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Orange Slovakia Selects Cisco ASR 5000 Series for LTE Packet Core

Posted on 23. Oct, 2014 by sujitg in News, Cisco, Orange, EPC, LTE

Mobile operator Orange Slovakia has chosen the Cisco's ASR 5000 Series elastic evolved packet core for its recently launched 4G long-term evolution (LTE) network. With Cisco solution, Orange Slovakia aims to transform its architecture and seamlessly migrate mobile data traffic from existing 2G and 3G networks.

Telefónica Germany Picks Ericsson for Voice over LTE

Posted on 22. Oct, 2014 by sujitg in News, CSCF, Ericsson, IMS, MTAS, Telefonica, VoLTE, LTE

Telefónica Germany has selected Ericsson as main supplier to upgrade their network to support VoLTE. VoLTE has been deployed in all areas where Telefónica has LTE coverage in Germany. The commercial launch will take place once Telefónica has secured the full VoLTE device eco-system for mass-market launch.

ZTE Introduces ElasticNet SDN IPRAN Solution

Posted on 21. Oct, 2014 by Pankaj in News, IPRAN, Openflow, SDN, ZTE, LTE

ZTE has launched the ZTE ElasticNet SDN (software-defined networking) IPRAN (internet protocol radio access network) solution. According to ZTE, the solution introduces SDN virtualization technology to an IPRAN network to virtualize access-layer equipment, simplifying network structures and operations and maintenance (O&M)

PLDT Doubles TD-LTE Sites to Over 400 in Philippines

Posted on 20. Oct, 2014 by Pankaj in News, PLDT, Smart Communications, TD-LTE, TDD, LTE

Philippines telecoms provider PLDT has expanded its Time-Division Duplex-Long Term Evolution (TD-LTE) network to over 400 cell sites at the end of September. The current total is more than double the 200 TD-LTE sites that had been installed as of April this year in such provinces as Cagayan

Nokia Networks and Qualcomm Demonstrate 300 Mbps LTE-Advanced with Three-band Carrier Aggregation

Posted on 16. Oct, 2014 by sujitg in News, Carrier Aggregation, LTE-Advanced, Nokia Networks, Qualcomm, LTE

Nokia Networks and Qualcomm have completed interoperability testing of LTE-Advanced three-band Carrier Aggregation (3x CA) to achieve subscriber data rates of up to 300 Mbps in network environments.

Vodafone Starts LTE Advanced Roll-out in UK

Posted on 15. Oct, 2014 by Pankaj in News, Carrier Aggregation, LTE-Advanced, LTE

Vodafone UK has began the roll-out of a LTE Advanced technology to boost existing 4G mobile service using Carrier Aggregation. Vodafone is rolling out the enhanced technology from this month in Birmingham, Manchester and London and to other UK cities during the rest of this year and 2015.

Ericsson Demonstrates Proof of Concept of NFV with NTT DOCOMO

Posted on 14. Oct, 2014 by Pankaj in News, Ericsson, NFV, NTT DOCOMO, vEPC, LTE

Ericsson has successfully demonstrated proof of concept (PoC) of its Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) in a joint effort with Japanese operator NTT DOCOMO and a number of other providers.

Warid Telecom Selects Ericsson for LTE Deployment in Pakistan

Posted on 13. Oct, 2014 by sujitg in News, Warid Telecom, 4G, LTE

Pakistan's cellular service provider Warid Telecom announced Ericsson as its technology partner in the roll-out of 4G LTE in Pakistan during GITEX Technology Week 2014. Ericsson is Warid Telecom’s sole supplier of 4G LTE deployment in Pakistan.

ZTE Demonstrates 4G Rail Telecommunication Solutions at GITEX and Middle East Rail Technology Exhibition

Posted on 13. Oct, 2014 by Pankaj in News, GITEX, ZTE, 4G, LTE

ZTE is demonstrating its 4G rail telecommunication solutions at GITEX and the Middle East Rail Technology Exhibition. Prior to the events, which take place in the Middle East, ZTE's 4G rail telecommunication solution was successfully implemented into the Wenzhou City Railway Line S1 project in China.

Alcatel-Lucent Opens a Network center in Tokyo to Provide Hands-on Experience with Advanced Technologies

Posted on 10. Oct, 2014 by Pankaj in News, Alcatel-Lucent, NFV, LTE

Alcatel-Lucent has opened a dedicated facility in Tokyo designed to give service providers and enterprise customers hands-on experience in the co-creation of new ultra-broadband and cloud-based services and applications.

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