Market
Qualcomm Pursues 4G Push-To-Talk
Source: Light Reading
Qualcomm Inc. is working toward offering push-to-talk (PTT) capabilities over 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) but expects it to be several years before the walkie-talkie style functionality becomes commercially available.
Backhaulin' LTE in London
Source: Light Reading
There's an interesting wireless backhaul story in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) trial announcement from Telefónica UK Ltd. 's O2. For the first time, O2 is throwing a point-to-multipoint system into the wireless backhaul mix for its nine-month LTE trial in London. Point-to-multipoint is not a typical wireless backhaul technology choice as operators usually use point-to-point systems in developed markets, and it's one of the several alternatives being talked about recently for LTE and small cell mobile networks.
SK Tel says to deploy LTE networks nationwide by April 2012
Source: Reuters
SK Telecom, South Korea's top mobile carrier, said that it planned to deploy Long-Term Evolution (LTE) networks nationwide by April next year, eight months ahead of schedule, hoping that adoption of the faster service will boost sales.
LightPointe ushers in next wave of advanced 80 GHz e-band point-to-point Ethernet bridge solutions
Source: LightPointe press release
LightPointe announced the availability of new 70/80 GHz 4G/LTE backhaul solutions.
Qualcomm Announces Commercial Availability of Gobi 4000 Platform for 4G LTE Connectivity
Source: Qualcomm press release
Qualcomm Incorporated announced availability of Gobi™ 4000, its latest addition to the Gobi family of embedded data connectivity platforms.
Xilinx Announces Key Connectivity IP Cores for Next Generation LTE and LTE-A Wireless Infrastructure Equipment
Source: Xilinx press release
Xilinx, Inc. announced the availability of three key connectivity IP cores that are vital for building programmable, flexible and cost effective 3G+/4G wireless base stations.
Cox to Stop Offering Wireless Service
Source: Wall Street Journal
Cox Communications Inc., one of the country's largest cable companies, said it is ending its foray into offering wireless phone service, forcing customers from San Diego to Rhode Island to switch to another carrier.
Testing
GCF Activates Certification for Dual-Mode LTE/3G Devices
Source: GCF press release
GCF Certification is now able to provide assurance that dual-mode LTE/3G (UMTS/WCDMA) devices can hand-off sessions between the two radio-access technologies (RAT) in ways that conform to the relevant 3GPP standards.
Trial
Mindspeed Demonstrates Small Cell Development Solution for LTE Networks
Source: Mindspeed press release
Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. announced a demonstrable prototyping solution that enables base station designers to efficiently productize future small cell designs based on Mindspeed®’s award-winning Transcede® family of wireless baseband processors.
Analysis
Clearwire gets a boost from China Mobile's TD-LTE progress
Source: Fierce Wireless
China Mobile said it hopes to complete the next phase of its TD-LTE network trials by June and is pushing to get device makers, including Apple, on board with the network technology. China Mobile's progress is a boost to Clearwire, which announced in September that it will collaborate with China Mobile to speed up the development of TD-LTE devices.
LTE TDD: Asia's Hot Tech
Source: Light Reading
Long Term Evolution Time Division Duplex (LTE TDD) is all set to be a globally deployed next-generation mobile technology in years to come, but just now all the major action appears to happening in Asia/Pacific.
1800MHz spectrum key to global success of LTE services, GSA study shows
Source: GSA
A new report from GSA – the Global mobile Suppliers Association, demonstrates the strong appeal of using 1800 MHz spectrum for mobile broadband. It shows from practical, economic and business perspectives why 1800 MHz will emerge as a prime band for LTE deployments in virtually all regions of the world, and be important for international roaming.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
LTE watch Weekly Summary [11/7~11/13, 2011]
Editor's pick
Verizon’s successful LTE launch has changed the US competitive landscape
Source: Informa
The US will be the top LTE market globally by subscriptions through 2015, when it will be overtaken by China according to the latest forecasts from Informa Telecoms & Media. By 2016, there will be 100 million LTE subscribers in the US compared to 613 million LTE subscribers worldwide.
Market
Taiwan to auction 4G spectrum in 2013
Source: Telecom Asia
Taiwan has cut two years from its 4G auction schedule, and now plans to commence the process by 2013.
MtronPTI Announces the Release of a New ISM Band 915MHz SAW Filter for 4G/LTE Wireless Infrastructure and SmartGrid Applications
Source: MtronPTI press release
MtronPTI has introduced the new ISM Band 915 MHz RoHS SAW Filter RoHS compliant SAW filter (“SF2620R”).
Powerwave and Mindspeed Collaborate to Enable Advanced LTE Picocells for Heterogeneous Networks
Source: Powerwave press release
Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. and Powerwave Technologies, Inc. announced their collaboration to deliver advanced long-term evolution (LTE) small cell solutions to public safety, military and 4G mobile broadband markets.
Verizon's Shammo: LTE promotion frees EV-DO space for iPhone
Source: Fierce Wireless
Verizon Wireless launched a promotion doubling the amount of data its LTE smartphone customers get because it makes sense for the company financially and allows Verizon to get more subscribers off its EV-DO network and onto LTE, according to Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo.
Testing
Mu Dynamics Announces First Test Solution for 4G LTE Networks That Uses Real Application Traffic
Source: Mu Dynamics press release
Mu Dynamics, Inc. announced the first and only testing solution capable of using real application traffic to quickly determine how mobile users and devices impact 4G LTE networks.
Aeroflex TM500 LTE Test Mobile Completes Support for 3GPP Release 9 with Addition of Multicast Video Streaming Function
Source: Public Safety Communications
Aeroflex Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp., announced that the TM500 LTE Test Mobile now supports enhanced Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (eMBMS) as defined in Release 9 of the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard for Long Term Evolution (LTE).
Trial
Airvana Demonstrates End-to-End LTE Femtocell Solution
Source: Airvana press release
Airvana LLC announced the successful demonstration of end-to-end LTE femtocell solution in partnership with Hitachi Communications Technology Americas.
MSF Publishes Voice over LTE Event White Paper Results
Source: BusinessWire
The MSF (MultiService Forum) announced the release of the White Paper for the first ever MSF VoLTE (Voice over Long Term Evolution) Interoperability Event.
Analysis
LTE Evolved Packet Core Spending to Cross Half a Billion Dollars in 2012
Source: ABI Research
Mobile operator spending for wireless core gateways will exceed $1 billion this year. The growing deployment of LTE networks is the main driver for increased spending on gateways, which in turn are driving Evolved Packet Core (EPC) spend. Wireless core gateway spend is expected to be $1.1 billion in 2012, of which LTE EPC spend will be $588 million.
4G Americas Report Explains the Benefits of Using Digital Dividend Spectrum for LTE
Source: 4G Americas
4G Americas announced the publication of a white paper, The Benefits of Using LTE in Digital Dividend Spectrum, which provides information on the key advantages of using the Digital Dividend TV spectrum for mobile broadband, particularly for LTE technology.
Can vendors differentiate on LTE and small cells? Analyst view
Source: Mobile Europe
Ken Rehbehn, principal analyst with Yankee Group's Network Research team, runs his eye over the main contenders. He also looks forward to how LTE networks are likely to be deployed, and at who may be first to come to market.
Verizon’s successful LTE launch has changed the US competitive landscape
Source: Informa
The US will be the top LTE market globally by subscriptions through 2015, when it will be overtaken by China according to the latest forecasts from Informa Telecoms & Media. By 2016, there will be 100 million LTE subscribers in the US compared to 613 million LTE subscribers worldwide.
Market
Taiwan to auction 4G spectrum in 2013
Source: Telecom Asia
Taiwan has cut two years from its 4G auction schedule, and now plans to commence the process by 2013.
MtronPTI Announces the Release of a New ISM Band 915MHz SAW Filter for 4G/LTE Wireless Infrastructure and SmartGrid Applications
Source: MtronPTI press release
MtronPTI has introduced the new ISM Band 915 MHz RoHS SAW Filter RoHS compliant SAW filter (“SF2620R”).
Powerwave and Mindspeed Collaborate to Enable Advanced LTE Picocells for Heterogeneous Networks
Source: Powerwave press release
Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. and Powerwave Technologies, Inc. announced their collaboration to deliver advanced long-term evolution (LTE) small cell solutions to public safety, military and 4G mobile broadband markets.
Verizon's Shammo: LTE promotion frees EV-DO space for iPhone
Source: Fierce Wireless
Verizon Wireless launched a promotion doubling the amount of data its LTE smartphone customers get because it makes sense for the company financially and allows Verizon to get more subscribers off its EV-DO network and onto LTE, according to Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo.
Testing
Mu Dynamics Announces First Test Solution for 4G LTE Networks That Uses Real Application Traffic
Source: Mu Dynamics press release
Mu Dynamics, Inc. announced the first and only testing solution capable of using real application traffic to quickly determine how mobile users and devices impact 4G LTE networks.
Aeroflex TM500 LTE Test Mobile Completes Support for 3GPP Release 9 with Addition of Multicast Video Streaming Function
Source: Public Safety Communications
Aeroflex Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp., announced that the TM500 LTE Test Mobile now supports enhanced Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (eMBMS) as defined in Release 9 of the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard for Long Term Evolution (LTE).
Trial
Airvana Demonstrates End-to-End LTE Femtocell Solution
Source: Airvana press release
Airvana LLC announced the successful demonstration of end-to-end LTE femtocell solution in partnership with Hitachi Communications Technology Americas.
MSF Publishes Voice over LTE Event White Paper Results
Source: BusinessWire
The MSF (MultiService Forum) announced the release of the White Paper for the first ever MSF VoLTE (Voice over Long Term Evolution) Interoperability Event.
Analysis
LTE Evolved Packet Core Spending to Cross Half a Billion Dollars in 2012
Source: ABI Research
Mobile operator spending for wireless core gateways will exceed $1 billion this year. The growing deployment of LTE networks is the main driver for increased spending on gateways, which in turn are driving Evolved Packet Core (EPC) spend. Wireless core gateway spend is expected to be $1.1 billion in 2012, of which LTE EPC spend will be $588 million.
4G Americas Report Explains the Benefits of Using Digital Dividend Spectrum for LTE
Source: 4G Americas
4G Americas announced the publication of a white paper, The Benefits of Using LTE in Digital Dividend Spectrum, which provides information on the key advantages of using the Digital Dividend TV spectrum for mobile broadband, particularly for LTE technology.
Can vendors differentiate on LTE and small cells? Analyst view
Source: Mobile Europe
Ken Rehbehn, principal analyst with Yankee Group's Network Research team, runs his eye over the main contenders. He also looks forward to how LTE networks are likely to be deployed, and at who may be first to come to market.
Monday, November 7, 2011
LTE watch Weekly Summary [10/31~11/6, 2011]
Market
Ecrio and Pantech Join Forces to Launch IMS Smartphone on 4G/LTE Networks
Source: Ecrio press release
Ecrio and Pantech announced the release of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (“IMS”) compliant Pantech 4G/LTE Smartphone in North America.
DoCoMo targets 30m LTE subs by 2015
Source: Telecom Asia
Japan's NTT DoCoMo has laid out is expansion plans for the next few years, including reaching 30 million LTE subscribers by 2015.
India's two Reliance firms to share towers for 4G
Source: Rethink Wireless
One of India's most bitter corporate feuds, between the Ambani brothers who control the two Reliance companies, may be ending, as the firms look to share infrastructure.
Trial
SK Telecom trials LTE Smart Cloud Basestation
Source: Korea News Wire
Article in Korean.
Analysis
The 4G Dichotomy
Source: Light Reading
With the advent of much faster 3G and Long Term Evolution (LTE) devices that have capped data plans, it gets easier to blow through the 2GB or 5GB limit on your contract.
Ecrio and Pantech Join Forces to Launch IMS Smartphone on 4G/LTE Networks
Source: Ecrio press release
Ecrio and Pantech announced the release of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (“IMS”) compliant Pantech 4G/LTE Smartphone in North America.
DoCoMo targets 30m LTE subs by 2015
Source: Telecom Asia
Japan's NTT DoCoMo has laid out is expansion plans for the next few years, including reaching 30 million LTE subscribers by 2015.
India's two Reliance firms to share towers for 4G
Source: Rethink Wireless
One of India's most bitter corporate feuds, between the Ambani brothers who control the two Reliance companies, may be ending, as the firms look to share infrastructure.
Trial
SK Telecom trials LTE Smart Cloud Basestation
Source: Korea News Wire
Article in Korean.
Analysis
The 4G Dichotomy
Source: Light Reading
With the advent of much faster 3G and Long Term Evolution (LTE) devices that have capped data plans, it gets easier to blow through the 2GB or 5GB limit on your contract.
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