Sunday, October 28, 2012

October 2012: LTE News & Blogs from LteWorld


Clearwire to Put 2,000 LTE Sites on Air by End of June 2013

in News, Clearwire, TD-LTE, 4G, LTE
Clearwire
U.S. broadband service provider, Clearwire has revised its LTE deployment plan. Company now plans to have 2,000 LTE sites on air by the end of June 2013 and expects to start receiving Sprint prepayment installments in June 2013.

Evolution to LTE in EMEA will require Sophisticated Diameter Signalling

in Blog, Diameter, EMEA, Tekelec, LTE
Tekelec
Trends in Europe, Middle East and Africa all point in the same direction, as operators know that brand innovation relies on the speed at which they adopt LTE. Concurrent to LTE investments should be investments in ‘Diameter’ signalling infrastructure – critical behind-the-scenes communications necessary to make LTE succeed.

China Mobile Picks Nokia Siemens Networks for Multi-city, TD-LTE Deployment

in News, China Mobile, Nokia Siemens Networks, TD-LTE, LTE
Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks has announced that China Mobile has selected the company for the deployment of TD-LTE in three cities by the end of 2012. The deployment is part of China Mobile’s large-scale pre-commercial trial of its TD-LTE network.  



4G Mobile Broadband Evolution: Release 10, Release 11 and Beyond - HSPA, SAE/LTE and LTE-Advanced

in Whitepaper, 4G Americas, LTE-Advanced, HSPA, LTE
On a global basis, subscriptions to HSPA mobile broadband are growing rapidly. There were 900 million global subscriptions for HSPA at of the end of  December 2011, rising to 1 billion by 2Q 2012. This number is expected to reach 2.8 billion by the end of 2015. There were 476 commercial HSPA networks in 181 countries worldwide reported in September 2012.4

YOTA Networks and Huawei Launch World's First LTE-Advanced Commercial Network

in press-release, Huawei, LTE-Advanced, Yota, LTE
Moscow, Russia, October 24, 2012: Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, and Russian operator YOTA Networks today announced the successful launch of the world's first LTE-Advanced commercial LTE network in Moscow.

Alcatel-Lucent Expands Mobile Backhaul Portfolio

in News, Alcatel-Lucent, Small Cell, LTE
Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent has announced expansion of its mobile backhaul portfolio to address the challenges associated with delivering mobile broadband services in crowded, urban environments. According to company, mobile backhaul enhancements support the growing variety of wireless cell types and locations. 

Smart, StarHub set up LTE roaming interconnect link between PH and SG

in press-release, Smart Communications, StarHub, LTE
24 October 2012 - Wireless services leader Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has scored another first in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) arena with the setting up of an LTE roaming interconnect link with Singapore telco StarHub. 

iPad 4 and iPad mini with Global LTE Support Launched

in Blog, iPad mini, LTE
iPad mini
Apple has unveiled fourth generation iPad and new iPad mini with support of additional LTE bands for markets across the world. The new iPad mini features the same number of pixels as the original iPad and iPad 2 to allow apps to work that are designed specifically for iPad.

Apple Unveils LTE Capable iPad mini

in News, Apple, iPad, iPad mini, LTE
iPad mini
Apple today unveiled new iPad mini along with fourth generation iPad. The new iPad mini also has built-in support for LTE and GSM/UMTS wireless standards including HSPA, HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA. The iPad mini is 23 percent thinner and 53 percent lighter than the third generation iPad