08/08/2011
Light Reading
If it gets more money, Clearwire LLC (Nasdaq: CLWR) could be one of the first operators in the world to deploy Long Term Evolution Time Division Duplex (LTE TDD), so we thought it was a good time to remind you what this 4G technology is and how it is different from today’s Long Term [...]
08/05/2011
Giga Om
Clearwire’s shift to LTE is not just a move away from WiMAX, but it cements Clearwire’s shift in strategy from being a retail operator to a wholesale provider — a shift that has been coming for a while. In this week’s announcement Clearwire said that it would sell its LTE network not just to [...]
04/25/2011
DigiTimes
Sales of HTC’s LTE-enabled smartphone, the HTC ThunderBolt, have been strong since the device was launched by Verizon Wireless in the US in mid-March, positioning HTC ahead of its major rivals in the development of LTE phones, according to industry sources.
Sales of the HTC ThunderBolt reached about 260,000 units in the first two weeks [...]
04/22/2011
Light Reading
Verizon Wireless will redouble its Long Term Evolution (LTE) efforts in 2011 as it reveals that its first 4G smartphone — the High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) (Taiwan: 2498) Thunderbolt — was a best seller in the first quarter of 2010. (See Verizon Reports Q1.)
The carrier plans to cover more than 185 million [...]
04/20/2011
TelecomAsia.net
The company revealed its plan while announcing the first demonstration of its LTE network, scheduled to launch in July.
SK Telecom also said it would apply Coordinated Multi-Point technology to the network when up and running in a bid to prevent base station interference, and “pursue early development” of LTE femtocells.
A pre-existing network of [...]
03/30/2011
Light Reading
Hi3G Access AB ’s plan to roll out dual-mode Long Term Evolution (LTE)/Long Term Evolution Time Division Duplex (LTE TDD) networks in Sweden and Denmark signals the rise of a hybrid deployment model using both flavors of the next-generation mobile technology. (See ZTE Scores LTE TDD/FDD Deal .)
The dual-mode development in the Nordics [...]
03/14/2011
TelecomAsia.net
China’s telecom ministry has stated that large-scale commercial deployment of LTE in the country will take between 3- 5 years.
This is the first time the ministry of industry and information technology (MIIT) has provided an official timeline for the country’s move to LTE.
Minister Miao Wei further told China Daily that significant rollouts were [...]
02/24/2011
TheStreet.com
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Apple’s(AAPL) Verizon iPhone — the one you’ve been waiting for — will keep you waiting another year.
The iPhone 5, due out sometime this summer, will not be an LTE 4G phone, says Telecom Pragmatics analyst Sam Greenholtz, who has talked with people close to the matter.
“The next iPhone — [...]
22/2011
TelecomAsia.net
Despite the much-hyped higher surfing speeds that LTE looks set to bring, the clear case for the technology from an operators’ point of view lies in the potential opportunity to reduce the cost per bit.
The LTE wave in the Asia Pacific is being led by Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Australia, which will [...]
02/08/2011
Giga Om
Long-Term Evolution (LTE), the wireless broadband technology that is being rolled out on networks around the world, is heading past 1 Gbps speeds, thanks to Japanese carrier, NTT DoCoMo. They have recently received spectrum in the cities of Yokosuka and Sagamihara to start testing what they call a 4G LTE Advanced network.
LTE Advanced [...]
