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Deutsche Telekom Selects Nokia Siemens Networks for Commercial LTE Roll-out

Nokia Siemens Networks has been selected by Deutsche Telekom for immediate roll-out of LTE in 800 MHz band. Deutsche Telekom AG will launch LTE later this year in Germany.

ITU: LTE-Advanced and WirelessMAN-Advanced True 4G

ITU has completed the assessment of six candidate submissions for the global 4G mobile wireless broadband technology, otherwise known as IMT-Advanced. 

Alcatel-Lucent & Chunghwa Telecom to trial LTE in Taiwan

Alcatel-Lucent has announced that it will cooperate with Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories (CHT-TL) to conduct an end-to-end Long Term Evolution (LTE) trial, using both the 2.6 GHz and 700 MHz bands.

MetroPCS Launches Commercial LTE in Detroit

MetroPCS has begun commercial 4G LTE services in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit is the third U.S. city where MetroPCS is offering commercial 4G LTE service.

Nokia Siemens Networks Demonstrates TD-LTE in India

Nokia Siemens Networks has successfully demonstrated the TD-LTE using broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum in India.

Aptilo to offer LTE Policy and Charging Control solutions

Aptilo Networks has announced plans to add LTE to its portfolio of service management and policy control solutions for operators.

Cellcom Selects Bridgewater for LTE and Femtocells

Cellcom, a provider of communications services throughout Wisconsin and Michiga,  has selected the Bridgewater to deliver IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) femtocell services and for its LTE netwo

Femto Forum Publishes APIs for LTE Femtocell Interoperability

Femto Forum has published a set of APIs to enable LTE femtocell semiconductors and protocol software stacks from different vendors to interoperate. 

Motorola, Nokia sign 4G licensing deal

Motorola and Nokia have entered into a 4G license agreement that extends the companies’ existing intellectual property licensing agreement to include 4G cellular technologies, such as LTE, WiMAX an

Colombia's UNE plans LTE network in 2011

Colombian telecoms operator UNE EPM has planned to launch LTE services in three or four large cities during the second half of next year.