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Clearwire brings WiMAX to new markets

Clearwire has announced the availability of 4G WiMAX services Richmond, Virginia. Clearwire also launched 4G services in St. Louis, Mo. and Salt Lake City, the Wasatch Front, Utah.

Shaw Selects Nokia Siemens Networks to provide 3G/LTE Network

Canadian cable operator Shaw Communications has selected Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) to provide the radio access network and core equipment for Shaw’s next generation wireless network. 

NEC launches backhaul solution for HSPA+ and LTE

NEC has launched  a ultra-high capacity backhaul solution “ePASOLINK”.

GSMA Seeks More Spectrum Allocations in India

Recently awarded 3G and Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) licences in India will help accelerate the much-needed deployment of Mobile Broadband networks and services across the country, however addit

TeliaSonera opens LTE network in Malmo & Gothenburg

Earlier this week TeliaSonera opened LTE network in Malmo & Gothenburg, Sweden.

Malaysian Operator Maxis Conducts LTE Trial

Malaysian mobile communications service provider Maxis Berhad has successfuly conducted the 4G LTE trial and has demonstrated dowload speeds of up to 104 Mbps.

Worldmax decides to close down Amsterdam WiMAX network

WiMAX Service Provider Worldmax has now decided to close down its network per August 1st 2010. Worldmax had deployed a  Metropolitan WiMAX 16e network in 2009 under th

Ericsson shows off LTE Voice & 100 Mbps data call

Ericsson has demonstrated LTE with a speed of 100 Mbps alongwith Voice over LTE (VoLTE) call  at their local offices in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Femto Forum announces Femtocell Industry Awards winners

The Femto Forum has announced the winners of the Femto Forum Femtocell Industry Awards 2010. The awards recognize outstanding achievement within, and contributions to, the femtocell industry.

Australia to auction LTE spectrum in second half of 2012

Australian Government has decided to release 126 Megahertz of broadcasting spectrum as a digital dividend.This spectrum will become available as a result of the switch to digital-only television br

Poland’s LTE tender by end of 2010

Polish telecom regulator Office of Electronic Communications (UKE), intends to launch a tender for LTE radio spectrums this year. 

Qualcomm Sampling Femtocell Chipsets

Qualcomm has started sampling its Femtocell Station Modem FSM9xxx-series chipsets.

Femto Forum announces interoperability testing event

Femto Forum has announced its second plugfest interoperability testing event which will focus on the Broadband Forum’s femtocell management standard. 

ZTE LTE Trial For Etisalat Complete

ZTE and UAE-based operator Etisalat have completed LTE Trials. The project was conducted in the Etisalat headquarters in Abu Dhabi’s according to c114.net.

TeliaSonera gearing up for LTE launch in Gothenburg, Sweden

TeliaSonera is preparing for commercial launch of 4G/LTE in Gothenburg, Sweden’s second largest city soon.

Alcatel-Lucent demonstrates LTE Connected Car at G-8/G-20 Summits’ International Media Center

Alcatel-Lucent is demonstrating the LTE Connected Car concept in the ‘Experience Canada’ pavilion at the International Media Center for the G-8 and G-20 Summits during June 23 – 25, 2010. 

NTT DOCOMO plans LTE femtocell launch in 2011

NTT DoCoMo plans to launch commercial LTE femtocells between 2011 and 2012.

AT&T, Verizon join Wireless Broadband Alliance

AT&T and Verizon have joined Wireless Broadband Alliance (“WBA”), a group dedicated to global Wireless Broadband roaming for public Wi-Fi networks.

ip.access & Kineto Wireless complete femtocell IOT

ip.access and Kineto Wireless have completed interoperability testing (IOT) between ip.access’ Oyster 3G femtocell Access Point and Kineto’s Multi-Service Access Gateway (MSA-GW).

Indian Operator Aircel may choose both WiMAX & TD-LTE

India’s GSM service provider Aircel has indicated that it may choose WiMAX or TD-LTE for 2.3GHz spectrum deployments or it can roll out both. 

Verizon Wireless launches LTE user trials in 5 cities

Verizon Wireless is moving to “friendly user trials” of LTE in five unnamed cities.

Ericsson to showcase LTE in South Africa

Ericsson has planned to demonstrate LTE with a speed of 150 Mbps and HSPA Evolution with up to 84 Mbps at their local offices in Johannesburg, South Africa from 21 June…

Elitecore announces WiMAX wins

OSS/BSS solutions provider, Elitecore Technologies recently announced 10 successful wins for WiMAX 16e & 16d in Asia & Eastern Europe regions. 

Telstra signs $11b deal with NBN Co

Australia’s Telstra has signed non-binding deal valued at $11 billion  with NBN Co, in this deal Telstra has agreed to migrate its copper and cable broadband networks to Government-owned NBN…

LTE to account for over 60% of 4G-enabled mobile devices in 2014

Baseband modem integration into mobile devices will reach 2 billion by 2014 despite market and technical hurdles, according to a recent report by In-Stat. 

Alcatel-Lucent India shifts focus to LTE, Services

Alcatel-Lucent has decided to shift the focus of its R&D unit in Chennai, India from WiMAX to LTE, according to Mr Vivek Mohan, President of Alcatel-Lucent’s global services business and…

Verizon Wireless to follow tiered pricing model for LTE

Verizon Wireless may not offer unlimited data plans for LTE services, instead it can switch to tiered pricing, according to chief financial officer of Verizon Communications Inc., John Killian.

With Soft Modem Cognovo aims to reduce cost for LTE handsets

Cognovo has launced Software Defined Modem (SDM) platform designed to significantly reduce cost, size and design complexity for developers of cellular handsets and other wireless enabled consumer e

Telstra & Nokia Siemens Networks achieve 100Mbps downlink over 75km

Australia’s Telstra & Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) have achieved a peak download speed of 100Mbps and upload speed of 31Mbps over a 75km distance using LTE technology. 

Delay in LTE spectrum allocation to hit operators, users

According to a new report from Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) delays in the commercial launch of LTE will place increasing pressure on capacity and increase costs as operat