U.S. Carrier Sprint has announced first tri-band devices that will operate on Sprint’s 4G LTE network at 800MHz, 1.9GHz and 2.5GHz. Beginning July 19, Operator will introduce NETGEAR Zing Mobile Hotspot, the NETGEAR 341U USB Modem and Intelligent mobile hotspot MiFi® 500 LTE by Novatel Wireless.

SK Telecom has tested a new Ultra-fast packet processing technology, which will help 5G network equipment to process data traffic 10 times faster than LTE, company announced Operator aims to propose the new development to 3GPP and ETSI as global standard to speed up the global rollout of 5G

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. 

Malaysia's integrated communications service provider Maxis has launched 4G LTE services on first day of year. Maxis LTE Network is now available in selected parts of the Klang Valley including Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Damansara Utama, Desa Sri Hartamas, Bandar Puchong Jaya, Bandar Sunway and Cyberjaya following its midnight launch on 1 January 2013. 

Mobile service provider Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (MTS) with services in Russia and the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) has announced the commercial launch of a 4G LTE network in Uzbekistan.

Wireless service provider America Movil has selected Alcatel-Lucent to rollout a 4G LTE network in the Dominican Republic. Alcatel-Lucent is supplying the America Movil subsidiary Claro Dominican Republic with its 4G LTE network overlay solution.

This newsletter provides some slides about Nomor's initial thoughts on LTE Advanced or 3GPP Release 10.
The slides cover the followings: