Switzerland's telecom service provider Swisscom has launched LTE pilot project in seven tourist areas.

Russian operator Yota (Scartel) and Russian regulator Roskomnadzor have settled Yota’s appeal against Roskomnadzor’s order issued on 27 July 2010 that withdrew several

Japan’s mobile operator NTT DOCOMO's subscribers to its Xi LTE service surpassed five million on 19 August. Xi reached five million subscribers less than one month after surpassing the four million mark on July 22. 

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has approved plans to undertake large-scale trials of TD-LTE in six cities to demonstrate it's commercial

UK’s Everything Everywhere has announced a new digital communications company EE that runs the Orange and T-Mobile brands in the UK, and will be launching its new 4G brand. EE will become the new name of the Everything Everywhere business and its network providing mobile services to 27 million people.

AT&T plans to invest $14 billion over the next three years to expand and enhance its wireless and wireline IP broadband networks to support growing customer demand for high-speed Internet access and new mobile, app and cloud services. Company expects $8 billion investment for wireless initiatives and $6 billion for wireline initiatives.

Ireland's fixed-line and mobile telecommunications services provider eircom has signed a five-year exclusive agreement with Ericsson. The agreement will see Ericsson becoming the sole vendor for eircom’s radio access solutions for 4G LTE, 3G and 2G mobile technologies across Ireland.