April 21, 2010 - Ericsson has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire Nortel's majority shareholding in LG-Nortel, the joint venture of LG Electronics and Nortel Networks.

Lithuanian operators Tele2, Omnitel and Bite have been awarded a mobile license in Lithuania in the 2.6 GHz frequency band by Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA). This frequency is specifically suited for next generation mobile broadband (LTE). 

Portuguese mobile operator Optimus has selected Huawei to provide UMTS/LTE multi-frequency antennas for its LTE commercial network, the company announced today. The commercialization of Huawei's antennas in Portugal extends the current mobile network portfolio.

Huawei has showcased 4-Carrier Aggregation (CA) solution for LTE TDD at the 2013 Mobile World Congress. According to company, solution utilizes 4×4 MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) technologies to provide 1 Gb/s data speeds with a single RRU. 

German opertaor Deutsche Telekom has announced launch of commercial LTE service.

Polish telecom regulator Office of Electronic Communications (UKE), intends to launch a tender for LTE radio spectrums this year. 

Vodafone Spain plans to roll out commercial deployment of LTE Advanced to enable speeds up to 300 Mbps in download in October. Furthermore, the operator is testing Voice over LTE technology to facilitate High Definition voice calls (HD Voice) with setup time less than one second.