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LTE-Advanced

T-Mobile Launches LTE-Advanced in Czech Republic

Posted on 01. Jul, 2014 by sujitg in News, LTE-Advanced, T-Mobile, LTE

T-Mobile has launched LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) in the Czech Republic. Operator has deployed Carrier aggregation function by combining two bands in Mlada Boleslav to increase download speeds up to 225 Mbit/s for upload to 50Mbit/s.

Bouygues Telecom to Offer LTE-Advanced Services in France

Posted on 18. Jun, 2014 by Pankaj in News, 4G+, Bouygues Telecom, LTE-Advanced, LTE

French telecom operator Bouygues Telecom has announced commercial launch of LTE-Advanced network in Lyon, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Vanves, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Malakoff and Rosny-sous-Bois. Additionally, Operator plans to roll out LTE-Advanced in France's 16 biggest towns and cities from this September.

4G Americas: Launches of Release 12 LTE-Advanced Could Hit 40 by 2014 End

Posted on 16. Jun, 2014 by Pankaj in News, 4G Americas, LTE-Advanced, LTE

There are 300 commercial LTE networks now in 107 countries and 350 commercial LTE networks are anticipated by the end of 2014, reports 4G Americas. Additionally, LTE-Advanced is now commercially deployed on 9 networks in 7 countries worldwide, with those numbers expected to reach 40 networks by year-end 2014.

Nokia and SK Telecom Demonstrate 3.78 Gbps Using TDD-FDD Carrier Aggregation

Posted on 11. Jun, 2014 by Pankaj in News, Carrier Aggregation, FDD, LTE-Advanced, Nokia, SK TELECOM, TDD, LTE

Nokia and SK Telecom have reached a throughput speed of 3.78 Gbps by aggregating 10 spectrum frequencies allocated for both LTE variants for a 200 MHz of bandwidth. Earlier Nokia has demonstrated 2.6 Gbps TD-LTE throughput in February 2014 with US operator Sprint.

LG Uplus and Huawei Complete Commercial Trial of 3 Different Band Carrier Aggregation

Posted on 09. Jun, 2014 by sujitg in News, Huawei, LG Uplus, LTE-Advanced, LTE

Huawei and South Korea's mobile operator LG Uplus have jointly completed a commercial network field trail of 3 different band Carrier Aggregation (3CC CA). LG Uplus currently has 7.5 million LTE subscribers across three commercial LTE network bandwidths of 800 MHz, 2100 MHz and 2600 MHz.

T-Mobile Introduces Voice over LTE in Seattle

Posted on 23. May, 2014 by sujitg in News, eSRVCC, LTE-Advanced, T-Mobile, VoLTE, LTE

U.S. carrier T-Mobile has launched Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service in the Seattle area. Operator is initially offering VoLTE service over existing LG G Flex and Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Light devices.

Telstra, Ericsson Demonstrate 450Mbps Speed with LTE Advanced Carrier Aggregation

Posted on 15. May, 2014 by sujitg in News, Carrier Aggregation, Ericsson, LTE-Advanced, Telstra, LTE

Australian mobile operator Telstra has announced successful live demonstration of 450Mbps network speed using LTE Advanced Carrier Aggregation across a trial combination of 1800MHz and 2600MHz bands.

China Mobile Certifies Ericsson's LTE Advanced Modem

Posted on 12. May, 2014 by Pankaj in News, China Mobile, Ericsson, FDD, LTE-Advanced, TD-LTE, TD-SCDMA, LTE, WCDMA

China Mobile has fully tested and certified Ericsson's M7450 5-mode modem chipset for use in China Mobile's network. Ericsson's M7450 covers five access technologies: TD-LTE, LTE FDD, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA and GSM. The LTE Advanced multimode modem targets smartphones, tablets and other connected devices.

SK Telecom Expands 2.1GHz Base Stations to Commercialize 3 Band LTE-Advanced Networks

Posted on 07. May, 2014 by Pankaj in News, LTE-Advanced, SK TELECOM, LTE

South Korea's SK Telecom has started expanding installation of base stations to use 10MHz bandwidth from 2.1GHz band for LTE from May 7 in certain areas in Seoul, Gwangju and Busan. The company already built an LTE test-bed for 2.1GHz band in Busan last February.

Huawei Completes 300 Mbps LTE-A Category 6 Test

Posted on 29. Apr, 2014 by sujitg in News, Huawei, LTE-Advanced, Qualcomm, LTE

Huawei has announced the successful completion of a LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) Category 6 connectivity test with download speeds reaching up to 300 Mbps. This test was jointly completed with Qualcomm Technologies.

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