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Alcatel-Lucent to Open LTE IOT Center in Taiwan

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Alcatel-Lucent plans to open LTE IOT center in Taiwan at Yearend by the end of this year according to Alain Biston, Alcatel-Lucent's president for North and South Asia operations.

ZTE and CSL win LTE Infrastructure Innovation award

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ZTE and CSL have been awarded the LTE Infrastructure Innovation award as part of the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards 2010. 

Kineto and Bravo Tech Demo TD-SCDMA Femtocell Solution in Shanghai

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Kineto Wireless and Bravo Tech Inc today announced that the companies are demonstrating an end-to-end TD-SCDMA-based femtocell solution at a facility in Shanghai.

BWA Auction Update Day 13: Pan-India Bid reaches $2.45B

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On the 13th day of the auction the Pan-India bidding price has reached Rs 11,517.9 crore (approx US$2.45 billion), more than six times the reserve price of Rs 1,750 crore.

Play and Orange to bid together for LTE

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Polish mobile service providers PTK Centertel (the operator of Orange network) and P4 (network operator, Play) plan to create a joint venture for the upcoming LTE spectrum rights in 2.6 G

Russian operator Rostelecom plans to build LTE network

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Russian long-distance operator Rostelecom has applied to the State Commission for Radio Frequencies for construction of LTE networks in Sochi, reports Vedomosti. 

DOCOMO tests LTE network for commercial launch

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NTT DOCOMO has started verifying its new commercial mobile network system based on the LTE in the Tokyo area, prior to the full-scale launch of extra-high-speed LTE commercial service in December.

WiMAX equipment and device revenue down in Q1

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WiMAX equipment and device revenue saw a moderate decline worldwide in the first quarter of 2010, down 2% to $303 million, according to Infonetics Research report.

HTC EVO 4G Breaks Sales Records Says Sprint

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Sprint claims that friday sales of HTC EVO 4G marked the largest quantity of a single phone sold in one day ever for Sprint.

GSA anticipates up to 22 LTE in service networks by end of 2010

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Up to 22 LTE networks will be in service by end 2010 according to a new Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) report, further at least 45 are expected to be in service by end 2012.

ZTE Launches Commercial TD-LTE Base Stations

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ZTE has announced that it has launched the industry’s first commercial TD-LTE base stations: BBU- B8300 and RRU- R8962. 

Ericsson & ComReg conduct TD-LTE trial in Ireland

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Ireland's Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has confirmed that Ericsson, using a test licence issued by ComReg, has done successful LTE trails in Ireland. 

LTE to be only 11% of installed base stations by the end of 2015

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By the end of 2010 while up to 20 LTE networks are expected to be live, but LTE will only make up 11% of installed base stations by the end of 2015, according to a ABI Research report.

BWA Auction Update Day 11: Pan-India Bid Crosses $2B

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At 11th day of the auction the Pan-India bidding price has reportedly crossed Rs 98.37 billion (US$2.0 billion).

picoChip 3G femtocell to support up to 400 smartphones

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picoChip announced that it has enhanced its picoXcellâ„¢ platform to address the need to support large numbers of smartphones on a femtocell.