US provider C Spire Wireless will introduce 4G LTE mobile broadband services this fall. The company plans to invest $60 million to begin the roll out LTE in September in 20 Mississippi markets covering 2,700 square miles, a population of 1.2 million and more than 360 cell sites. 

French service provider has selected Bouygues Telecom for upgrade of its 2G/3G radio networks and rollout of 4G LTE equipments. Operator plans to transform its existing 2G and 3G radio networks in order to improve network performance as data traffic increases and more people move into French cities.

Verizon Wireless' LTE network is now available in 28 new markets and operator has expanded the network in 11 additional markets today. According to Verizon, with the new and expanded markets, Its LTE network is available in 258 markets across the United States, covering more than two-thirds of the U.S. population.

Movistar Colombia has launched 4G LTE network in Santa Marta. Operator aims to provide LTE coverage to 58 major cities across the country by July 2014 and plans to increase the coverage to 313 municipalities by 2018. 

Roke Manor Research has developed 3G Wide Area Coverage Femtocell capability using picoChip's technology as the development platform.

Mobile operators in China and India could put out bids for building of 4G trial networks as early as year-end, says Alcatel-Lucent.

AT&T has announced it's commitments to deliver 4G using both HSPA+ and LTE technologies.