4G5GWorld has a new home now. Visit TelecomGrid for new stories and blogs!

Recent News

  • July 22nd, 2009 | Kevin Fitchard

    While major CDMA operators like Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ, NYSE:VOD) and Sprint (NYSE:S) are moving directly to 4G, the CDMA Development Group and other CDMA proponents have long stressed there is an alternative, EV-DO Revision B, which would allow operators to boost capacity without building new networks or acquiring new spectrum.

  • July 22, 2009 | MSF has announced major LTE/SAE (Long Term Evolution/ System Architecture Evolution) interoperability event inMarch 2010. Vodafone and China Mobile are the first to sign up for the MSF’s (MultiService Forum) major LTE/SAE (Long Term Evolution / System Architecture Evolution) Interoperability Event.

  • Jul 21, 2009  | By Pav Jordan | TORONTO (Reuters) - An auction this week for the wireless assets of Canada's Nortel Networks (NRTLQ.PK), valued at a minimum of $650 million, has suddenly become a lot more interesting and may turn into a bidding war.

  • JULY 21, 2009 | Michelle Donegan | Nokia Siemens Networks claims to have a unique way for filling the Long Term Evolution (LTE) voice void, and has not joined an industry initiative to create a new standard for delivering voice services over LTE.

  • July 20 (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd (RIM.TO) said on Monday that bankrupt telecommunications company Nortel Networks had effectively prevented the BlackBerry maker from bidding for Nortel's wireless business.

  • July 20 2009 | Denmark Ministry for Science, Technology and Innovation has launched a public consultation on the auction of 2.5GHz spectrum. The spectrum now being auctioned is suitable for providing wireless broadband services based on standards such as LTE (Long Term Evolution) and WiMAX.

  • 19 July 2009 | In a  Newly released forecasts by Coda Research Consultancy, a technology and media specialist show that portable laptop and notebook users accessing the internet via mobile broadband will produce US$48bn in operator revenues in 2017 with 418m people worldwide. LTE will lead to more traffic per user than for mobile broadband in general.

  • July 18, 2009 | Japan's telecom regulator, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), has approved the plans by four anointed LTE carriers to invest 1.134 trillion yen ($11.8 billion)

  • 17 July 2009 - Nujira announced that it has achieved efficiencies of over 60% for an 880MHz LTE Power Amplifier, based on its commercially available Coolteq power modulator and Digital Pre Distortion

  • 16 Jul 2009| Phil Muncaster: Portable laptop and netbook users accessing the internet via mobile broadband will generate $48bn (£29bn) in revenues by 2017, according to new figures from technology res

  • 16 Jul 2009| Ian Williams| V3.co.uk: Telecoms giant Huawei has launched the first large-scale commercial Long Term Evolution (LTE) eNodeB base station aimed at helping to spur the deployment of LTE ne

  • July 15, 2009| By Cintia Garza: LTE is still a few years away and many questions about the technology and business model remain unanswered.

  • Wednesday Jul 15 2009  | According to a new report by Juniper Research, LTE wireless broadband technology will see over 100 million subscribers by 2014.

  • Jul 14, 2009| by Carl Weinschenk| IT Business Edge: The 4G world of high-speed, long-range IP-based wireless service is here.

  • July 13, 2009| By Marin Perez:Japan's NTT DoCoMo expects the 4G network to drive revenue by spurring interest in video downloads and mobile streaming services.