Russian operator Scartel (Yota) is planning to launch the first LTE base station, in Moscow and St. Petersburg in 2011, said company CEO Denis Sverdlov. 

The six CDMA-450 mobile operators, Sky Link (Russia), TRIATEL (Latvia), DIALLOG (Belarus), Ufon (Czech Republic), G-Mobile (Mongolia), Telemobil SA (Romania) and the group CDG SIG450 (The CDMA Deve

Vodafone Germany has launched LTE services in the Heiligendamm,a German seaside resort.

HTC plans to release an LTE phone next year, according to the company’s CEO Peter Chou.

At an investor conference in New York, Verizon’s CEO Ivan Seidenberg said that Verizon’s new data plans would be different from AT&T’s plans, but he didn’t provide details.

TeliaSonera has launched commercial LTE network  in Lund, Sweden which became the fifth city with 4G coverage. LTE is already available in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Visby.

LTE enabled netbooks and tablets will be used by as many as 20%, or 1 in 5, LTE subscribers by 2015, says a Juniper Research report.

The Austrian regulatory authority TKK has completed the auction of LTE frequencies in the 2.6 GHz band, raising EUR 39.5.

MetroPCS has introduced first commercially available 4G LTE enabled handset, the Samsung Craft with it’s commercial LTE launch in Las Vegas.

MetroPCS has become first mobile operator to launch commercial LTE services in the United States.

ZTE has announced an LTE trial agreement with Indonesian mobile operator PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel).

Russian operators MegaFon and Rostelecom have successfully tested LTE network in Sochi.

Clear Mobitel has been granted a license by Ofcom to operate LTE mobile broadband services in Jersey.

South Korea based service provider SK Telecom is reportedly in talks with Harbinger Capital Partners to invest about a US$100 million  in LightSquared.

Several years ago backhaul was considered just an ancillary part of mobile base stations and did not get much attention from the industry.

AT&T plans to launch its LTE network around the middle of next year and will cover some 70-75 million people by the end of 2011. 

Ukraine’s Mobile WiMAX service operator Intellecom and Samsung Electronics have entered into a contract for Samsung to supply Mobile WiMAX solutions for the expansion of Intellecom’s 4G mobile inte

Verizon has once again confirmed the plans to launch LTE in 30 cities however they have not released city names yet.

The use of laptops and smartphones on mobile networks is a key driver for traffic growth.

The Malaysian Government is expected to auction nine blocks of LTE spectrum to nine wireless operators soon, says a report.

Agilent and Innofidei have announced joint development to complete the requirements for a TD-LTE data dongle RF test.

Following up on last week’s article about the slate of activity that will take place around the launch of LTE before the end of 2010, a fresh barrage of news…

Nokia Siemens Networks has won a five-year deal from The Telekom Austria Group (TAG) to deploy high-quality mobile broadband services and network performance systems. 

Denmark’s National IT and Telecom Agency (Telestyrelsen) has anounced the dates for holding the auction of spectrum in 900 MHz and 1800 MHz frequency bands.

Mobile operators in China and India could put out bids for building of 4G trial networks as early as year-end, says Alcatel-Lucent.

Malaysia’s  mobile operator Celcom Axiata Bhd is conducting LTE trials with Huawei and Ericsson reports Malaysia Star.

WiMAX’s growth has not been as early or as strong as many would have hoped several years ago says ABI Research in an new report.

The two Polish mobile operators PTK Centertel (Orange) and P4 (Play)  has been allowed by the regulator to create a joint venture for wholesale business providing access to broadband

Telefonica O2 Germany has put its first LTE pilot network into operation in Munich.

Yota (Scartel) has disabled the first LTE network in Russia LTE, 3 days after it’s launch in Kazan.