UK Broadband (UKB) has switched on its first 4G TD-LTE system in London using 3.5GHz spectrum. UKB is deploying its network using Huawei’s TD-LTE solution.

Croatian telecommunication services provider Hrvatski Telekom has started LTE testing with select users.

3GPP has defined the standards for LTE, with the latest work focusing on LTE-Advanced, which includes all work from 3GPP Release 10 onwards. 3GPP’s Project Coordination Group (PCG) approved it during their meeting on April 3rd, 2013.

Korea’s telecommunication operator LG Uplus has completed a three-month long trial of its Intelligent Network Platform (INP). Nokia’s radio technology, Liquid Applications and professional services were used in the trial.

Chile's regulator Subtel  has awarded LTE spectrum to country's three largest mobile operators in auctions that raised more than US$12 million.

Nokia Solutions and Networks has announced introduction of new Flexi Zone LTE microcell and picocell base stations with the same features and capacity as macro base stations. The new base stations run the same software as NSN’s macro base stations.

Telefonica O2 Germany is starting the next stage of LTE deployments in rural areas.