17 Aug 2009 | Metro PCS has said it intends to deploy LTE in 2010, soon after Verizon ( VZ - news - people ) Wireless rolls out the technology. Compatible handsets will follow soon, in late 2010 or early 2011, so consumers can tap into LTE's higher speeds.

August 16, 2009 | 3G and 4G Wireless Blog - Verizon Wireless said Friday afternoon that it has completed "successful data calls" at its Long Term Evolution (LTE) test sites in Boston and Seattle.

August 14, 2009 | Trials Include First Field-Level Tests Integrating Network Vendors’ 4G Technology Over 700 MHz Spectrum.

August 14, 2009 | Taiwan-based carrier Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is currently experimenting with LTE technology and planning to build a long term evolution (LTE) network in 2011, DigiTimes reports, citing company chairman Shyue-Ching Lu.

August 13, 2009 | Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that Ken Wirth has been appointed as President of Alcatel-Lucent’s 4G/LTE Wireless Networks.

This newsletter provides some slides about Nomor's initial thoughts on LTE Advanced or 3GPP Release 10.
The slides cover the followings:

August 13, 2009 | Ericsson CTO Hakan Eriksson doesn’t much care for WiMAX according to GigaOM. He doesn’t even think of it as a real 4G wireless technology

GSA publishes new Market Update - facts and stats on GSM, EDGE, WCDMA-HSPA, HSPA+, LTEⁱ, spectrum. Following are the highlights of this report.

• Fast Facts
• Vote on the next mobile broadband baseline
• Mobile subscribers update - closing in on 4 billion GSM, WCDMA-HSPA subscriptions(Q2 09)
• Market and technology updates and forecasts