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DoCoMo, KDDI, 2 Others OK'd For 3.9G Cellular Service

in News, LTE

TOKYO (Nikkei)--The Communications Ministry said Wednesday that it has approved business plans for next-generation cellular phone services submitted by NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437), KDDI Corp.

LTE devices must support IPv6, says Verizon

in News, LTE

Any manufacturers who want their devices to work on Verizon's upcoming Long Term Evolution network will have to give them the ability to support IPv6.

DoCoMo Shells Out on LTE

in News, LTE

NTT DoCoMo Inc. is set to invest ¥300 billion to ¥400 billion ($3.06 billion to $4.07 billion) in its Long Term Evolution (LTE) network during the next five years, The Nikkei reports.

LTE Tests for the Future

in Blog, LTE

If Long Term Evolution (LTE) goals are to be believed, then network equipment vendors and service providers will be seeing improved spectral efficiency, lowered costs, offering increased applications,

New study investigates tomorrow’s LTE mobile broadband ecosystem

in News, LTE

Industry will be ready for LTE, says UMTS Forum report. A major new report from the UMTS Forum presents a positive picture of LTE’s transformation of the global market for mobile broa

T-Mobile tests LTE

in News, LTE

T-Mobile Austria has installed a trial Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in its Vienna Rennweg store, to showcase the technology. T-Mobile contracted Huawei as technical partner and equipment supplier for the project.

Huawei and TeliaSonera achieves world' s first LTE mobile broadband connection

in News, LTE

Huawei and TeliaSonera/Netcom, today announced the world' s first mobile broadband Internet connection over a live commercial LTE network in Oslo, Norway.

Verizon To AT&T: We Will Crush Your LTE Network

in News, LTE

Not only did Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam talk about some upcoming devices for the network, he also took the opportunity to talk some serious smack about the quality of AT&T (NYSE: T)'s network. Ouch!

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Verizon Wireless: 4G LTE trials showing 50 to 60 Mbps download rates

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Verizon Wireless said Wednesday that it is testing 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) service with the aim of launching commercial service in 2010.

3GPP LTE Radio Link Control (RLC) Sub-Layer Presentation

in Tutorial, LTE, MAC, RLC

A EventHelix.com presentation describing the Radio Link Control (RLC) Sub-Layer of LTE. The following topics are covered:

- RLC sub layer functions and interactions with other layers

3GPP LTE Medium Access Control (MAC) Sub-Layer Presentation

in Tutorial, LTE, MAC, RLC

A EventHelix.com presentation describing the MAC Sub-Layer of LTE. The following topics are covered:

- Logical, Transport and Physical Channels
- Random Access Procedure

Key features of the LTE radio interface

in Whitepaper, LTE

This article from Ericsson presents some of the key features of the radio interface for LTE (long-term evolution), recently approved by 3GPP.

Long Term Evolution (LTE): an introduction

in Whitepaper, LTE

This article from Freescale provides an excellent introduction to the LTE physical layer. The topics included are:

- LTE basic concepts
- Introduction to OFDM

LG LTE Live Air Demo (MWC 2009)

in Video, LTE

LG is to demonstrate the world's first data card based on 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology standards at Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona. Data card uses LG's own modem chip solution.

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CTIA 2009 Motorola LTE Live Drive

in Video, LTE

Motorola, Inc. announced it has deployed a live 700 MHz Long Term Evolution (LTE) demonstration network in Las Vegas to show how the next generation of wireless broadband technology created by the 3GPP standards body can deliver true personal media experiences. During the Motorola LTE drive tour, visitors experienced the real-life performance of LTE in an urban environment including site-to-site hand-over and a number of demanding applications running over LTE.

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