Latest report from GSA puts number of commercial LTE networks to 105 in 48 countries around the globe. 58 operators have launched commercial LTE services since beginning of year. In…
ABI Research: LTE Subscriber Numbers Surpassed WiMAX in 2Q12
LTE subscriber totals have surpassed WiMAX in 2Q12, reports ABI Research. Report also predicts that LTE handsets will surpass 80-percent of device shipments during 2016.
