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SK Telecom Launches Five-band Carrier Aggregation and 4X4 MIMO

SK Telecom has launched commercial five-band Carrier Aggregation (CA) and 4X4 MIMO, which are key technologies of LTE-A Pro. Five-band CA is a core LTE-A Pro technology that enhances data…

5G to Bring Ease of Healthcare for Patients

Ericsson has recently published a ConsumerLab report, From Healthcare to Homecare, which uncovers customer insights about impact of 5G on healthcare. The report findings indicate that patients believe online consultation…

ASUS, HP and Lenovo to Launch LTE Devices Running Windows 10 Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

Qualcomm has announced that ASUS, HP and Lenovo are the first OEMs to develop mobile PCs powered by the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 835 Mobile PC Platform featuring the X16 LTE modem. 

AT&T Completes Nationwide Deployment of LTE-M Network for Internet of Things

US carrier AT&T has completed deployment of its nationwide LTE-M network ahead of schedule to enable a new generation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and applications. The LTE-M network…

Nokia and KDDI Trial 5G with AirScale Radio on 28GHz Band

Nokia and Japanese operator KDDI have conducted a trial simulating future 5G network demands, providing high-speed, one gigabit-per-second connectivity inside an apartment block using Nokia radio technology on the 28GHz…

AT&T Plans to Bring Faster Speeds to Over 20 Metros by End of Year

AT&T has announced 5G Evolution plans to pave the way to the next generation of faster speeds for its wireless customers with the latest devices in over 20 major metro…

Ericsson Demonstrates 5G New Radio in Indonesia

Ericsson has completed a demonstration of 5G in Indonesia, including 5G test bed, 5G New Radio (NR) and use cases such as a motion-sensing robotic arm and live 4K video…

Nokia Makes Pre-standard 600MHz LTE Call Using Commercial Hardware

Nokia has announced completion of the pre-standard testing of 600MHz on commercially-available hardware, creating a test bed for terminal ecosystem development and availability.

Qualcomm Announces 205 Mobile Platform to Bring 4G LTE Services to Entry-level Phones

Qualcomm has introduced the Qualcomm® 205 Mobile Platform, designed to bring 4G LTE connectivity and 4G services to entry-level feature phones, company announced at a launch event in New Delhi…

ASTRI, HKT, Huawei and Qualcomm to Build a Smart Mobility System for Hong Kong using Cellular-V2X

A Smart Mobility Consortium on Cellular-Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) technologies has been formed by the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), HKT Limited, Huawei and Qualcomm Technologies.

Vodafone Egypt Selects Ericsson for Network Function Virtualization Launch

Vodafone Egypt has selected Ericsson as its Network Function Virtualization partner and has gone live with the commercial virtual network function. Since October 2016, Ericsson’s virtual Serving GPRS Support Node…

SK Telecom Demonstrates LTE-Advanced Five- Band Carrier Aggregation on its Commercial Network

SK Telecom has successfully tested LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) five-band carrier aggregation (CA) on its commercial network. SK Telecom’s bandwidth resources as of February 2017 are 10MHz bandwidth in the 800MHz band,…

Verizon to Start Testing 5G Service in 11 Markets Across U.S. by Mid 2017

Verizon plans to deliver 5G pre-commercial services to select customers in 11 markets throughout the country on its newly built 5G network.

ZTE to Unveil Gigabit Smartphone at Mobile World Congress 2017

ZTE plans to unveil a Gigabit smartphone at MWC 2017. Returning to Barcelona for the 13th time, the company will focus on leading 5G evolution, advancing cloudification, creating the Internet…

Nokia and Three UK to Deploy Next-generation Cloud Core Network

Nokia and Three UK, part of CK Hutchison, plan to deploy a fully integrated cloud native core network in UK to enable massive scalability, allowing Three to rapidly respond to…

Telstra Launches Commercial Gigabit LTE Network

Telstra, Ericsson, Qualcomm and NETGEAR have announced a commercial launch of Gigabit LTE network and device. Telstra confirmed at the “Gigabit LTE Experience” event in Sydney today that their Gigabit…

SK Telecom and Nokia Develop Mission-Critical Push-To-Talk (MCPTT) Solution Over VoLTE

SK Telecom and Nokia have announced joint development of “Mission-Critical Push-To-Talk (MCPTT) solution, which is a next-generation push-to-talk communications technology over VoLTE, and demonstrated the solution at Nokia’s Research and…

A&TT Turns Off 2G, to Repurpose Spectrum for LTE

AT&T has discontinued 2G wireless service starting Jan. 1, 2017, company announced in a blog this week. Company had announced plan to shut down the 2G network 4 years ago.

Smart Expanding Network to Improve LTE Coverage and Quality in Metro Manila

PLDT mobile unit Smart Communications is undertaking a major network expansion in Metro Manila over the next three months, to improve the coverage and quality of its LTE service.

T-Mobile Increases 4G LTE Capacity in DC by Nearly 1,000%

U.S. carrier T-Mobile have announced permanent increase of 4G LTE capacity in the areas surrounding the National Mall by nearly 1,000% since last year carrier ahead of Presidential Inauguration.

Singtel Launches Nationwide 450Mbps Mobile Data Network

Singtel today launched a 450Mbps mobile network with the nationwide deployment of 4G LTE-Advanced service in Singapore. This speed enhancement is made possible by Singtel’s nationwide LTE network upgrade to…

Telit to Roll out LTE Category M1 module in the U.S. with Verizon and Qualcomm

Telit is collaborating with Verizon as a key supplier of IoT modules for the carrier’s LTE Category M1 (LTE-M1) service, company announced last week.  In cooperation with Qualcomm Technologies, Telit…

Nokia and T-Mobile Achieve LTE Speeds Near 1 Gbps

Nokia and T-Mobile have achieved LTE speeds near 1 Gbps in a demonstration using Nokia’s deployed 4.5G Pro technology. The demonstration, conducted at T-Mobile’s lab in Bellevue, Washington, encompassed technologies…

Armenia’s VivaCell-MTS Expands 4G Network in 22 Towns

Armenia’s VivaCell-MTS continues expanding its 4G network in Armenia that was deployed six years ago, in 2010. Upon the completion of the planned works, 4G services will become available to…

ZTE Announces Successful Commercial Launch of Pre5G in Telkomsel Indonesia

ZTE and Telkomsel have announce successful deployment of commercial Pre5G networks in Makassar, capital of Sulawesi, and Manado, a famous tourist destination. According to company, using the 20 Mhz commercial…

Ericsson, Qualcomm and SK Telecom to Collaborate on 5G NR Trials

Ericsson, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, and SK Telecom plan to conduct interoperability testing and over-the-air field trials based on 5G New Radio (NR) standards being developed…

5G Americas: Global LTE Connections Rise 81% Year-over-Year in Q3 2016

LTE continues its impressive momentum in North Americas, Latin America and throughout the world. 5G Americas reported mobile subscriber data for the third quarter of 2016 which included significant regional…

Nokia to Supply LTE-R network to Korea Rail Network Authority

Nokia has been selected by the Korea Rail Network Authority (KRNA) as a supplier for the LTE-R mobile broadband network to support railway operations and employee services. The network will…

Ericsson Announces Commercial 5G New Radio (NR)

Ericsson is commercializing the 5G NR radio for massive MIMO, with the first deployments coming in 2017. Together with the Ericsson 5G Plug-Ins announced in June and Ericsson’s already commercially…

Nokia and StarHub to Triple 4G upload Speeds in Singapore

Nokia and Singapore’s StarHub have successfully tripled peak upload speed to 150Mbps over the operator’s 4G network, in a trial using carrier aggregation technology and the 64 quadrature amplitude modulation…