Taiwanese regulator NCC allows upgrade to LTE from WiMAX
Taiwanese regulator National Communications Commission (NCC) has given postive signals to allow WiMAX opertaors to upgrade LTE using allocated spectrum.
SINOPEC Deploys Aperto’s WiMAX Products
Sinopec (China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation) has deployed Aperto’s PacketMAX WiMAX products to build a region-wide wireless broadband network in the Sichuan province of China.
Thailand plans WiMAX & LTE spectrum auction
Thailand’s telecoms regulator National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) plans to auction WiMAX, 3.9G (LTE) licences in September.
Alcatel-Lucent and Telefonica complete LTE calls in Latin America using 700 MHz band
Alcatel-Lucent and Telefonica have announced that they have successfully performed the first LTE call in Latin America using the 700 MHz frequency band “ which is particularly well suited to…
Alcatel-Lucent to Open LTE IOT Center in Taiwan
Alcatel-Lucent plans to open LTE IOT center in Taiwan at Yearend by the end of this year according to Alain Biston, Alcatel-Lucent’s president for North and South Asia operations.
ZTE and CSL win LTE Infrastructure Innovation award
ZTE and CSL have been awarded the LTE Infrastructure Innovation award as part of the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards 2010.
HTC EVO 4G vs iPhone 4
As Apple iPhone 4 specifications are available now , I was curious to compare it with HTC Evo 4G. See below a side-by-side comparison of these two handsets.
Kineto and Bravo Tech Demo TD-SCDMA Femtocell Solution in Shanghai
Kineto Wireless and Bravo Tech Inc today announced that the companies are demonstrating an end-to-end TD-SCDMA-based femtocell solution at a facility in Shanghai.
BWA Auction Update Day 13: Pan-India Bid reaches $2.45B
On the 13th day of the auction the Pan-India bidding price has reached Rs 11,517.9 crore (approx US$2.45 billion), more than six times the reserve price of Rs 1,750 crore.
Play and Orange to bid together for LTE
Polish mobile service providers PTK Centertel (the operator of Orange network) and P4 (network operator, Play) plan to create a joint venture for the upcoming LTE spectrum rights in 2.6 G
Russian operator Rostelecom plans to build LTE network
Russian long-distance operator Rostelecom has applied to the State Commission for Radio Frequencies for construction of LTE networks in Sochi, reports Vedomosti.
DOCOMO tests LTE network for commercial launch
NTT DOCOMO has started verifying its new commercial mobile network system based on the LTE in the Tokyo area, prior to the full-scale launch of extra-high-speed LTE commercial service in…
WiMAX equipment and device revenue down in Q1
WiMAX equipment and device revenue saw a moderate decline worldwide in the first quarter of 2010, down 2% to $303 million, according to Infonetics Research report.
HTC EVO 4G Breaks Sales Records Says Sprint
Sprint claims that friday sales of HTC EVO 4G marked the largest quantity of a single phone sold in one day ever for Sprint.
GSA anticipates up to 22 LTE in service networks by end of 2010
Up to 22 LTE networks will be in service by end 2010 according to a new Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) report, further at least 45 are expected to be…
ZTE Launches Commercial TD-LTE Base Stations
ZTE has announced that it has launched the industry’s first commercial TD-LTE base stations: BBU- B8300 and RRU- R8962.
Ericsson & ComReg conduct TD-LTE trial in Ireland
Ireland’s Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has confirmed that Ericsson, using a test licence issued by ComReg, has done successful LTE trails in Ireland.
LTE to be only 11% of installed base stations by the end of 2015
By the end of 2010 while up to 20 LTE networks are expected to be live, but LTE will only make up 11% of installed base stations by the end…
BWA Auction Update Day 11: Pan-India Bid Crosses $2B
At 11th day of the auction the Pan-India bidding price has reportedly crossed Rs 98.37 billion (US$2.0 billion).
picoChip 3G femtocell to support up to 400 smartphones
picoChip announced that it has enhanced its picoXcellâ„¢ platform to address the need to support large numbers of smartphones on a femtocell.
mimoOn delivers LTE mi!TestMOBILE for Femtocell testing
mimoOn has shipped its advanced LTE Test-Mobile, mi!TestMOBILE, to a major infrastructure manufacturer in the Asia Pacific region.
Huawei Recognized BY CDG For Network Technology Innovation
Huawei has won the 2010 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Award for Network Technology Innovation presented by the CDMA Development Group (CDG) at the second annual CDMA World Forum in Shanghai.
Elisa’s LTE network enables speed up to 100 Mbps in Finland
Elisa and Nokia Siemens Networks have started a 4G LTE network at the beginning of this year in Finland for pre-commercial use.
Sonera rolls out 4G LTE network in Finland
Sonera is rolling out Finland’s first 4G network in Turku.
Personal and Ericsson Begin LTE Tests in Argentina
Personal and Ericsson have launched LTE trial in Argentina that includes wireless broadband internet with peak speeds of 50 Megabits per second.
China Mobile Plans Overseas TD-LTE Test
China Mobile plans to team up with foreign carriers to establish a TD-LTE trial network overseas in the next six months, reports China Daily.
Ericsson conducting LTE trials in Dublin
Ericsson is conducting LTE trials in Dublin and have achieved speeds up to 80MBits/sec, reports Irish Times. Test was conducted in 2.3 GHz band.
ABI Research – Samsung Top Mobile WiMAX Base Station Vendor
ABI Research has declared Samsung Top Mobile WiMAX Base Station Vendor.
BWA Auction Update Day9: Pan-India Bid Crosses $1.9B
As India’s BWA/WiMAX spectrum auction is almost 90% complete, the Pan-India bidding price has reportedly crossed Rs 89.8 billion (US$1.9 billion) on the 9th day of the auction.
Yota licence may not support LTE services
Scartel, under the brand Yota, had announced to drop Wimax in favor of LTE last week. “LTE network is already being planned in Russia” said company CEO Denis Sverdlov.