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NEC, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, NSN and Vodafone win at femtocell awards

Posted on 27. Jun, 2011 by agaur in Blog, Femtocell

The Femto Forum has announced the winners of the Femto Forum Femtocell Industry Awards 2011.

MetroPCS Offers Unlimited LTE Data Plan for $55 per Month

Posted on 21. Aug, 2012 by agaur in Blog, MetroPCS, 4G, LTE

MetroPCS has unveiled a promotional 4G LTE service plan with unlimited talk, text and 4G LTE data for only $55 per month for a single line however it is only available for a limited time. Families can get this offer for $50 per month on the account’s second, third and fourth lines.

ABI Research: LTE Subscriber Numbers Surpassed WiMAX in 2Q12

Posted on 26. Sep, 2012 by agaur in Blog, ABI Research, LTE, WiMAX

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.

Taiwan Weighs in on WiMAX, but its Eye is on LTE

Posted on 15. Nov, 2010 by Maravedis in Blog, MARAVEDIS, Taiwan, 4G, LTE, WiMAX

Despite the limited size of its market, Taiwan remains a key player in the telecommunications industry.

Russia Wireless Broadband Summary

Posted on 02. Sep, 2010 by Maravedis in Blog, MARAVEDIS, Russia, 3G, LTE, WiMAX

Because of Russia’s lack of wireline infrastructure and its booming demand for Internet, it is often referenced by industry analysts as one of the most promising market

Huawei activates ANR in commercial LTE network

Posted on 09. Feb, 2012 by agaur in Blog, ANR, Huawei, LTE

Huawei has announced the commercial launch of the Automatic Neighbor Relation (ANR) feature on LTE networks in Cologne, Germany. The 3GPP standardized ANR feature is one of the important features of overall Self-Organizing Network (SON) solution.

The Text Factor

Posted on 03. Dec, 2014 by Guest in Blog, SMS, GSM

SMS today reaches the ripe old age of 22 and this birthday shows it as technology truly capable of moving with the times.

Nokia Siemens Networks LightSquared

Posted on 21. Jul, 2010 by agaur in Blog, Harbinger Capital Partners, LightSquared, Motorola, Nokia Siemens Networks, TD-LTE, LTE, WiMAX

This week clearly belongs to Nokia Siemens Networks. After remaining in less limelight than its competitors on LTE trials, NSN has come back strongly.

Ericsson: LTE to cover half the world's population by 2017

Posted on 05. Jun, 2012 by agaur in Blog, Report, Ericsson, 3G, LTE

A new Traffic and Market Report from Ericsson says that 85 percent of the world's population will have internet coverage via 3G by 2017 and there will be close to nine billion mobile subscriptions, compared to six billion by the end of 2011. Report expects mobile data traffic to grow by 15 times between 2011 and 2017.

IPv6: the New Y2K Problem for Backhaul

Posted on 14. Oct, 2010 by Maravedis in Blog, Backhaul, IPv6, LTE

First introduced by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn in 1974 and now evolved into its fourth version, the Internet Protocol (IPv4) has spread as the main packet switching technology worldwide.

NSN: 87% Jump in Indian Mobile Data Traffic in 2013

Posted on 26. Mar, 2014 by agaur in Blog, 2G, India, NSN, 3G

A recent report from Nokia Solutions and Networks, on mobile broadband performance in India, reveals a 87% rise in data traffic generated by 2G and 3G services during 2013. According to the NSN’s MBit Index, 3G data traffic increased by 146% where as 2G data traffic grew by 59% over the same period.

German Spectrum Auction Ends

Posted on 20. May, 2010 by Pankaj in Blog, Auction, Deutsche Telekom, Germany, spectrum, Telefonica, Vodafone, LTE

Germany's mobile spectrum auction ended today netting a total of EUR4.38 billion. This amount is considerably less than analysts had expected.

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