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Two Companies Aim to Enable Early Adoption of 3G LTE

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13th July , 2009: Europe : A new 3G LTE reference platform is currently in development by Lime Microsystems and Blue Wonder Communications.

Wimax take-up slow; LTE faces technical challenges, says Maravedis

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13 July 2009| by David Manners: Approximately 400,000 WiMAX subscribers and 50 million new active 3G subscribers were added in Q1 2009, says Canadian telecoms analyst company Maravedis.

NTT DoCoMo to Launch Fourth-Generation Network in 2010

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By Jonathan Browning| July 12 (Bloomberg) -- NTT DoCoMo Inc.

Ericsson to Invest $1.5 Billion in South Korea

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By Jungmin Hong| July 12 (Bloomberg) -- Ericsson AB, the world’s largest maker of wireless networks, plans to invest $1.5 billion in South Korea over the next five years.

Wireless VoIP previews LTE capabilities

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07/10/2009|R. Colin Johnson|EE Times : PORTLAND, Ore. — Starting in about 2012, 4th generation (4G) long-term evolution (LTE) technologies promise to convert today's wireless mobile networks from dependence on traditional circuit switching to a flat, Internet Protocol (IP) networking architecture.

4G Wireless Evolution - LTE Base Station Spending to Hit $3.3 Billion in 2011: Report

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July 10, 2009| By Vivek Naik: An IT market research firm is reporting that wireless operators will spend about $3.3 billion on buying and building 142,000 Long Term Evolution base stations and related equipment throughout 2011.

Reding Seeks More Attractive Mobile 3G Services in Europe

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A mobile knowledge-based society in Europe can be created with more attractive 3G mobile services, which can also pave the way for LTE-based services. Excerpt from the 2009 Ludwig Erhard Lecture at the Lisbon Council in Brussels by European Telecoms and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding.

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China Kicks off TD-LTE Test

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SHENZHEN, Jul 09, 2009 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- China has started testing its 4G telecoms technology TD-LTE. Six telecoms networking gear makers such as China Putian have taken part in the test. They all have the ability to research and develop the TD-LTE technologies on their own. read more

Juniper Research: There will be over 100 million LTE subscribers by 2014

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By Dusan Belic on July 9th, 2009: According to a new report from Juniper Research, the number of LTE subscribers will exceed 100 million by 2014.

Storms seen ahead for Voice over LTE

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07/08/2009 | EE Times Europe : LONDON — The Voice over LTE via Generic Access (VoLGA) Forum has published the second version of its architecture specifications in an effort to introduce an alternative way to deliver voice services over Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks.