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NSN Goes Solo for LTE Voice

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JULY 21, 2009 | Michelle Donegan | Nokia Siemens Networks claims to have a unique way for filling the Long Term Evolution (LTE) voice void, and has not joined an industry initiative to create a new standard for delivering voice services over LTE.

Research in Motion says prevented from Nortel bid

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July 20 (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd (RIM.TO) said on Monday that bankrupt telecommunications company Nortel Networks had effectively prevented the BlackBerry maker from bidding for Nortel's wireless business.

Denmark Planning Auction of LTE/WiMAX Radio Spectrum

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July 20 2009 | Denmark Ministry for Science, Technology and Innovation has launched a public consultation on the auction of 2.5GHz spectrum. The spectrum now being auctioned is suitable for providing wireless broadband services based on standards such as LTE (Long Term Evolution) and WiMAX.

Laptops, netbooks to drive exponential mobile broadband growth

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19 July 2009 | In a  Newly released forecasts by Coda Research Consultancy, a technology and media specialist show that portable laptop and notebook users accessing the internet via mobile broadband will produce US$48bn in operator revenues in 2017 with 418m people worldwide. LTE will lead to more traffic per user than for mobile broadband in general.

Japan's MIC green-lights $12b LTE rollout plans

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July 18, 2009 | Japan's telecom regulator, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), has approved the plans by four anointed LTE carriers to invest 1.134 trillion yen ($11.8 billion)

Best ever LTE transmitter efficiency

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17 July 2009 - Nujira announced that it has achieved efficiencies of over 60% for an 880MHz LTE Power Amplifier, based on its commercially available Coolteq power modulator and Digital Pre Distortion

Mobile broadband use set to rocket

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16 Jul 2009| Phil Muncaster: Portable laptop and netbook users accessing the internet via mobile broadband will generate $48bn (£29bn) in revenues by 2017, according to new figures from technology res

Huawei unveils next-generation LTE base station

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16 Jul 2009| Ian Williams| V3.co.uk: Telecoms giant Huawei has launched the first large-scale commercial Long Term Evolution (LTE) eNodeB base station aimed at helping to spur the deployment of LTE ne

Motivating factors for investing in LTE

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July 15, 2009| By Cintia Garza: LTE is still a few years away and many questions about the technology and business model remain unanswered.

Over 100 million LTE mobile broadband subscribers by 2014

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Wednesday Jul 15 2009  | According to a new report by Juniper Research, LTE wireless broadband technology will see over 100 million subscribers by 2014.

LTE Versus WiMax Moves from Theoretical to Real

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Jul 14, 2009| by Carl Weinschenk| IT Business Edge: The 4G world of high-speed, long-range IP-based wireless service is here.

Mobile Video May Be Key To LTE

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July 13, 2009| By Marin Perez:Japan's NTT DoCoMo expects the 4G network to drive revenue by spurring interest in video downloads and mobile streaming services.

Ericsson Touts LTE for Korea's Green Economy

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JULY 13, 2009 | Catherine Haslam: Ericsson AB (Nasdaq: ERIC) is looking forward to LTE playing a central role in the Korean government's plans for a greener economy based on communications, Björn Alld

Two Companies Aim to Enable Early Adoption of 3G LTE

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13th July , 2009: Europe : A new 3G LTE reference platform is currently in development by Lime Microsystems and Blue Wonder Communications.

Wimax take-up slow; LTE faces technical challenges, says Maravedis

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13 July 2009| by David Manners: Approximately 400,000 WiMAX subscribers and 50 million new active 3G subscribers were added in Q1 2009, says Canadian telecoms analyst company Maravedis.