India: TRAI Releases Consultation Paper on IMT-Advanced
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a consultation paper on IMT- Advanced Mobile Wireless Broadband Services.
Is Apple Testing LTE iPhone?
since last week one after another web pages are being filled with expectation that next iPhone will support LTE.
LTE spectrum regionally fragmented
LTE spectrum has become regionally fragmented, says Informa Telecoms & Media.
LTE maintains momentum, becomes fastest growing mobile technology
Since first commercial deployment in December 2009 and slow progress in first half of 2010, 4G LTE has become fastest growing mobile technology.
NEC, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, NSN and Vodafone win at femtocell awards
The Femto Forum has announced the winners of the Femto Forum Femtocell Industry Awards 2011.
Rogers to Launch LTE Network in Ottawa This Summer
Canadian operator Rogers will launch the LTE network in Ottawa this summer.
Ofcom working on reducing interference between LTE & digital TV
UK regulator Ofcom has set out proposals to ensure that LTE does not interfere with digital TV.
3GPP technologies drive wireless growth in Americas
3GPP based technologies are driving wireless growth in Americas. 91.1 million new subscriptions were added in the region during 12 months ending March 2011.
Verizon Wireless introduces LG Revolution LTE smartphone
Verizon Wireless has launched LG Revolution™ LTE smartphone today. LG Revolution is Android™ smartphone preloaded with the Neflix application and features 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen.
T-Mobile offering 42 Mbps HSPA+ now
T-Mobile USA has doubled it’s HSPA+ network speed to achieve theoretical peak download speeds of up to 42Mbps.
India: 160 MHz of spectrum for BWA services in 2012
The government of India is planning to make 160 MHz of spectrum available next year for telecom operators for deploying broadband wireless access (BWA) services across
GSA: 208 operators in 80 countries investing in LTE
GSA has confirmed that 208 operators are now investing in FDD/TDD LTE, which is 98 operators more than in June 2010.
Taiwan’s Global Mobile to replace Wimax with LTE
Taiwan’s WiMAX operator Global Mobile is planning to switch over to LTE technology from WiMAX.
Huawei & ZTE sue each other over LTE patents
First Huawei filed lawsuits in Germany, France, and Hungary against ZTE for patent and trade mark infringement on the basis that ZTE is infringing a series of Huawei’s
Verizon Wireless adds 500K LTE subscribers in Q1
Verizon Wireless has announced first quarter numbers of LTE subscribers. According to Verizon, it added 500,000subscribers for its 4G LTE network.
Achieving Capital and Spectral Efficiency Beyond 4G Standards
The industry has come a long way towards developing the new platform for ICT communications:
17.25 million BWA/WiMAX and 320 thousand LTE subscribers reached in Q1 2011
3.7 million new BWA/WiMAX subscribers were added in Q4 2010, and 5.5 million will be added throughout 2011, according to the 14th issue of the 4GCounts Quarterly Report
Big Money in Small Cells, or The Future Hangs by a Strand
The recent CTIA exposition in Orlando demonstrated the industry-wide agreement that the only solution to the evolving wireless broadband capacity crunch is a heterogeno
O2 explains LTE Trial
Telefónica O2 is currently trialing LTE in Slough, UK. O2 has deployed six 4G mobile cell towers and are capable of handling the same volume of traffic as O2’s entire…
LTE Summit 2011 in India
3G has been already rolled out in the India successfully and Operators are now looking ahead to provide full fledge mobile broadband services to their customers.
Russia: Uni-LTEd We Stand… For Now
As predicted in 4G Digest’s January 12th edition, 2011 is going to be an important year for LTE in Russia.
First Large-scale 4G Commercial Deployment in Canada
Barrett Xplore has become the first operator in Canada to commercially launch a large-scale WiMAX/4G network.
The Digital Dividend Situation in Sweden in Contrast with the Rest of Europe
The Swedish telecoms regulator, PTS (Swedish Post and Telecom Agency) held a new auction on February 28th to assign licenses in the 800 MHz spectrum band.
Impressions from the WiMAX Network Deployment Workshop in New Delhi-India
Over the week of February 21st I had the opportunity to attend the WiMAX Network Deployment Workshop in New Delhi-India, hosted by the WiMAX Forum and BSNL.
LG Revolution at FCC, ready for Verizon
LG’s upcoming LTE Android phone for Verizon, LG Revolution, has reached to the FCC. According to details available at FCC, LG-VS910 supports both CDMA & LTE at air tnterface.
Sprint and T-Mobile in merger talk?
Sprint and T-Mobile are in merger talk according to a report from Bloomberg.
Sprint LTE network by 2013?
According to a Sprint executive, company is considering to launch nationwide LTE network.
Nokia’s Dilemma: Why Android and Apple are Decisive
Recent news has, as often is the case, interjected itself into our research and analysis: Nokia and Microsoft’s announced partnership changes the trajectory for both co
Impressions from MWC
The MWC was a huge success this year with both attendance and the overall vibe way up.