Orange France has launched 4G LTE services for corporate customers and will introduce LTE for consumers from February 2013. Operator has now switched on LTE in four cities - Marseille, Lyon, Nantes and Lille. Orange had started a LTE pilot in Marseille in June earlier this year.
Canada's SaskTel has started testing its 4G LTE wireless network ahead of commercial launch. A technical trial with select employees will take place immediately with commercial availability scheduled for Regina and Saskatoon, and surrounding communities, beginning early February 2013.
South Africa’s telecom service provider, Vodacom has selected Nokia Siemens Networks’ Liquid Core to enable circuit switched fall-back (CSFB) functionality in its LTE network. This functionality allows LTE users to make and receive voice calls using either the GSM or 3G network while retaining the benefit of data services via LTE.
Zain Kuwait has announced the launch of its 4G LTE network nationwide. Operator's Wiyana Connect 4G LTE plan is available for compatible mobile phones, tablets, routers, hotspots and dongles in 1800 MHz band.
Dallas, Texas, USA, 20 November 2012 – Last week, LTE North America reaffirmed itself as North America’s premier networking event for the 4G community as it welcomed a record-breaking 1,000 visitors at the Fairmont Dallas Hotel, a 66% growth in attendees since 2011.
COSMOTE, mobile network operator in Greece, has opened commercial 4G LTE mobile broadband network in Athens and Thessaloniki. Company has also started offering data plans through 4G Tablets and USB Sticks.
INDIANAPOLIS (November 19, 2012) – Trilithic, a leading provider of radio frequency (RF) and microwave components, has introduced a new line of High Power Duplexers and Triplexers designed for 4G LTE build-out.
Vitesse Semiconductor CTO Martin Nuss discusses the unique challenges for small cell deployments and the importance of nanosecond-accurate timing in 4G/LTEi and LTE-Advanced networks
Leap Wireless has launched “Cricket No Contract 4G LTE” service in Philadelphia and Phoenix, and in Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Laredo, Corpus Christi and Brownsville-McAllen-Harlingen, Texas.
Dallas, Texas, USA, 15 November 2012 – The 4G LTE community last night recognized the very best in their industry at the Telecoms.com LTE North America Awards gala and dinner at the Fairmont Dallas Hotel.
African wireless service provider Smile has signed Alcatel-Lucent to introduce 4G mobile broadband services to several more sites in Tanzania, and Uganda, extending the agreement signed earlier this year between the companies for the provision of LTE services in Tanzania.
San Jose, Calif., November 14, 2012 –Cavium, Inc., (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, and the digital home, and Symmetricom, (NASDAQ:SYMM), a worldwide leader in precision time and frequency technologies, today announced a collaboration to ensure that 3G and 4G/LTE networks
Moldova's mobile service provider, Moldcell has launched a 4G testing area at Moldcell cafe, located in capital, within a few days after obtaining its 4G license. Operator is inviting all those interested to test the LTE functionality using different terminals.
November, 14, 2012 – Hod Hasharon, Israel – Altair Semiconductor, a leading developer of ultra-low power, small footprint and high-performance 4G LTE chipsets, today announced that its FourGee-3100/6202 chipset is now capable of supporting LTE deployments on the 450MHz frequency band.
Sprint has announced that its 4G LTE network build is progressing in nine additional cities within its nationwide 3G footprint. Operator has already begun work on the 4G LTE Network in the additional areas that include Minneapolis/St.