Japanese operator KDDI has selected Ericsson as one of the prime vendors to deploy its LTE system and Evolved Packet Core network. The radio access network is based on LTE FDD.

Spanish operator Telefonica plans to roll out a nationwide LTE network in Spain and has selected Ericsson as a technology partner for this network. Ericsson  is selected as vendor for the cities of Madrid and Barcelona, among others.

Fujitsu Microelectronics has introduced a SAW-less transceiver that supports 3GPP LTE/WCDMA/EGPRS wireless phones.

HKT and Huawei have successfully demonstrated an IP-RAN based LTE-A 450Mbps solution (3 FDD Carrier Aggregation) in Hong Kong.

Vodafone New Zealand has launched 4G LTE Network in 1800MHz frequency band. Vodafone's LTE network is live now in parts of Auckland and the network will expand to more suburbs in coming weeks.  LTE will be available in parts of Christchurch in May, and parts of Wellington in August/September 2013.

Vodafone Egypt has selected Ericsson as its Network Function Virtualization partner and has gone live with the commercial virtual network function. Since October 2016, Ericsson's virtual Serving GPRS Support Node - Mobility Management Entity (SGSN-MME) has been serving and managing commercial mobile broadband traffic on the Vodafone Egypt network.

Nokia Networks recently collaborated with the University of Kaiserslautern in Germany to do research on 5G network architecture and also work closely with the university to study the changes that are required in the telco architecture going forward.