The Femto Forum has announced the winners of the Femto Forum Femtocell Industry Awards 2010. The awards recognize outstanding achievement within, and contributions to, the femtocell industry.

Alcatel-Lucent has announced expansion of its mobile backhaul portfolio to address the challenges associated with delivering mobile broadband services in crowded, urban environments. According to company, mobile backhaul enhancements support the growing variety of wireless cell types and locations. 

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.

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.

Rogers Communications has launched LTE network in Calgary and Halifax, Canada. With this further expansion, Rogers brings LTE to nearly 12 million Canadians, says the company. Operator further plans to cover almost 60 per cent of the population by the end of the year.

Taiwanese regulator National Communications Commission (NCC) has given postive signals to allow WiMAX opertaors to upgrade LTE using allocated spectrum.

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.