Clearwire details results of initial LTE testing

Source: FierceBroadbandWireless
Clearwire Chief Commercial Officer Mike Sievert said the operator has recorded peak download speeds of 90 Mbps in its initial testing of LTE technology in Phoenix.

Nokia Siemens Networks readies TD-LTE for India

Source: Nokia Siemens Networks press release
Nokia Siemens Networks is the first company to successfully demonstrate the Time Division Duplex version of LTE (TD-LTE)** using broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum in India. The first video call was made by Gurdeep Singh, chief operating officer of Aircel. The call was conducted with the 4G mobile technology running on commercial hardware at the Nokia Siemens Networks’ Bengaluru R&D facility. It marks an important milestone moving 2.3 GHz TD-LTE closer to commercial availability.

Road Testing LTE

Source: Light Reading

Catch-up post of LTE news

- Sprint Faces 4G Dilemma (8/31)
- LightSquared 4G buildout plans leak (8/31)
- Alcatel-Lucent makes world’s first call over LTE network operating within public safety broadband spectrum (9/2)
- DT Takes First Orders for LTE Service (9/6)
- Vodafone Germany reveals LTE pricing plans (9/6)
- CSL demos Dual Cell LTE/HSPA+ network (9/7)
- Ericsson and Motorola Solutions enter alliance to provide LTE solutions for Public Safety (9/7)
- Mobile Data Modem Vendors Are Already on the 4G Starting Line (9/7)
- India WiMAX operator has LTE plan B (9/7)
- Qualcomm now demonstrating products based on LTE TDD Technology (9/8)
- E.U. to Back Plan for Pan-European Mobile Market (9/12)
- 3G Americas Publishes Research Report "Transition to 4G: 3GPP Broadband Evolution to IMT-Advanced" (9/13)
- LGU+ (formerly LG Telecom) starts LTE vendor benchmark testing with Samsung, LG-Ericsson, Huawei, NSN, and Cisco (9/14)
- Will the FCC require all 700 MHz LTE equipment to interoperate? (9/16)
- AT&T to launch LTE by mid-2011 (9/16)
- Verizon to launch LTE in 30 “NFL cities” by end of 2010 (9/16)

Texas Energy Network First to Deploy LTE Technology to Oil and Gas Industry

Source: PR Web
Texas Energy Network ("TEN") will be the first communications company to deploy 4G wireless technology to benefit Oil and Gas company's growing data requirements. TEN will hold a demonstration in New Mexico in late August in conjunction with Alcatel-Lucent.

On the streets of Stockholm with LTE

Source: Computerworld
A test of TeliaSonera's LTE (Long Term Evolution) network and its new multimode modem shows the next-generation mobile technology at its best -- delivering speeds at up 59.1M bps (bits per second) -- when used at 2.6GHz. But it also reveals how the technology sometimes struggles when used indoors.

NSN conducts world’s first high-definition TD-LTE video call including handover with a Samsung TD-LTE device

Source: Nokia Siemens Networks press release
Nokia Siemens Networks has proven its leading role in advancing TD-LTE as it met the complete TD-LTE test specifications defined by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). The successful completion of the trial in the 2.3GHz band at the MIIT lab in Beijing, China, marks an important milestone in the commercialization of TD-LTE. After the test, Nokia Siemens Networks also achieved the world’s first high-definition TD-LTE video call, including handover, with a Samsung TD-LTE device.

Huawei demos 50Mbps LTE FDD on Shanghai Maglev Train

Source: DigiTimes
China-based Huawei Technologies has successfully demonstrated an LTE FDD network operating at speeds up to 50Mbps on a Shanghai Maglev train traveling at about 430km/h.

Telecom Italia launches final round of tests on the Fourth Generation mobile Network

Source: Telecom Italia press release
The second phase of testing on the LTE network gets underway with a series of integrated tests with leading industry technology partners. Turin city-centre cabled with 17 new 4G sites. The Ministry of Economic Development authorizes the use of two 20 MHz blocks in 2500-2690 MHz frequency band.

Nokia Siemens Networks to deploy one of the country’s first pilot LTE networks for Telefónica O2 Germany

Source: Nokia Siemens Networks press release
Telefónica O2 Germany is one of the first operators to start LTE networks in Germany. Nokia Siemens Networks will supply O2’s pilot LTE network in Halle (East Germany) and will start network deployment in September 2010 in the 2.6 GHz and 800 MHz spectrum. The network will go into operation by the end of this year; it is not planned to operate the pilot LTE network commercially in the first phase.

ZTE Helps UCell Launch 4G Network in Uzbekistan

Source: ZTE press release
ZTE Corporation, a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, is announcing that a 4G (LTE) network constructed for Uzbekistan mobile operator UCell (trademark of FE COSCOM LLC)- a subsidiary of TeliaSonera telecommunications group and one of the pioneers deploying the LTE network within the Commonwealth of Independent States area- has been successfully deployed with ZTE’s prominent SDR technology and Uni-RAN solution. The network is able to achieve a downloading peak rate of up to 100 Mbps.

Rostelecom to launch LTE test network in August

Source: TeleGeography
Russian operator Rostelecom plans to launch its Long Term Evolution (LTE) test network in Penza by the end of August, reports RBC Daily.

Clearwire Announces New 4G LTE Technology Trials Expected to Yield Unmatched Wireless Speeds in the U.S.

Source: Clearwire press release
Clearwire Corporation, a leading provider of wireless broadband services and operator of the largest 4G network in the country, today announced plans to conduct 4G LTE technology trials expected to yield unmatched wireless speeds in the U.S., and to test multiple coexistence scenarios between LTE and WiMAX radio technologies. The new tests are designed to showcase the unique capability of Clearwire's unmatched spectrum holdings and examine a variety of potential future technology combinations that could yield additional benefits to consumers and shareholders.

* Initial Tests Expected to Demonstrate Real-World Download Speeds Ranging from 20-70 Mbps, Significantly Faster than the 5-12 Mbps Expected from Other Operators in the U.S.
* New Trials to Showcase Unique Advantages of Clearwire's Vast Spectrum Holdings and Flexibility of Company's All-IP Network Architecture to Test Multiple Coexistence Scenarios Between LTE and WiMAX
* Unprecedented Technical Trials to Test Both FDD LTE and TDD LTE Using Commercially Available Equipment on One of World's Most Widely Used 4G Frequency Band by Global Operators

Verizon Wireless has conducted successful LTE data calls in 34 markets

Source: BGR

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.

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)

China Mobile to test TD-LTE overseas

Source: Mobile Business Briefing
China Mobile plans to team up with foreign operators to establish a TD-LTE trial network overseas in the next six months, reports China Daily. Wang Jianzhou, chairman of the world's largest mobile operator, said many operators in Asia, Europe and North America have expressed an interest in developing the network. "We will cooperate with foreign operators to develop scale TD-LTE trial networks in their countries in the second half of this year," he said yesterday. China Mobile is the major backer of TD-LTE, which the company regards as the successor to China's homegrown 3G TD-SCDMA standard which it currently uses.

Nokia Siemens sees interest in LTE continue to explode

Source: Rethink Wireless
Vendor has a total of 30 LTE trails with carriers around the world, and is in talks with 15 operators for commercial networks.

TD-LTE maturing at speed

Source: telecoms.com
Chinese vendor ZTE and China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MII) said this week they have completed what they claim is the world’s first S1/X2 interface conformity test for TD-LTE.

What this actually means is that the TD-LTE system wireless and core networks, and ZTE’s in particular, is fully compliant with 3GPP standards. The S1 interface communicates between the LTE base station and the EPC packet core network, while the X2 interface sits between base stations.

Testing finds HSPA+ speeds still no match for LTE

Source: Connected Planet
While some operators are looking to HSPA+ as an alternative to LTE, independent testing from Spirent and Signals Research finds that HSPA+ speeds aren’t quite as fast as advertised.