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  • Huawei showcased 4x4 MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) carrier aggregation solution for LTE TDD at the Huawei-hosted 2012 Global Analyst Summit in Shenzhen, China. According to the company, this solution allows the peak data rate for a single end user to reach up to 520Mbps.

  • Indian telco  Bharti Airtel has given a contract to Huawei for planning, design, supply and deploy LTE network to offer 4G mobile broadband services in Karnataka. Under the agreement Huawei will deliver LTE network infrastructure and devices. 

  • Regional USA operator Cellcom has launched its 4G LTE network in seven areas of Northeast and Central Wisconsin. The first phase of Cellcom’s 4G LTE rollout includes cell sites in Green Bay, Sturgeon Bay, Appleton, Oshkosh, Wausau, and parts of Oconto and Marinette Counties. 

  • Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel expects to raise a minimum BRL3.8 billion (USD 2 billion) with auction of mobile frequencies in the 2.5GHz and 450MHz bands. Anatel says that 2.5GHz spectrum is to be used for LTE mobile services while 450MHz spectrum will be used to expand the coverage of voice and data (broadband internet) services in rural areas.

  • NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Apr 30, 2012 - Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSPD), the industry leader in technology for small cell base stations, today announced that the company's Transcede(R) wireless baseband processors are in the first long-term evolution (LTE) femtocell from SK Telesys.

  • [Beijing, China, April 27 , 2012]: Intel Corporation and Huawei, a leading global information and communication technology (ICT) solutions provider, today announced a collaboration to advance the development of interoperability testing and deployment of LTE TDD solutions.

  • Dresden, Germany, April 27th, 2012 – Signalion will show 3GPP LTE-Advanced features of its SORBAS LTE UE-simulator at CTIA in New Orleans from May 8 to 10, 2012, and at World IT Show in Seoul/Korea from May 15 – 18, 2012.

  • [Stockholm, Sweden, April 27, 2012.] CellMax Technologies, a Swedish leading provider of advanced ultra-high efficiency base station antennas, has been nominated for the “Stora Exportpriset 2012” by the Swedish Trade Council as one of the most successful Swedish export companies of the past few years.

  • Australian operator Optus has activated its 4G LTE network for select customers across Greater Newcastle, as well as in Port Stephens, the Hunter Valley and Lake Macquarie areas. Operator is initially offering these 4G services to select customers for free, in exchange for their feedback on network performance and device capability.

  • US carrier Clearwire has planned TDD-LTE Network for high demand "Hot Zones" in 31 Markets. New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle will be among the 31 cities where the company will launch its LTE network during the first half of 2013. The company will announce the additional cities where it will launch TDD-LTE service at a later date. 

  • April 25 2012, BELLEVUE, Wash.  – 4G Americas, a wireless industry trade association representing the 3GPP family of wireless technologies including HSPA and LTE mobile broadband, commends Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA) on today’s formation of a Federal Spectrum Working Group to examine how the federal government can use the na

  • Tele2 has selected Nokia Siemens Networks as the supplier of the operator’s 4G, LTE radio and core network in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to provide superior mobile broadband with faster data speeds and improved coverage. In addition, the company will modernize and expand Tele2’s GSM and 3G networks.

  • PARIS — April 25, 2012 — 4G chipmaker Sequans Communications (NYSE: SQNS) has become a participant in Verizon’s LTE Innovation Center, created to empower LTE innovators and foster the development of new technologies for Verizon’s world-leading 4G LTE network.

  • Bedford, MA - April 24, 2012 - Empirix today announced the availability of the Empirix xCentrix LTE Analysis Package.

  • Australian Telco Telstra is set to expand LTE roll-out in Newcastle which will see 4G mobile coverage extending into a number of new suburbs in the coming months. The upcoming expansion would bring 4G coverage to suburbs such as Broadmeadow, Callaghan, Georgetown, Jesmond, Kotara East, Lambton, Mayfield, Mayfield West, Waratah and Waratah West.