Alcatel-Lucent says that it has made industry's first data call using a LTE wireless broadband network operating at Band 14, the spectrum earmarked for public safety agencies in the United States.

Kenya's Safaricom is expected to start LTE trial within next two months. The roll out will be carried out by Huawei Technologies.

Clearwire has launched Rover, a pre paid mobile broadband service which works on company's 4G WiMAX network. The Rover brand is mainly designed to attract young adults.

Telefonica O2 is testing LTE in the region of Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. The exercise will run until 31 August 2010. O2 is using 2.66 GHz frequency spectrum for tests.