AT&T has announced 5G Evolution plans to pave the way to the next generation of faster speeds for its wireless customers with the latest devices in over 20 major metro areas by the end of this year. Operator plans to continue to lay the foundation for evolution to 5G while the 5G standards are being finalized. 

Nokia Networks has announced that company is working with a range of partners in the field trial of wide-area TV broadcasting using a single LTE frequency within UHF spectrum.

AT&T has announced the launch of 5G Evolution in parts of Minneapolis in the coming months. As part of 5G Evolution, the operator will upgrade the network that includes LTE Advanced features like 256 QAM, 4x4 MIMO, and 3-way carrier aggregation.

TeliaSonera has launched the first commercial LTE service in Lithuania and to customers in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys.

Tekelec announced today that Telstra Global is offering LTE roaming services across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region using company’s Diameter Signaling Router (DSR). Tekelec’s DSR is providing the diameter signaling hub for Telstra Global’s IPX service announced last month. 

Huawei has announced a new proposal for the LTE-Advanced Multi-Stream Aggregation (MSA) technology standard for increase in data rates at the cell's edge.

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.