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picoChip sees commercial LTE femtocells by 2011

in Blog, picoChip, Femtocell, LTE

picoChip is ready to conduct trials with several carriers this year and expects to see commercial LTE femtocell products in 2011.

Nokia Siemens in talks to buy Motorola's network unit‎

in Blog, Motorola, Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks is in talks to buy Motorola's network equipment business, The Wall Street Journal reports.

UK 4G spectrum auction likely next year

in Blog, UK, 4G, LTE

UK’s 4G spectrum might be up for auction mid next year according to Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).

Sprint considering LTE, might merge with T-Mobile

in Blog, T-Mobile, LTE, WiMAX

Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse has said that the company is considering a technology switch to LTE according to Financial Times.

Sprint faces shortage of HTC EVO 4G

in Blog, HTC, Sprint, 4G, WiMAX

While Sprint is increasing its WiMAX coverage in USA markets it appears that it has challenges to keep up with the sales of its first 4G HTC EVO handset.

VoLGA adds 3G, new LTE features

in Blog, VoLTE, 3G, UTRAN, HSPA, LTE, VoLGA

The VoLGA Forum has announced a set of new features for delivering mobile voice and SMS services over LTE. New features included are:

Ericsson: 5 Billion Mobile Subscriptions Worldwide

in Blog, Ericsson, 3G, 4G, LTE, WiMAX

Mobile world has reached another milestone with Internet becoming increasingly mobile.

Operators getting ready to embrace LTE in second half of year

in Blog, LTE

The transition to 4G LTE started in 2009 with TeliaSonera’s launch in December.

Fujitsu working on first Android phone

in Blog, Android, Fujitsu, 3G, 4G, LTE

Fujitsu is working on a Android based smartphone according to a Japanese portal sankeibiz.  According to report Fujitsu plans to release the Android powered smartphone in 2011.

Telefonica to launch femtocell services

in Blog, Movistar, Telefonica, Femtocell

Telefonica will launch a new service called 'Mi Cobertura Movil' ('My Mobile Coverage') to expand coverage in households with a device similar to a femtocells.  This service would cost 9 euros

Alvarion to offer TD-LTE support

in Blog, Alvarion, TD-LTE, LTE, WiMAX

Alvarion one of the global leader in the WiMax market, with most extensive customer base with hundreds of commercial WiMAX deployments, has stated that it will add support for TD-Long Term Evolutio

SoftBank shows the right femtocell move

in Blog, 3G, Femtocell, LTE

By giving away free femtocell access point, SoftBank has enhanced femtocell business prospects tremendously.

Verizon Wireless to launch LTE on November 15th

in Blog, Verizon Wireless, LTE

Another interesting story from BoyGeniusReport, BGR reports that Verizon Wireless will begin rolling out its LTE network starting on November 15th this year. 

BlackBerry Storm 3 to Support LTE?

in Blog, BlackBerry, BlackBerry Storm 3 to Support LTE?, RIM, LTE

For LTE, Rumors do not seems to die, Initially it has been about iPhone & Android but now BlackBerry Storm 3 has got every ones attention.

Sprint's Second WiMAX Handset Samsung Epic 4G

in Blog, Epic, Samsung, Sprint, 3G, 4G, WiMAX

Sprint has introduced the second 4G WiMAX capable handset, Samsung Epic 4G, a Galaxy S smartphone and Samsung Mobile's first 4G Android-powered device.