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Friday, July 30, 2010

Qualcomm Announces Collaboration with Global Holding Corporation and Tulip Telecom in New India LTE Venture

Source: Qualcomm press release
Qualcomm Incorporated, the winner of Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum in four telecom circles in India, today announced Global Holding Corporation Pvt. Ltd. and Tulip Telecom Ltd. as initial shareholders for its India LTE venture. Subject to receipt of government approvals, Qualcomm will have a 74 percent stake in the venture, while Global Holding Corporation and Tulip Telecom will hold 13 percent each, as required by applicable Indian Foreign Direct Investment regulations.

Samsung SCH-R900 approved by FCC: first US LTE phone is go

Source: Engadget

COMPRION launches new LTE Test (U)SIM

Source: COMPRION press release
Thanks to COMPRION's pioneering work in LTE development, the company now offers its first commercially available LTE Test (U)SIM following the latest 3GPP specifications.

Telefonica O2 to roll out LTE networks by year-end

Source: TeleGeography
Telefonica O2 Germany has announced plans to deploy two Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks in the cities of Munich and Halle by the end of the year.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

NTT DOCOMO Announces “Xi” LTE Service Brand

Source: NTT DOCOMO press release
NTT DOCOMO, INC. today unveiled the brand name and logo of its forthcoming LTE next-generation mobile service for the Japanese market, which is scheduled to launch in December. The brand name is written Xi™ and read “crossy.”

Images of Verizon Wireless’ first LTE USB modem emerge

Source: BGR

San Francisco Bay Area Selects Motorola for the Nation’s First Public Safety 700 MHz LTE Broadband Network

Source: Motorola press release
The Enterprise Mobility Solutions business of Motorola and the Public Safety Agencies within the San Francisco Bay Area have entered an agreement to build a 700 MHz LTE system. As part of the Bay Area Regional Interoperable Communications System (BayRICS) plan, the system will serve multiple agencies across the greater bay area, including San Francisco, Alameda County/Oakland, Contra Costa County, as well as the cities of Santa Clara and Sunnyvale. This broadband system provides an overlay to the existing Project 25 standards based IP cores and networks.

What does it take to migrate from WiMAX to LTE?

Source: FierceBroadbandWireless

UK Plots 4G Spectrum Auction

Source: Light Reading
The UK government gave the green light to plans to auction new spectrum that is suitable for Long Term Evolution (LTE) services. The government wants regulator Office of Communications (Ofcom) to organize an auction for 2.6GHz and 800MHz spectrum "as soon as possible." By some estimates, that means the end of 2011.

Will LightSquared succeed with its LTE ambitions?

Source: FierceWireless

NTT DOCOMO Licenses LTE Platform for Chipsets to MediaTek

Source: NTT DOCOMO press release
NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions headquartered in Taiwan, to deploy “LTE-PF,” a mobile-device chipset platform based on Long Term Evolution (LTE), the new mobile communication standard being adopted worldwide for super-fast downlinks above 100 Mbps and uplinks above 50 Mbps.

Altair Semiconductor Unveils TD-LTE Reference Design for Wireless Terminal Manufacturers

Source: Altair Semiconductor press release
Altair Semiconductor, the world's leading developer of ultra-low power, small footprint and high performance 4G LTE chipsets, today announced the commercial availability of a new TD-LTE terminal reference design for use in a range of products, including USB dongles, data cards, CPEs and handheld devices.

LightSquared’s Planned LTE Network May Never Shine

Source: GigaOM

NSN to break with Huawei in TD-LTE

Source: Rethink Wireless
As NSN and Motorola join forces, both gang up on Chinese rival.

AlcaLu Pitches Single-Vendor LTE

Source: Light Reading
Alcatel-Lucent is positioning itself as the only single-vendor solution that service providers need to deploy Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks, including everything from the radio access network and mobile backhaul to routing, base stations, and applications enablement.

Jumbo post: Notable LTE news/analysis in the past month or so

- Sonera to roll out Finland’s first 4G network in Turku (6/2)
- DOCOMO to Begin Pre-launch Operation of LTE Network (6/8)
- BWA Auction Is Bad News for WiMax's Future (6/11)
- Ericsson claims lead in essential patents for LTE (6/14)
- Does 4G Have a Role in M2M? (6/17)
- Telstra and Nokia Siemens Networks LTE world-first trial achieves 100Mbps at 75km using 2.6GHz (6/18)
- A step closer to 4G: Verizon moves to 'user trials' in LTE (6/18)
- US looks to harness 90MHz of mobile satellite spectrum (6/21)
- 3GPP LTE Seminar for Latin America Operators (6/21)
- DoCoMo Seeks LTE Femto Suppliers (6/22)
- Novatel Wireless Introduces Its LTE Embedded Modules Portfolio (6/28)
- Verizon to launch LTE network on November 15th, handsets on Black Friday (6/29)
- TeliaSonera gears up to ship first dual-mode LTE / 3G USB WWAN modem (6/30)
- LTE trials completed in 800MHz and 1.8GHz (7/2)
- Challengers Shake Up LTE Chips (7/5)
- LTE Trials Pick Up Speed as the World Prepares to Go 4G; ABI Research Reports (7/6)
- ST-Ericsson and Sagem aim for early LTE devices (7/8)
- Small Cells Key to LTE, Analyst Says (7/8)
- Ericsson: First complete TD-LTE solution showcased (7/12)
- Sprint’s 4G move opens way to merger (7/12)
- Alvarion Expands its 4G Offering to Include TD-LTE (7/13)
- SK Telecom Plans LTE Launch in 2011 (7/14)
- IP Wireless and Altair team-up on multi-mode LTE modems (7/14)
- LG VL600 hybrid LTE / CDMA modem for Verizon clears FCC hurdle (7/17)
- Verizon's 4G LTE SIM in the wild (7/19)
- LTE market facing confusion with 20 different spectrum bands (7/19)
- Spirent Enables Seamless Mobility of LTE Multi-Mode Devices (7/19)
- Harbinger forges $7B LTE pact with Nokia Siemens (7/20)
- Verizon's LTE network launching November 15 with two data cards and over 30 markets? (7/20)
- Counting Down to LTE (7/23)