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Sprint to Offer LTE in 100+ Additional Cities in the Coming Months

Posted on 10. Sep, 2012 by Pankaj in News, Sprint, LTE

U.S. carrier Sprint is currently building 4G LTE network in more than 100 additional cities within its existing nationwide 3G footprint. Some of the major metropolitan areas in which Sprint 4G LTE is expected to be available in the coming months are Boston; Charlotte, N.C.; Chicago; Indianapolis;

SK Telecom's LTE Subscriber Base Exceeds 5 Million

Posted on 10. Sep, 2012 by Pankaj in News, SK TELECOM, LTE

South Korea's SK Telecom has crossed 5 million LTE subscriber mark in just one year since releasing its first LTE smartphone in September 2011. The company exceeded 5 million LTE subscribers in 46 days after breaking the 4 million mark in July 30, 2012.

C Spire Activates LTE Network In Mississippi

Posted on 10. Sep, 2012 by Pankaj in News, C Spire Wireless, 4G, LTE

U.S. Carrier C Spire Wireless has launched mobile broadband services in four Mississippi markets this week with the activation of its 4G LTE network. McComb, Brookhaven, Meridian and Greenville are the first of 31 markets that are receiving C Spire’s LTE services between now and the end of October.

Huawei Makes VoLTE Call with eSRVCC Handover

Posted on 08. Sep, 2012 by sujitg in News, eSRVCC, Huawei, SRVCC, VoLTE, LTE

Huawei has completed end-to-end VoLTE voice call with eSRVCC (Enhanced Single Radio Voice Call Continuity, defined in 3GPP R10) handover without any perceivable interruption for the end user, company announced.

M1 Launches Nationwide LTE service in Singapore

Posted on 07. Sep, 2012 by sujitg in News, M1, 4G, LTE

Singapore's telecom service provider, M1 is launching of its nationwide 4G LTE service on 15 September 2012. In addition, operator is also introducing new smartphone and mobile broadband service plans.

Aicent Selects Acme Packet for Global IPX and LTE Roaming Services

Posted on 06. Sep, 2012 by sujitg in News, Acme Packet, Aicent, LTE

Acme Packet has announced that Aicent has deployed Acme Packet Net-Net Diameter Director to support its global LTE roaming service and the Acme Packet Net-Net Session Director to manage SIP interconnects for its IPX service.

KT Reaches 2 Million LTE Subscriber Mark in Eight months

Posted on 05. Sep, 2012 by sujitg in News, KT Corp, LTE

South Korea's operator KT has announced that the number of subscribers to its LTE and high-speed Internet services surpassed the 2 million and 8 million marks respectively. KT launched its LTE service in January and crossed 1 million mark in five months.

Optus Launches LTE Network in Sydney, Perth and Newcastle

Posted on 04. Sep, 2012 by sujitg in News, Optus, LTE

Australian operator Optus has introduced 4G LTE network in Sydney, Perth and Newcastle and plans to launch LTE services in Melbourne from 15th September, 2012. Optus has also began offering Samsung GALAXY S III 4G to its customers.

LG U+ Unveils Voice over LTE Services with Ericsson

Posted on 03. Sep, 2012 by Pankaj in News, Ericsson, LG U, LG-Ericsson, LTE

South Korean operator LG U+ has introduced voice over LTE (VoLTE) services to its customers in partnership with Ericsson's subsidiary LG-Ericsson. With commercial VoLTE (GSMA IR.92) services, the operator can also offer enhanced telecom grade services such as HD voice, video calling, chat and presence.

Yota Offers LTE Service in St Petersburg

Posted on 01. Sep, 2012 by Pankaj in News, Yota, 4G, LTE, WiMAX

Russian operator Scartel (Yota) has launched its LTE network in St Petersburg on 31 August. The launch was preceded by testing of LTE network earlier in the month of August that required service interruptions for existing WiMAX devices.

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