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Telit to Roll out LTE Category M1 module in the U.S. with Verizon and Qualcomm

Posted on 09. Jan, 2017 by Pankaj in News, IOT, LTE-M1, Qualcomm, Telit, Verizon, LTE

Telit is collaborating with Verizon as a key supplier of IoT modules for the carrier’s LTE Category M1 (LTE-M1) service, company announced last week. In cooperation with Qualcomm Technologies, Telit is delivering IoT modules in full alignment with Verizon’s features and timing requirements.

Nokia and T-Mobile Achieve LTE Speeds Near 1 Gbps

Posted on 06. Jan, 2017 by sujitg in News, 4.5G, 4.9G, 5G, CES 2017, Nokia, QAM, T-Mobile, MIMO, LTE

Nokia and T-Mobile have achieved LTE speeds near 1 Gbps in a demonstration using Nokia's deployed 4.5G Pro technology. The demonstration, conducted at T-Mobile's lab in Bellevue, Washington, encompassed technologies currently live in the operator's network, including carrier aggregation, 256 QAM

Armenia’s VivaCell-MTS Expands 4G Network in 22 Towns

Posted on 02. Jan, 2017 by sujitg in News, VivaCell-MTS, 4G, LTE

Armenia’s VivaCell-MTS continues expanding its 4G network in Armenia that was deployed six years ago, in 2010. Upon the completion of the planned works, 4G services will become available to 52.5% of the population.

ZTE Announces Successful Commercial Launch of Pre5G in Telkomsel Indonesia

Posted on 28. Dec, 2016 by sujitg in News, 5G, Telkomsel, ZTE, LTE

ZTE and Telkomsel have announce successful deployment of commercial Pre5G networks in Makassar, capital of Sulawesi, and Manado, a famous tourist destination. According to company, using the 20 Mhz commercial spectrum in Band 3 these commercial networks have achieved a single-user peak downlink rate of 398 Mbps

Ericsson, Qualcomm and SK Telecom to Collaborate on 5G NR Trials

Posted on 28. Dec, 2016 by sujitg in News, 3GPP, 5G, Ericsson, Qualcomm, SK TELECOM, LTE

Ericsson, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, and SK Telecom plan to conduct interoperability testing and over-the-air field trials based on 5G New Radio (NR) standards being developed based on specifications in 3GPP.

5G Americas: Global LTE Connections Rise 81% Year-over-Year in Q3 2016

Posted on 06. Dec, 2016 by sujitg in News, LTE-Advanced, LTE

LTE continues its impressive momentum in North Americas, Latin America and throughout the world. 5G Americas reported mobile subscriber data for the third quarter of 2016 which included significant regional milestones for LTE according to data and forecasts by Ovum. Global LTE connections rose 81 percent year-over-year in the third quarter.

Nokia to Supply LTE-R network to Korea Rail Network Authority

Posted on 13. Nov, 2016 by sujitg in News, LTE-R, Nokia, LTE

Nokia has been selected by the Korea Rail Network Authority (KRNA) as a supplier for the LTE-R mobile broadband network to support railway operations and employee services. The network will be deployed on a railway line between Wonju and Gangneung

Ericsson Announces Commercial 5G New Radio (NR)

Posted on 05. Sep, 2016 by sujitg in News, 5G, Ericsson, LTE

Ericsson is commercializing the 5G NR radio for massive MIMO, with the first deployments coming in 2017. Together with the Ericsson 5G Plug-Ins announced in June and Ericsson's already commercially available Radio System Baseband 5216

Nokia and StarHub to Triple 4G upload Speeds in Singapore

Posted on 26. Jul, 2016 by sujitg in News, Carrier Aggregation, Nokia, QAM, StarHub, 4G, LTE

Nokia and Singapore's StarHub have successfully tripled peak upload speed to 150Mbps over the operator's 4G network, in a trial using carrier aggregation technology and the 64 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) technique.

5G: Huawei and Vodafone Achieve 20Gbps for Single-User Outdoor at E-Band

Posted on 26. Jul, 2016 by sujitg in News, 5G, Huawei, Vodafone, MIMO, LTE

Huawei and Vodafone have completed a 5G mmWave field test at Vodafone Emerald House in Newbury, UK.

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