What is the definition of 4G?

Australian wireless broadband provider, vividwireless, has announced  trial of TD-LTE which can deliver peak speeds of more than 100Mbps.

MetroPCS launched LTE services in Las Vegas in September this year and became first USA operator to offer commercial LTE services.

Switzerland’s Federal Communications Commission (ComCom) has announced plans to award the new frequencies before mid 2011.

There was a time when each mobile carrier had full control over its delivery chain, integrating service provision, content provision and user device distribution.

Hong Kong mobile operator CSL in partnership with ZTE has launched the comercial LTE/DC-HSPA+ network, ZTE said on Thursday.

Telia has launched LTE network in Växjö, Sweden.

Even without the introduction of new fourth-generation wireless technologies, the mobile device market is experiencing a fundamental shift.

EnergyAustralia has signed an agreement with Ericsson as part of the energy company’s smart grid rollout to use LTE for its 4G communications network.

Verizon Wireless has released a commercial on its planned 4G LTE service launch beginning in December 2010.

Australian operator Telstra and Ericsson have announced the successful test of a high quality video link between Sydney and Melbourne using LTE.

TeliaSonera and Ericsson have announced testing of  Self-Organizing Network (SON) functionality in a live LTE network.

Poland’s mobile broadband operator Aero2 has awarded Huawei a frame contract to deploy commercial LTE TDD network for Aero2.

ZTE has demonstrated successful IMS based Voice over LTE (VoLTE) calls on CSL’s LTE network and its existing mobile networks at Mobile Asia Congress 2010 (MAC 2010).

Cellular South has picked Samsung to build a LTE network and plans to launch in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Huawei expects to double the 4G commercial networks it is building in 2011.

According to a GSMA research the number of LTE connections in Asia Pacific will exceed 120 million by 2015.

Despite the limited size of its market, Taiwan remains a key player in the telecommunications industry.

Tele2 and Telenor have launched joint commercial LTE network in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Karlskrona.

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Clearwire reported its Q3 2010 financial earnings last week, and they surpassed our expectations.

TeliaSonera has announced commercial LTE  services later this year. The first phase will be launched in Turku and the first expansion in Helsinki.

Last Thursday I had the opportunity to attend an M2M event organized by Orange in Castelldefels’ Mediterranean Technology Park (Barcelona, Spain).

NEC plans to participate in KDDI LTE field trials, which is scheduled for commercial operation from 2012.

U.S. Cellular plans to conduct LTE trial in the first quarter of 2010.

ST-Ericsson and Nokia are developing TD-LTE demonstration devices for China Mobile.

Worldwide service revenues generated by LTE mobile networks are forecast to grow quickly once networks are launched, reaching $100 billion by 2014, says a a new report

Denmark’s mobile operator TDC has chosen Ericsson to supply and manage the LTE network.

NTT DOCOMO plans to launch of Xi™ (read “Crossy”), LTE Service on December 24, 2010 in Japan.

Verizon Wireless and Alcatel-Lucent have entered in a four-year agreement expected to be worth US$4 billion for Alcatel-Lucent wireless network architecture and services to support Verizon Wireless