3GPP based technologies are driving wireless growth in Americas. 91.1 million new subscriptions were added in the region during 12 months ending March 2011.

According to a recent GSA report on LTE Evolution, 113 firm LTE network deployments are planned or in progress in 46 countries, including 7 systems which have commercially launched. 

Since 4G World 2010 opened yesterday, companies are

Indian operator Aircel plans to invest $500 million for the initial roll out of 3G mobile services.

Yesterday T-Mobile USA announced the continued expansion of its HSPA+ network to 100 million Americans in more than 55 major metropolitan areas.

As of now 80 operators have made firm commitments to deploy LTE networks in 33 countries according to a recent GSA report.

T-Mobile USA recently announced continued expansion and availability of its HSPA+ super-fast mobile broadband network that delivers 4G speeds in the Northeastern U.S.

picoChip designs has been named "Best Enabling Product/Technology for LTE" in the Informa LTE Awards. LTE awards had been annouced at LTE World Summit.

Germany's mobile spectrum auction ended today netting a total of EUR4.38 billion. This amount is considerably less than analysts had expected.

After 183 rounds of bidding in 34 days, the 3G spectrum auction raised approximately Rs 67,719 crore (US$15 billion) in commitments from the carriers.

Earlier we had discussed about WiMAX & LTE. See earlier blog WiMAX or LTE : which one is better? for more.

The DoT said that the 3G auctions ended on Wednesday but the names of the winners have not been announced yet.

On the 32nd day of the 3G spectrum auction on Monday, a pan-India licence touched Rs 16,164 crore on Monday, against a base price of Rs 3,500 crore, taking the overall price of the third generation

While LTE World Summit 2010 at Amsterdam is going to take place in just couple of days, another LTE event is scheduled to be held on May 28 in India.