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Globe Telecom Signs LTE Transformation Contract with Alcatel-Lucent

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Philippines' telecommunications company Globe Telecom has awarded a LTE contract to Alcatel-Lucent for transformation of wireless network infrastructure in the Philippine regions of Visayas and Mindanao, upgrading it from WiMax to LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD ultra-broadband access technologies.

Elitecore enables Menatelecom to offer the first Nationwide 4G/LTE service in the kingdom of Bahrain

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Mumbai, India and Dubai, U.A.E.,June 23, 2014 - Elitecore Technologies,a leading provider of Integrated Policy, Charging and Revenue Management solutions, announces that its LTE revenue and customer management platform has successfully enabled Menatelecom, Bahrain to implement its LTE Networ

Multitel Selects Telrad Networks for 4G Network Evolution to TD-LTE

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Lod, Israel — June 5, 2014 — Telrad Networks, a global provider of innovative 4G wireless and telecommunications solutions, today announced that Multitel will deploy Telrad’s future-ready, 4G solutions to evolve their network from fixed WiMAX to TD-LTE, for a growing base of enterprise and residential subscribers throughout Angol

InfiNet Wireless and MaxNET Partner to provide Khartoum with reliable Internet

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London, 5th November, 2013 – InfiNet Wireless has today announced that it was selected by MaxNET of Sudan, a privately owned telecommunication operator in Sudan, to provide comprehensive broadband services to its corporate customers in the country, using the latest available wireless technologies in the 3Ghz and 5Ghz frequency bands.<

Kuwait’s Mada selects InfiNet Wireless for high-speed broadband services

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London, 21st October 2013 - InfiNet Wireless, a leading global manufacturer and provider of carrier-grade wireless infrastructure solutions for Fixed Broadband Wireless Access (FBWA) and wireless connectivity, today announced that its technology has been selected and is currently being deployed by Mada Communications of Kuwait to prov

Alcatel-Lucent to Deploy Mobile Backhaul Network for SK Telecom’s LTE-Advanced Service

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Alcatel-Lucent has announced that it will deploy an IP-based mobile backhaul network to support LTE-Advanced services for Korea’s mobile operator SK Telecom. The Internet Protocol/Multiprotocol Label Switching-based (IP/MPLS) mobile backhaul solution, to be deployed in October, will link SK Telecom cell sites. 

Max Telecom Selects Nokia Siemens Networks as Main Supplier for LTE Equipment

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Bulgarian telecom operator Max Telecom has picked Nokia Siemens Networks as the main vendor to provide equipment for its LTE network. Operator plans to launch LTE mobile internet services in Q4 2013.

Menatelecom, Huawei Sign MOU for LTE Network Roll Out

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Menatelecom, Huawei Sign LTE MOU

Internet service provider Menatelecom has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Huawei to deploy its LTE network in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Earlier this month company has approved the investment into the LTE wireless network to be deployed in the country. 

Airspan Selected by Guineanet for 4G Network in Equatorial Guinea

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Cape Town, South Africa, AfricaCom 2012, November 13, 2012 – Airspan Networks Inc., a leading provider of broadband wireless access networks, announced today that Guineanet, an Internet service provider in Equatorial Guinea, has been expanding its 4G broadband network operating in the 700 MHz frequency band, using Airspan’s Air4G powerful, compact, macro base statio

ABI Research: LTE Subscriber Numbers Surpassed WiMAX in 2Q12

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LTE subscriber totals have surpassed WiMAX in 2Q12, reports ABI Research. Report also predicts that LTE handsets will surpass 80-percent of device shipments during 2016.

MTS, Nokia Siemens Networks Launch TD-LTE Network

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Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has launched LTE services in most of Moscow and 40 population centers in Moscow regions. Nokia Siemens Networks announced that it is the sole vendor for the TD-LTE network launch and a range of comprehensive services.

Yota Offers LTE Service in St Petersburg

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Russian operator Scartel (Yota)  has launched its LTE network in St Petersburg on 31 August. The launch was preceded by testing of LTE network earlier in the month of August that required service interruptions for existing WiMAX devices.

Yota Switches on LTE Network in Moscow, Sochi

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Russian operator Yota (Scartel) has switched on commercial LTE network in Moscow last week. At the same time operator switched off WiMax network in capital, reports RIA Novosti.

Operator also launched its LTE network in Sochi in same week. Yota now plans to activate LTE network in Samara on May 23.