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Etisalat is set to launch LTE by end of 2010

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Etisalat is set to launch the LTE in the Middle East by end of 2010 .

Airvana Shortlisted in Four Femtocell Industry Awards Categories

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Airvana has been shortlisted in four categories in the 2010 Femto Forum Femtocell Industry Awards.

Sequans powers Mobile WiMAX devices

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Huawei has selected Sequans chips for the development of several Mobile WiMAX devices, including USB dongles, modems, and CPE in multiple frequency bands.

AIRCOM: HSPA+ cheaper than LTE

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AIRCOM International has today announced expert analysis highlighting why HSPA+ could make short-term commercial sense to a wide range of 3GPP operators contemplating their mobile broadband network

HiBeam selects Huawei to Provide WiMAX RAN

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HiBeam Internet & Voice has selected Huawei to provide its Radio Access Network to support their services in select markets in the Midwest and Southeast.

Mobile Infrastructure Market Expected to Recover in Second Half of 2010

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According to a recently published report by Dell'Oro Group, mobile infrastructure market is expected to benefit from initial LTE revenues in the second half of 2010 as a result of the anticipated l

Aricent Introduces Broad Daylight Program for Telecom Equipment Manufacturers

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Aricent, today announced Broad Daylight, an innovative product development program created specifically for small and mid-sized telecommunications equipment manufacturers to hasten their entry into

TriQuint Announces New Filter Technology for 4G Mobile Hotspots and Smartphones

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TriQuint Semiconductor has released a family of new highly-selective WiFi / WiMAX RF bulk acoustic wave (BAW) 4G filters.

Nomor Research licenses LTE eNB protocol stack to ASTC

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Nomor Research GmbH announced today that it has licensed its LTE Base Station Protocol Stack to ASTC, a global virtual platforms and software company, headquartered in Adelaide, Australia.

Huawei and Telecom Italia Completes Italy' s First LTE Test to Demonstrate Ultrabroadband Mobile Technology

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November 27, 2009 - Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, announced the completion of a joint LTE (Long Term Evolution)

VoLGA - Voice over LTE via Generic Access

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The VoLGA service resembles the 3GPP Generic Access Network (GAN). GAN provides a controller node - the GAN controller (GANC) - inserted between the IP access network (i.e., the EPS) and the 3GPP core network. The GAN provides an overlay access between the terminal and the CS core without requiring specific enhancements or support in the network it traverses.

LTE-Advanced

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The ITU has coined the term IMT Advanced to identify mobile systems whose capabilities go beyond those of IMT 2000. In order to meet this new challenge, 3GPPs Organizational Partners have agreed to widen 3GPP’s scope to include systems beyond 3G. See blog on Advance LTE Requirements

Long Term Evolution

LTE (Long Term Evolution) is initiated by 3GPP to improve the mobile phone standard to cope with future technology evolutions and needs. 3GPP work on the Evolution of the 3G Mobile System started with the RAN Evolution Work Shop, 2 - 3 November 2004 in Toronto, Canada.