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  • Guildford, UK – 30 April 2013 - Quortus, the company transforming core network functionality into edge-based applications, today announced that it has added LTE support to its flagship SoftCore software mobile core product which already supports 3G and GSM.

  • France’s Bouygues Telecom has announced the commercial launch of its 4G LTE network in six cities on 6 May. The cities are Lyon, Strasbourg, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Vanves, Malakoff, and Toulouse. Operator will further expand LTE network in June in Lille, Douai, Lens and the Basque Coast.

  • Dubai Internet City, UAE / Kista, Sweden - April 29, 2013 - Dovado, the supplier of mobile broadband routers and software to 4G/LTE and 3G operators and distributors, today announced the launch of its new Dovado PRO, a high-speed mobile broadband router for homes and offices.

  • Uganda's telecom operator MTN has launched 4G LTE network in country. MTN’s LTE service will initially be available in greater Kampala, with other towns to follow in the very near future. 

  • Brussels – Belgium, 24th April 2013: BICS, a global provider of wholesale carrier services, today announced that it enabled Tango and Belgacom Mobile to successfully perform their first 4G/LTE Data Roaming session in Europe between Belgium and Luxemburg.

  • Ooredoo has picked Nokia Siemens Networks to provide complete LTE radio and core network. Operator recently launched 4G LTE mobile broadband services in the country.

  • Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel) has expanded its LTE network and is now offering nationwide dual-band LTE coverage in Singapore.

  • Mumbai, Dubai,– 22 April, 2013 - Elitecore Technologies, the global provider of OSS/BSS solutions enables a leading Middle-East operator to implement its LTE roll-out in coexistence with its ongoing WiMax services.

  • [Shenzhen, China, April 19, 2013]: A GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) report, Evolution to LTE, released March 19, 2013 has confirmed that Huawei is leading the industry for a number of deployed LTE 1800MHz networks.

  • South Korea's SK Telecom SK Telecom has announced that its LTE subscribers surpassed 10 million as of April 19, 2012. Operator reached to 10M mark after 21 months of commercial LTE launch. SK Telecom started LTE service in July 2011. 

  • Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 22 April 2013 – LTE leaders from around the globe will gather this June for the world’s leading 4G LTE event, LTE World Summit.

  • The telecommunications service provider Zain Bahrain has launched commercial LTE network in the country. Operator has started 4G services in collaboration with Ericsson.

  • U.S. Carrier Sprint has opened 4G LTE network in 21 more markets. With this expansion,  Sprint now offers LTE service in 88 markets nationwide.

    The 21 new Sprint 4G LTE markets are: Albemarle, N.C., Bloomington, Ind., Charlotte, N.C., Contra Costa County, Calif., Denison, Texas, Greeneville,

  • Canada’s service provider TELUS has started offering LTE service in Bowmanville and Cornwall. With this expansion, TELUS’ 4G LTE service now covers more than 70 per cent of the Canadian population across approximately 170 markets.

  • East Brunswick, New Jersey and Rio de Janeiro, April 17: The Aricent Group, a global high-value innovation and technology services company, today announced that their partner CPqD, one of Latin America's leading Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) R&D institutions, is starting field trials of its LTE eNodeB, which is