GSA: 63 LTE User Devices Till Date
Manufacturers of user devices are responding positively to this trend and a robust support ecosystem for LTE is rapidly establishing.
Verizon Wireless Makes Voice Over LTE Call
Verizon Chief Technology Officer Tony Melone has confirmed that the company’s technologists placed a live, IMS-based VoLTE (Voice over LTE) call over its commercial net
MetroPCS Introduces Samsung Galaxy Indulge, LTE Android Smartphone
MetroPCS Communications has commercially launched LTE enabled Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Indulge.
Nokia Siemens Networks demos LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation on commercial equipment
Nokia Siemens Networks has demonstrated LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation on the company’s Flexi Multiradio Base Station.
Alcatel-Lucent’s lightRadio to radically shrink base stations and cell towers
Alcatel-Lucent has announced lightRadio, a new system to end the mobile industry’s reliance on masts and base stations.
DOCOMO experimenting with LTE-Advanced
NTT DOCOMO has been pre-licensed by the Kanto Bureau of Telecommunications of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications for field experiments of LTE-Advanced,
Vividwireless achieves 128Mbps in TD-LTE trial
Australia’s wireless broadband provider, vividwireless, has announced the results of TD-LTE Trial with Huawei .
NSN Single RAN to support LTE-Advanced
Nokia Siemens Networks is introducing Single RAN Advanced, an evolution of its Single RAN solution to support four radio technologies with the same equipment.
Wind Mobile Announces LTE Trial
Canadian wireless carrier WIND Mobile has announced successful 4G live trial and introduction of High Definition Voice Calling (HD Voice) to the North American marketpl
Ubiquisys and CTTC to develop open source LTE network simulator
Ubiquisys and the Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC) are working together to develop open source product-oriented LTE network simulator.
Optimus and Huawei Achieve 150 Mbps over LTE 2.6 GHz
Huawei has announced a successful trial of LTE with Optimus. The trial achieved downlink speeds of 150 Mbps per user, and uplink speed of 60 Mbps.
Qualcomm’s Chipset Powers NTT DOCOMO LTE Service
Qualcomm’s MDM9200 LTE/3G multi-mode chipset solution is being used by NTT DOCOMO for Japan’s first LTE service Xi.
O2 signs network upgrade deal with Nokia Siemens Networks
UK operator Telefónica O2 to has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to modernize its radio network, expanding capacity, coverage and performance.
Kingdom of Microwave Backhaul
I have always considered wireless backhaul to be evolving at a much slower pace than other wireless technologies, such as those targeting the access network.
Russia: LTE Progress Slow
LTE progress has slowed down in Russia and it appears that comercial LTE will be available only in 2014-2015.
LightSquared and Inmarsat Trigger Phase 2 of Re-Banding of L-Band Spectrum
Wholesale wireless broadband and satellite network provider, LightSquared has delivered notice to Inmarsat for the triggering of Phase 2 the Cooperation Agreement betw
The Coexistence of 4G Titans
Wireless has now evolved to a more common and overlapping set of technologies and markets such that former distinctions between wireless and wired, streams of standards
ZTE and ChinaTel Sign MoU
ZTE has formed a partnership with ChinaTel to promote the process of broadband access solutions and services worldwide.
Update: LTE in Latin America
Latin America is the quietest region in terms of LTE deployments and operator commitments.
4G Gains Momentum in China
China has become the largest consumer of mobile phones and, on a voice usage basis, the largest service market in the world.
FCC Picks LTE for Public Safety Networks
The Federal Communications Commission has adopted LTE for nationwide interoperable Public Safety Networks.
SK Telecom Picks Vendors to Build LTE Network
SK Telecom has selected Samsung Electronics, LG-Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks as key equipment suppliers for its 4G LTE network.
MetroPCS Launches LTE in Four New Markets
MetroPCS has expanded its LTE service into the Atlanta, Jacksonville, Miami and Orlando metropolitan areas.
T-Mobile USA explains 4G strategy
CEO Philipp Humm’s management team at T-Mobile USA intends to bring about a decisive improvement in the company’s operations and gain market share with its challenger s
UAE’s Du to select vendor for LTE network
UAE’s telecommunications operator du is in the process of choosing the provider of its next-generation LTE network by the end of the first quarter, says the head
DOCOMO, China Mobile and KT Team Up
NTT DOCOMO has established a broad-based business tie-up with China’s largest mobile operator, China Mobile Communication Corporation, and leading South Korean telecom
NEC and WRI to jointly develope TD-LTE, FD-LTE systems
NEC has teamed with Chinese vendor Wuhan Research Institute of Post and Telecommunications (WRI) to collaborate in the development, manufacturing, sales and field suppo
Huawei Completes Circuit Switched Fallback Voice Call
Huawei has successfully completed a circuit switched (CS) fallback voice call with a third-party handset provider.
SK Telecom to Launch LTE in Q3 2010
SK Telecom has unveiled strategic directions for 2011 as the company gears up for stronger growth, both in the Korean and international markets.