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Telenor Norway Launches LTE in 11 Cities

Posted on 10. Oct, 2012 by sujitg in News, Telenor, LTE

Telenor has launched its 4G LTE network in 11 cities and towns in Norway. Company plans to continue to develop the network at a rapid pace to provide 4G coverage to one third of Norway population by the end of the year.

Yota Networks Launches LTE Advanced

Posted on 09. Oct, 2012 by sujitg in News, LTE-Advanced, Yota, LTE

Yota has announced introduction of LTE Advanced technology in select LTE base stations in Moscow. According to operator, it will provide data rates up to 300 Mbit/s on the user's devices. Yota had launched commercial LTE network in Moscow earlier this year.

Nokia Siemens Networks, Cisco, Harris complete initial phase 3 testing of public safety LTE broadband network

Posted on 09. Oct, 2012 by sujitg in News, Cisco, Nokia Siemens Networks, Public Safety, LTE

Nokia Siemens Networks, Cisco and Harris Corporation have completed the initial section of the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program phase 3 LTE Demonstration Network Test Plan.

UK Broadband Launches LTE in Swindon, Southwark and Reading

Posted on 08. Oct, 2012 by sujitg in News, UK Broadband, 4G, LTE

UK Broadband (UKB) has announced that its 4G LTE service 'now Broadband' is now available in areas of Swindon, Southwark and Reading. Company’s fixed wireless LTE service offers broadband via a home router with no long-term contracts and provides users a flexible alternative to a fixed broadband connection.

C Spire Expands LTE Coverage In Mississippi

Posted on 05. Oct, 2012 by sujitg in News, C Spire Wireless, LTE

U.S. Carrier C Spire Wireless has launched LTE services in new markets in Mississippi. Cities that now have LTE coverage include Ecru, Kossuth, Corinth, Farmington, Ripley, Sherman and Booneville. C Spire Plans to Offer 4G LTE Services in 31 Mississippi Markets Through October.

DOCOMO PACIFIC Launches LTE on October 4

Posted on 03. Oct, 2012 by Pankaj in News, DOCOMO PACIFIC, NTT DOCOMO, 4G, LTE

DOCOMO PACIFIC has announced the introduction of LTE services in Guam starting 04 October 2012. Operator will offer 4G LTE over the 700 MHz band. In addition to deploying LTE, DOCOMO PACIFIC has already deployed HSPA+ technology in late 2011.

Ericsson Demonstrates Enhanced Voice Fallback for TD-LTE

Posted on 03. Oct, 2012 by Pankaj in News, Ericsson, FDD, Qualcomm, TD-LTE, TDD, LTE

Ericsson and Qualcomm have demonstrated Release 9 Circuit Switched Fall Back (CSFB) from LTE TDD (TD-LTE) to GSM, live, using a standard Ericsson radio base station RBS 6000 and an LTE multimode chipset from Qualcomm. With this achievement, both LTE FDD and LTE TDD modes, using un-paired spectrum, could also make use of the broad GSM coverage.

EE to Open LTE Network on 30 October

Posted on 03. Oct, 2012 by sujitg in News, EE, Everything Everywhere, 4G, LTE

EE will start offering the LTE services on the 30th October 2012 in UK. EE’s 4G services will be available on a number of exciting handsets including the iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy SIII LTE, Nokia Lumia 920, Nokia Lumia 820, HTC One XL and the Huawei Ascend P1 LTE.

Softbank to Acquire eAccess in Share Exchange Deal

Posted on 02. Oct, 2012 by sujitg in News, eAccess, Softbank Mobile, LTE

Japan’s mobile service providers, SOFTBANK and eAccess have entered into an agreement whereby SOFTBANK will become the sole parent company of eAccess and eAccess will become its wholly-owned subsidiary of SOFTBANK.

Rogers Opens LTE Network in 18 More Markets

Posted on 01. Oct, 2012 by sujitg in News, Rogers Communications, 4G, LTE

Canada's Rogers Communications has launched LTE network in 18 additional markets, bringing the 4G service to roughly 60% of Canadians. Operator continues to introduce LTE to new markets across Canada and announced that it is first to launch LTE in Saskatoon and Regina, St.

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