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  • U.S. carrier T-Mobile announced an new Simple Starter value plan yesterday that will cost $40 a month for unlimited talk and text and up to 500MB 4G LTE data and tethering. The new plan will be launched on April 12th. 

  • Milestone achieved through close collaboration with leading device manufacturer

  • Mumbai, India and Dubai, U.A.E., April 8, 2014 - Elitecore Technologies, a leading provider of Integrated Policy, Charging and Revenue Management solutions today announced that it has deployed NetVertex PCRF with Aircel India which has mobile presence across 23 circles.

  • Taiwan's telecom operator Far EasTone has chosen Ericsson as a LTE supplier for LTE Radio and Core Network. Ericsson will provide hardware, software and support services, rolling out a multi-access RAN and core network for both 3G and 4G services, as well as assisting with network optimization.

  • U.S. Cellular will be adding more than 1,200 4G LTE cell sites in 2014 and expanding existing 4G LTE service in 13 states. By the end of 2014, more than 93 percent of U.S. Cellular customers will have access to 4G LTE speeds.

  • Solution Selected by Z-Com for LTE-TDD Trial and Deployments for Chinese Mobile Operator, CMCC

    HILLSBORO, OR, U.S. – April 8, 2014

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  • Canada's Telecom provider ABC Communications has partnered with Huawei to deploy TD-LTE fixed wireless service in British Columbia. ABC’s new network provides a wireless alternative to cable and ADSL for last mile broadband access. 

  • Reliance Jio Infocomm and Reliance Communications have signed an agreement for sharing of RCOM’s extensive intra-city optic fiber infrastructure. Under the terms of the agreement, Reliance Jio Infocomm will utilize RCOM’s nationwide intra-city fiber network for accelerated roll-out of its 4G LTE services across the country.

  • Qualcomm has announced its next- generation mobile processors for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 tier, the Snapdragon 810 and 808 processors. Both the Snapdragon 810 and Snapdragon 808 processors integrate Qualcomm Technologies’ 4th Generation Cat 6 LTE Advanced multimode modem

  • 04.03.14 - RICHARDSON, Texas-- Mavenir Systems (NYSE: MVNR), a leading provider of software-based networking solutions, today announced that it has deployed its IMS HSS-FE (Home Subscriber Server-Front End) system at T-Hrvatski Telekom (T-HT), Croatia's largest telecommunications company and a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom.

  • Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 03 April 2014 - As the surge in LTE connections across Latin America shows no signs of subsiding, the fifth LTE Latin America conference and exhibition - the region's only dedicated LTE event - will once again take place this coming April in Rio de Janeiro and is expected to be larger than ever before.

  • dtac TriNet has announced the launch of LTE network for its users in Thailand. dtac TriNet, a subsidiary of Thailand's mobile operator dtac, has selected Ericsson to deploy a 4G/LTE network. The LTE rollout began in February 2014 and is being deployed in on 2100MHz frequency band. 

  • Zuchwil, April 02, 2014 – SwissQual – a Rohde & Schwarz company – continuously enhances its products with new features and updated applications so as to timely meet market developments in mobile communication voice and data services.

  • South Korean carrier SK Telecom will introduce three different unlimited LTE data plans that will allow unlimited amount of LTE data, voice calls, text messages and membership services from April 3.

  • 4G chipmaker Sequans has announced that two of its device manufacturing partners in China, Datang Mobile and DareGlobal, have been awarded contracts to provide Sequans-powered TD-LTE end user devices to China Telecom for the operator’s commercial launch of TD-LTE service beginning in Q2.