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NTT DOCOMO plans LTE femtocell launch in 2011

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NTT DoCoMo plans to launch commercial LTE femtocells between 2011 and 2012.

AT&T, Verizon join Wireless Broadband Alliance

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AT&T and Verizon have joined Wireless Broadband Alliance (“WBA”), a group dedicated to global Wireless Broadband roaming for public Wi-Fi networks.

ip.access & Kineto Wireless complete femtocell IOT

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ip.access and Kineto Wireless have completed interoperability testing (IOT) between ip.access’ Oyster 3G femtocell Access Point and Kineto’s Multi-Service Access Gateway (MSA-GW).

Indian Operator Aircel may choose both WiMAX & TD-LTE

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India's GSM service provider Aircel has indicated that it may choose WiMAX or TD-LTE for 2.3GHz spectrum deployments or it can roll out both. 

Verizon Wireless launches LTE user trials in 5 cities

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Verizon Wireless is moving to “friendly user trials” of LTE in five unnamed cities.

Ericsson to showcase LTE in South Africa

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Ericsson has planned to demonstrate LTE with a speed of 150 Mbps and HSPA Evolution with up to 84 Mbps at their local offices in Johannesburg, South Africa from 21 June – 16 July, according to

Elitecore announces WiMAX wins

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OSS/BSS solutions provider, Elitecore Technologies recently announced 10 successful wins for WiMAX 16e & 16d in Asia & Eastern Europe regions. 

Telstra signs $11b deal with NBN Co

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Australia's Telstra has signed non-binding deal valued at $11 billion  with NBN Co, in this deal Telstra has agreed to migrate its copper and cable broadband networks to Government-owned NBN C

LTE to account for over 60% of 4G-enabled mobile devices in 2014

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Baseband modem integration into mobile devices will reach 2 billion by 2014 despite market and technical hurdles, according to a recent report by In-Stat. 

Alcatel-Lucent India shifts focus to LTE, Services

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Alcatel-Lucent has decided to shift the focus of its R&D unit in Chennai, India from WiMAX to LTE, according to Mr Vivek Mohan, President of Alcatel-Lucent's global services business and Managi

Verizon Wireless to follow tiered pricing model for LTE

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Verizon Wireless may not offer unlimited data plans for LTE services, instead it can switch to tiered pricing, according to chief financial officer of Verizon Communications Inc., John Killian.

With Soft Modem Cognovo aims to reduce cost for LTE handsets

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Cognovo has launced Software Defined Modem (SDM) platform designed to significantly reduce cost, size and design complexity for developers of cellular handsets and other wireless enabled consumer e

Telstra & Nokia Siemens Networks achieve 100Mbps downlink over 75km

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Australia's Telstra & Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) have achieved a peak download speed of 100Mbps and upload speed of 31Mbps over a 75km distance using LTE technology. 

Delay in LTE spectrum allocation to hit operators, users

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According to a new report from Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) delays in the commercial launch of LTE will place increasing pressure on capacity and increase costs as operat

TeliaSonera to launch 4G LTE in Visby on June 30

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TeliaSonera is ready to launch 4G LTE in Visby, Sweden on June 30 . It would become the third city in the world with commercial 4G network.