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  • Qualcomm and  Digibras Group have entered into 3G and 4G license agreements to enable Digibras to manufacture, through its brands, 3G and 4G smartphones in Brazil. Digibras Industria do Brasil S.A.is a Brazilian consumer electronics supplier and owner of the brands CCE Info and CCE Mobi.

  • Ericsson is working with regional wireless operators to provide LTE services in rural America. Company is providing LTE mobile broadband networks to eight regional wireless operators in the United States and Guam.

  • CTIA New Orleans, May 8, 2012 - Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces its selection by Sprint to provide its UpTeq LTE UICC product and the LinqUs Advanced Connectivity OTA Platform for Sprint’s fourth generation LTE broadband service launch.

  • SAN DIEGO and BELLEVUE, Wash., May 8, 2012 - Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq:QCOM) and Clearwire Corporation (Nasdaq:CLWR) today announced that Qualcomm will add support for Clearwire's upcoming LTE TDD network to its line of multi-mode LTE chipsets with the inclusion of support for 3GPP's Band 41 (B41) radio frequency.

  • Kineto Wireless, Inc., an innovator in the mobile industry, today announced that it has added IMS-based voice and messaging capabilities compatible with the GSMA’s VoLTE initiative to its Smart Wi-Fi smartphone client.

  • T-Mobile USA has selected Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) to support It’s $4 billion 4G network evolution plan, including network modernization and LTE deployment in 2013.  

  • Bharti Airtel has launched LTE services in Bangalore, India followed by the recent launch of the 4G services in Kolkata.  Airtel also introduced 'Smartbytes' for 4G a plan to allow customers to buy these add-on packs and use 4G services even after exhausting their monthly data limits.

  • ZTE has signed an agreement with Hi3G Sweden worth UD$74 million to deploy several UMTS/LTE TDD/LTE FDD base stations, as well as auxiliary microwave and data transmission equipment over the next three years.

  • NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 07, 2012 --Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MSPD), the industry leader in technology for small cell base stations, today announced the industry's first product for enterprise and public access Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) small cells.

  • PARIS, France and BELLEVUE, Wash. – May 7, 2012 – 4G chipmaker Sequans Communications S.A.

  • HOD HASHARON, Israel – May 7, 2012 – Altair Semiconductor (http://www.altair-semi.com), a leading developer of ultra-low power, small footprint and high performance 4G LTE chipsets, today announced that it has released a cost and feature-optimized chipset tailored for the Indian TD-LTE market, which is expected to become one of the fastest-growing LTE markets in the world.

  • Nokia Siemens Networks plans to demonstrate TD-LTE data speeds of close to 1 Gbps using its commercial Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station with LTE-Advanced technology at International CTIA Wireless 2012. Company is also adding a host of new products to its comprehensive TD-LTE portfolio.

  • Richardson, TX – May 3, 2012 –Mavenir Systems, a leading provider of mobile infrastructure solutions for mobile service providers to offer IMS and cloud-based communications services, today announced the availability of the Mavenir Equipment Identity Register (EIR) solution for mobile service providers.

  • South Korea's operator SK Telecom has selected Ericsson to extend its LTE network. The LTE network extension will be carried out by Ericsson's operating unit in Korea, LG-Ericsson and is scheduled to be completed within the first half of this year.

  • UK’s mobile service provider Everything Everywhere has launched a live 4G LTE trial in the North of England using the spectrum that, subject to licensing changes, could be used for commercial LTE rollout in UK later this year.