LTE
AT & T Follows Verizon's Lead with LTE Centers
February 19, 2010 6:41 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsAT&T is opening three so-called Innovation Centers to support its LTE deployment.
Beceem to Launch LTE-WiMAX Chip
February 16, 2010 7:17 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsThe BCS500 chip will be sampled to customers by the end of this year and is expected to hit mass production in the second half of 2011.
GSMA Backs Voice over LTE Initiative
February 16, 2010 7:13 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsThe GSMA has adopted the technical profile for Voice over LTE (VoLTE) standards developed by the One Voice Initiative...
AT & T Taps Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson for LTE
February 10, 2010 7:21 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsAT&T has chosen Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson as its LTE network vendors ahead of the operator's planned 4G field trials later this year.
Via Licensing, Sisvel Report Progress on LTE Patent Pools
February 5, 2010 7:11 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsSisvel and Via Licensing say they are making progress in their efforts to start a patent pool for LTE technology.
Camiant Gets LTE Contract
February 4, 2010 7:15 am | by Brian Santo, CED Magazine | News | CommentsCamiant let on that it won a contract to provide policy control systems for a major LTE deployment in 2010.
LG LTE Device Gets Green Light
February 3, 2010 7:24 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsLG Electronics says it will be the first to have an LTE device certified and up and running in Japan.
Shaking Up 4G
January 31, 2010 8:40 pm | by Maisie Ramsay | Articles | Comments4G has the potential to revolutionize people’s mobility and change the way operators do business. By year-end, Clearwire hopes to cover 120 million people with its mobile WiMAX offering. Verizon Wireless is set to deploy LTE in 25 to 30 markets this year. As the industry moves to the next evolution of technology, who will come out on top?
Deloitte Forecast: 2010 a Grim One for Carriers
January 26, 2010 10:40 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsDeloitte took its annual look at what the next year holds for carriers, and came up with one definitive point: It’s going to be a rough one.
Ericsson, NSN Win TeliaSonera LTE Contracts
January 13, 2010 7:20 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsEricsson and Nokia Siemens Networks have been tapped to build out TeliaSonera's LTE network across Norway and Sweden.
Securing the Benefits of Ethernet Mobile Backhaul
January 5, 2010 8:51 am | by Ranga Thittai, InfoVista | Articles | CommentsWith data traffic exploding at a rate of 400 percent to 800 percent annually worldwide and with the pending move toward LTE, mobile service providers face mounting pressure to have in place the necessary backhaul capacity to handle the traffic.
Verizon Wireless Readies Developers for LTE
December 22, 2009 5:46 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsVerizon Wireless is taking the initiative to prepare developers for the coming of LTE. The carrier recently announced it will host a webcast on Jan. 20, 2010, to review updated specifications for wireless devices that will run on the nationwide
TeliaSonera Launches First LTE Network
December 14, 2009 7:05 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsEuropean operator TeliaSonera has launched the world's first commercial LTE network in Oslo, Norway, and Stockholm, Sweden.
Analysis - IMS Gets Boost from Voice over LTE
November 29, 2009 8:10 pm | by Keith Mallinson | Articles | CommentsWill solving the thorny problem of providing voice and SMS with LTE justify IMS investments and provide the competitive edge IMS desperately needs to become a major basis for rich service delivery on mobile networks?
Alcatel-Lucent Makes First LTE Data Call in Europe
November 20, 2009 6:45 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsAlcatel-Lucent reports that it has successfully completed the first LTE data call on the 800 MHz European Digital Dividend (EDD) spectrum band in a live network.
Samsung to Pay $1.3B to Qualcomm for Licenses
November 9, 2009 6:35 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsSamsung Electronics has signed a $1.3 billion licensing agreement with Qualcomm...
Swedish Invasion
November 5, 2009 1:56 pm | Blogs | CommentsEricsson sends CTO Håkan Eriksson to Silicon Valley.
CTO: Verizon On Track for 2010 LTE Deployment
November 5, 2009 6:35 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsVerizon Wireless is on track to launch LTE in 25 to 30 markets next year, said Tony Melone at a keynote address before the LTE Americas 2009 Conference.
ZTE Opens LTE Lab in Texas
October 19, 2009 8:20 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsZTE says it has opened an LTE laboratory in Richardson, Texas, that will demonstrate and test its dual-mode CDMA/LTE platform for U.S. carriers.
Getting Ready for the Next Data Explosion
September 30, 2009 8:30 pm | by Monica Alleven | Articles | CommentsExpectations call for billions of connected devices in the years ahead, but operators need to make preparations now so they’re ready for the onslaught.
Microwave: From Dumb Pipe to Intelligent Network Element
September 24, 2009 1:00 pm | by Amir Zoufonoun, Exalt Communications | Articles | CommentsAs carriers, enterprises and government agencies rely more heavily on Ethernet microwave technology to scale their networks, they are also grappling with greater wireless network complexity.
Verizon's Melone Outlines LTE Roadmap, Collaboration Initiatives
September 23, 2009 8:30 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsLTE holds a lot of promise, but there's still "no substitute for good old-fashioned engineering." That's the message from Verizon Wireless' Chief Technology Officer Tony Melone...
VoLGA Releases Voice, SMS over LTE Specs
September 17, 2009 8:05 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsThe VoLGA Forum has published the first complete set of specifications for delivering voice and SMS over LTE just nine months after starting the effort.
Edwaldsson: HSPA Key to LTE Transitions, But There’s Lots of Headroom in 3G
September 16, 2009 10:55 am | by Maisie Ramsay | Articles | CommentsHSPA is the smoothest way to get to LTE, says Ericsson’s Ulf Edwaldsson
Ericsson: HSPA Key to LTE Transitions
September 16, 2009 8:20 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsCHICAGO—Just after Kris Rinne finished touting AT&T's ability to use HSPA to smooth the carrier's transition to LTE, Ericsson's Ulf Edwaldsson made the same argument yesterday at 4G World: HSPA is the smoothest way to get to LTE.
