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SK Telecom Demonstrates LTE-Advanced Five- Band Carrier Aggregation on its Commercial Network

Posted on 26. Feb, 2017 by sujitg in News, Carrier Aggregation, Ericsson, LTE-Advanced, Samsung, SK TELECOM, MIMO, LTE

SK Telecom - LTE-Advanced Five- Band Carrier Aggregation

SK Telecom has successfully tested LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) five-band carrier aggregation (CA) on its commercial network. SK Telecom’s bandwidth resources as of February 2017 are 10MHz bandwidth in the 800MHz band, 20MHz bandwidth in the 1.8GHz band, 10MHz bandwidth in the 2.1GHz band, 10MHz + 20 MHz bandwidths in the 2.6Ghz band.

Verizon to Start Testing 5G Service in 11 Markets Across U.S. by Mid 2017

Posted on 22. Feb, 2017 by Pankaj in News, 5G, Verizon, LTE

Verizon plans to deliver 5G pre-commercial services to select customers in 11 markets throughout the country on its newly built 5G network.

ZTE to Unveil Gigabit Smartphone at Mobile World Congress 2017

Posted on 18. Feb, 2017 by sujitg in News, 5G, MWC, ZTE, LTE

ZTE plans to unveil a Gigabit smartphone at MWC 2017. Returning to Barcelona for the 13th time, the company will focus on leading 5G evolution, advancing cloudification, creating the Internet of Everything, and developing state of art devices.

Nokia and Three UK to Deploy Next-generation Cloud Core Network

Posted on 11. Feb, 2017 by Pankaj in News, 5G, IMS, Nokia, Three UK, VoLTE, LTE

Nokia and Three UK, part of CK Hutchison, plan to deploy a fully integrated cloud native core network in UK to enable massive scalability, allowing Three to rapidly respond to customers' dynamic service demands while preparing for IoT and 5G.

Telstra Launches Commercial Gigabit LTE Network

Posted on 31. Jan, 2017 by sujitg in News, 5G, Carrier Aggregation, Ericsson, Gigabit LTE, NETGEAR, Qualcomm, Telstra, MIMO, LTE

Telstra, Ericsson, Qualcomm and NETGEAR have announced a commercial launch of Gigabit LTE network and device. Telstra confirmed at the "Gigabit LTE Experience" event in Sydney today that their Gigabit LTE service has launched in select state capital city CBDs, with more to follow.

SK Telecom and Nokia Develop Mission-Critical Push-To-Talk (MCPTT) Solution Over VoLTE

Posted on 23. Jan, 2017 by sujitg in News, GCSE, LTE-R, MCPTT, Nokia, PS-LTE, Public Safety, SK TELECOM, VoLTE, LTE

SK Telecom and Nokia have announced joint development of “Mission-Critical Push-To-Talk (MCPTT) solution, which is a next-generation push-to-talk communications technology over VoLTE, and demonstrated the solution at Nokia's Research and Development Center in Kraków, Poland.

A&TT Turns Off 2G, to Repurpose Spectrum for LTE

Posted on 19. Jan, 2017 by Pankaj in News, 2G, 5G, AT&T, 3G, LTE

AT&T has discontinued 2G wireless service starting Jan. 1, 2017, company announced in a blog this week. Company had announced plan to shut down the 2G network 4 years ago.

Smart Expanding Network to Improve LTE Coverage and Quality in Metro Manila

Posted on 17. Jan, 2017 by Pankaj in News, LTE-Advanced, LTE

PLDT mobile unit Smart Communications is undertaking a major network expansion in Metro Manila over the next three months, to improve the coverage and quality of its LTE service.

T-Mobile Increases 4G LTE Capacity in DC by Nearly 1,000%

Posted on 12. Jan, 2017 by sujitg in News, LTE-Advanced, QAM, T-Mobile, MIMO, LTE

U.S. carrier T-Mobile have announced permanent increase of 4G LTE capacity in the areas surrounding the National Mall by nearly 1,000% since last year carrier ahead of Presidential Inauguration.

Singtel Launches Nationwide 450Mbps Mobile Data Network

Posted on 10. Jan, 2017 by Pankaj in News, 5G, LTE-Advanced, QAM, Singtel, MIMO, LTE

Singtel today launched a 450Mbps mobile network with the nationwide deployment of 4G LTE-Advanced service in Singapore. This speed enhancement is made possible by Singtel’s nationwide LTE network upgrade to support 256 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation, or 256 QAM.

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