LG Electronics (LG) has announced that it has sold more than 10 million LTE smartphones globally. Company is aiming to double its LTE smartphone penetration this year, expanding its presence in both established and emerging markets with a variety of devices.

Canadian operator TELUS has started offering 4G LTE service on in Saint John and Woodstock. According to operator, its LTE service now covers nearly 70 per cent of the Canadian population. Recently, TELUS launched its LTE service in other Southwestern Ontario regions including Windsor, Leamington and Brantford.

UK Broadband (UKB) has announced that its 4G LTE service 'now Broadband' is now available in areas of Swindon, Southwark and Reading. Company’s fixed wireless LTE service offers broadband via a home router with no long-term contracts and provides users a flexible alternative to a fixed broadband connection.

UK operator EE will switch on double-speed 4G in twelve UK cities on the 4th July. According to operator, it will allow a theoretical maximum top speed of 150Mbps, and double the current average speeds to 24-30Mbps. Operator will also launch new Shared 4GEE Plans on 17th July

Agilent and Innofidei have announced joint development to complete the requirements for a TD-LTE data dongle RF test.

Estonian operator EMT plans to provide LTE coverage to 95% of Estonian population by the end of 2013 and throughout the whole country by the end of 2014. EMT is currently building its 4G LTE network in the 1800MHz and 2600MHz frequency bands.

2010 winners of the FierceWireless Fierce 15 awards has been anounced.