Russian telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor announced that Russian Wimax operator Scartel and national operator Rostelecom can use their existing radio frequencies for deploying LTE networks.

IPWireless and Altair Semiconductor have announced a partnership to develop a suite of multi-band LTE modem products that will support key frequency bands ideally suited to global LTE deployments.

The Indian government has allotted spectrum to four operators paving the way for starting high-speed mobile broadband.

Roke Manor Research has developed 3G Wide Area Coverage Femtocell capability using picoChip's technology as the development platform.

Mobile service provider, Zain Kuwait is experimenting with LTE and have achived 150 mb/s download speed.

Japanese mobile operator eMobile has pre-launched its new mobile broadband network using Ericsson's equipments with HSPA+ technology, that claims to support downlink peak data rate of 42 Mbps.

According to a new ABI Research report 2011 will be the year of LTE, as both Verizon Wireless in the United States and NTT DoCoMo in Japan are expected to begin wide-scale roll-outs by the end of 2

Nokia & Renesas Electronics have forming a strategic business alliance to develop modem technologies for HSPA+/LTE and its evolution.

Swedish telecom operator Tele2 & Norwegian partner Telenor plan to launch 4G LTE network in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo, Karlskrona and Lund cities this year.

France Telecom-Orange has unveiled a five-year action plan, called "conquests 2015". The Group has set its sights on reviving a spirit of growth through international development.

WiMAX Forum has urged Indian operators to deploy broadband now. In recent BWA auctions India allocated 2 blocks of 20MHz in the 2.3GHz band across the same 22 service areas. 

First Media has launched 4G Wimax serices in Indonesia under a new brand called Sitra WiMAX earlier this week.

Australia's Telstra and Huawei are conducting LTE trials using 1800MHz spectrum in Victoria. 

Ericsson has conducted first trials of TDD LTE in India using 2.3GHz band, Ericsson made first data call at the Experience Centre, Ericsson Forum, in Gurgaon.