Alcatel-Lucent is partnering with KaR-Tel as its sole equipment supplier for the launch of the 700MHz LTE market pilot in Kazakhstan, according to a company announcement.

Bridgewater Systems has announced that Yota has selected the Bridgewater Service Controller (AAA) to support the rollout of its new national WiMAX service in Nicaragua. The  WiMAX network

Alcatel-Lucent has gone live at LTE emergency communications demonstration network in Boulder, CO, which is being managed by the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program.

Telefonica O2 Germany is starting the next stage of LTE deployments in rural areas.

Nokia Siemens Networks has been selected by Deutsche Telekom for immediate roll-out of LTE in 800 MHz band. Deutsche Telekom AG will launch LTE later this year in Germany.

ITU has completed the assessment of six candidate submissions for the global 4G mobile wireless broadband technology, otherwise known as IMT-Advanced. 

Alcatel-Lucent has announced that it will cooperate with Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories (CHT-TL) to conduct an end-to-end Long Term Evolution (LTE) trial, using both the 2.6 GHz and 700 MHz bands.

MetroPCS has begun commercial 4G LTE services in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit is the third U.S. city where MetroPCS is offering commercial 4G LTE service.

Nokia Siemens Networks has successfully demonstrated the TD-LTE using broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum in India.

Aptilo Networks has announced plans to add LTE to its portfolio of service management and policy control solutions for operators.

Cellcom, a provider of communications services throughout Wisconsin and Michiga,  has selected the Bridgewater to deliver IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) femtocell services and for its LTE netwo

Femto Forum has published a set of APIs to enable LTE femtocell semiconductors and protocol software stacks from different vendors to interoperate. 

Motorola and Nokia have entered into a 4G license agreement that extends the companies’ existing intellectual property licensing agreement to include 4G cellular technologies, such as LTE, WiMAX an

Colombian telecoms operator UNE EPM has planned to launch LTE services in three or four large cities during the second half of next year.