Irish Regulator ComReg Announces 4G Spectrum Auction Results
Irish telecom regulator ComReg has announced the results of its multi-band spectrum auction. This auction awarded spectrum rights in the former GSM-only bands (900 MHz and 1800 MHz) and in…
NTT DOCOMO Announces Small Cell Base Station for 3G and LTE
NTT DOCOMO has developed a dual-mode small-cell base station, or femtocell, supporting 3G (W-CDMA) and LTE simultaneously. The dual-mode femtocell will be commercially launched from December and offers for improved…
Telcel Launches Commercial LTE Network in Mexico
Telcel, a subsidiary of Latin American wireless services provider America Movil has launched commercial LTE network in Mexico. Starting last week, Telcel LTE network has coverage in 30 areas of…
Leap Wireless Introduces LTE Service in Additional Cities
Leap Wireless has launched “Cricket No Contract 4G LTE” service in Philadelphia and Phoenix, and in Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Laredo, Corpus Christi and Brownsville-McAllen-Harlingen, Texas.
Smile Selects Alcatel-Lucent to Expand LTE in Tanzania, Uganda
African wireless service provider Smile has signed Alcatel-Lucent to introduce 4G mobile broadband services to several more sites in Tanzania, and Uganda, extending the agreement signed earlier this year between…
AT&T Brings LTE Coverage to Eight New Markets
AT&T has turned on its 4G LTE network in eight new markets, with this expansion AT&T LTE is now live in 88 markets covering more than 135 million people. The…
Moldcell Opens LTE Network for Tests
Moldova’s mobile service provider, Moldcell has launched a 4G testing area at Moldcell cafe, located in capital, within a few days after obtaining its 4G license. Operator is inviting all…
Sprint to Offer LTE in Nine Additional Cities in Coming Months
Sprint has announced that its 4G LTE network build is progressing in nine additional cities within its nationwide 3G footprint. Operator has already begun work on the 4G LTE Network…
Moldova’s Regulator Issues 4G Licenses to Moldcell and Orange Moldova
Moldova ‘s National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information technology (ANRCETI) has issued two licenses for the use of radio 2500-2690 MHz frequencies/channels to Moldcell and Orange Moldova for…
Ofcom Announces LTE Spectrum Auction Plan
UK regulator, Ofcom has announced a timetable for the 4G LTE mobile spectrum auction. This new spectrum will almost double the amount of bandwidth currently available to 3G networks. Ofcom…
Verizon Wireless to Complete LTE Rollout by Mid-2013
Verizon Wireless is aiming to complete its 4G LTE network rollout by mid-2013, announced Fran Shammo, Verizon’s EVP & CFO, at Wells Fargo Technology Media & Telecom Conference last week.…
TeliaSonera Expands LTE Network to 50 cities in Finland
TeliaSonera’s LTE network now operates in nearly 50 cities in Finland. During the fall, operator introduced LTE in Kajaani, Kokkola, Kotka, Lappeenranta, Naantali, Rauma, Salo and Savonlinna.
AT&T to Invest $14B in Wireless and Wireline Broadband Networks
AT&T plans to invest $14 billion over the next three years to expand and enhance its wireless and wireline IP broadband networks to support growing customer demand for high-speed Internet…
Sprint to Acquire Spectrum, Customers in Midwest from U.S. Cellular
Sprint has agreed to acquire PCS spectrum and customers from U.S. Cellular for $480 million. The deal includes parts of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri and Ohio including the Chicago and…
3 Italia Launches 4G LTE Services
3 Italia has launched LTE network in the village of Acuto, in the province of Frosinone. Operator plans to activate LTE service nationwide, beginning from Rome and Milan in the…
European Commission Adds More Radio Spectrum for 4G
The European Commission announced addition of 120 MHz to the radio spectrum portfolio for LTE technology, around the 2 GHz band. Currently this band is used for 3G UMTS networks.…
Belgacom Launches LTE in 8 Cities in Belgium
Belgium’s operator, Belgacom has launched commercial LTE services in eight cities in the country. The eight cities are Hasselt, Antwerp, Ghent, Leuven, Liège, Namur, Mons, Waver and the Haasrode Industrial…
Vodafone Starts LTE Network Trial in Romania
Vodafone Romania has launched LTE network in Romania and announced that its customers, in major cities, can test LTE services free at speeds up to 75 Mbps until the commercial…
MetroPCS to Deploy Rich Communication Services
MetroPCS Communications has announced commercial launch of Rich Communication Services (RCS) on its 4G LTE network. MetroPCS will offer its RCS services under the GSMA-licensed joyn brand. RCS services is…
U.S. Cellular to Offer LTE Services in 30 New Markets
U.S. Cellular is launching a 4G LTE network in over 30 new markets on Monday, November 5th. The November rollout expands operator’s LTE footprint in select cities in Iowa, Wisconsin,…
Optus Launches LTE Service in Gold Coast and Brisbane
Optus has switched on its first 4G LTE sites for customers in Gold Coast and in the Brisbane CBD. Operator has enabled 4G services at four sites in Surfers Paradise,…
SOFTBANK Makes Commercial CSFB Voice Call with Huawei LTE TDD Smartphone
Huawei has announced that it enabled circuit switch fall back (CSFB) voice call between a LTE TDD compatible network and a UMTS network. This CSFB voice call was made through…
EE Launches Commercial LTE Service in UK
UK’s communications company, EE has launched commercial LTE services in 11 cities. EE runs the Orange and T-Mobile brands in the UK. In its first phase, the 4G service is…
Alcatel-Lucent To Supply LTE solution to Telesis Tanzania for LTE Launch
Alcatel-Lucent has announced that company will provide Telesis Tanzania with its comprehensive 4G LTE mobile broadband solution. Established in 2011, Telesis operates as a Mobile Virtual Network Aggregator (MVNA), supporting…
Clearwire to Put 2,000 LTE Sites on Air by End of June 2013
U.S. broadband service provider, Clearwire has revised its LTE deployment plan. Company now plans to have 2,000 LTE sites on air by the end of June 2013 and expects to…
China Mobile Picks Nokia Siemens Networks for Multi-city, TD-LTE Deployment
Nokia Siemens Networks has announced that China Mobile has selected the company for the deployment of TD-LTE in three cities by the end of 2012. The deployment is part of…
Alcatel-Lucent Expands Mobile Backhaul Portfolio
Alcatel-Lucent has announced expansion of its mobile backhaul portfolio to address the challenges associated with delivering mobile broadband services in crowded, urban environments. According to company, mobile backhaul enhancements support…
Apple Unveils LTE Capable iPad mini
Apple today unveiled new iPad mini along with fourth generation iPad. The new iPad mini also has built-in support for LTE and GSM/UMTS wireless standards including HSPA, HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA.…
EE Announces Pricing Plans for LTE Launch on 30th October
UK’s communications company EE has unveiled the pricing and plans for its new Fibre Broadband and LTE services. Operator will launch LTE on Tuesday October 30th. EE will also launch…
Sprint Extends LTE Service to More Markets
Sprint’s LTE network is now available in 32 metropolitan areas with new markets announced today. Operator has started offering LTE services in Hutchinson and McPherson, Kan.; New Bedford/Fall River, Mass.;…
