12/17/2009
IDG – Online
The new hardware won’t be in service for another three to six months, Ericsson says
By Mikael Ricknäs | IDG News Service
Ericsson has demonstrated one part of the technology that will make speeds of up to 42 Mbps (bits per second) possible in 3G networks. However, a lot of work remains before services can [...]
12/15/2009
Giga Om Offices At Pier 38
TeliaSonera, the Scandinavian operator that yesterday said it would launch the world’s first commercial Long Term Evolution network, today released cheap introductory prices to hook folks on its new network. TeliaSonera will charge just SEK4 (56 cents) a month in Stockholm until the first of July for access to its [...]
12/15/2009
EE Times Europe
LONDON — Wireless chip company ST-Ericsson NV (Geneva, Switzerland) has demonstrated handover between LTE and HSPA networks using multimode LTE/HSPA silicon. The interoperability was realized in live networks belonging to Ericsson in Stockholm, Sweden, using multimode equipment powered by ST-Ericsson’s M710 platform.
The chipset used within ST-Ericsson’s M710 platform is commercially available and the [...]
12/14/2009
IDG – Online
Mobile operator TeliaSonera has launched the world’s first commercial LTE (Long-Term Evolution) networks, in the central parts of Stockholm and Oslo, it said on Monday.
The first small batch of modems from Samsung are set to go on sale on Tuesday, and TeliaSonera will elaborate on pricing during a news conference later on [...]
12/08/2009
Giga Om Offices At Pier 38
Verizon Wireless has finally disclosed expected speeds for its upcoming LTE network, saying the technology will support average data rates per user of 5-12 Mbps on download and 2-5 Mbps on uploads. LTE latency will be roughly one-fourth that of existing 3G technologies, the carrier boasts on its site touting [...]
12/07/2009
Unstrung
A Verizon Wireless Website on its upcoming Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network appears to reveal data speed details, but a spokesman for the operator says that it is not yet giving a date for the launch.
As of press time, the LTE Website says that Verizon will launch the network in 2010. Verizon spokesman Jeffery Nelson [...]
12/01/2009
Light Reading
Long Term Evolution (LTE) core network activity is heating up as many vendors look to seize a share of the next-generation packet core market, according to a new Heavy Reading report.
The pursuit of the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) is picking up pace now because of the strategic significance of these packet core products [...]
11/30/2009
InformationWeek – San Francisco Bureau
Infineon said Wednesday it is teaming with Nokia to create chips for the next generation of mobile broadband.
The chipmaker already supplies the world’s largest handset maker with some chips, but it will be collaborating with Nokia to ensure its transceiver chips will work with Nokia’s 4G modems that use Long-Term [...]
10/26/2009
Sina Technology
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced that it has submitted China’s home grown TD-LTE-Advanced technical specification to the ITU for approval and TD-LTE-Advanced is now a candidate to become an international 4G standard. The ITU has received six candidates for the 4G standard, covering LTE-Advanced and 802.16m technologies. The ITU plans [...]
10/20/2009
Wireless Review/Telephony
If you’re a foreign infrastructure vendor looking to gain ground in the highly competitive 4G market, the thing to do is open up up a long-term evolution (LTE)–preferably somewhere on the outskirts of Dallas. ZTE is the latest equipment supplier to do just that, joining Nokia Siemens Networks (NYSE:NOK, NYSE:SI), Huawei and Fujitsu in [...]
