Vodafone Germany is launching comercial LTE on December 1 and is offering LTE surf sticks to it's customers. The new Samsung LTE data stick are available nationwid

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3GPP has enhanced Local IP Access and IP Traffic Offload for femtocells in Release 10.

Verizon has formaly announced to launch LTE in 38 major metropolitan areas, covering more than 110 million Americans, by the end of the year.

AT&T has announced  LTE and HSPA+ upgradable modems, USBConnect Adrenaline from LG will be LTE-capable while the USBConnect Shockwave from Sierra Wireless will offer HSPA+ connectivity.

The Samsung Craft is the first LTE phone is now available in Las Vegas and Dallas / Ft. Worth from Metro PCS.

TeliaSonera's LTE network expansion is on track in Sweden. Telia has added Västerås in its 4G network with promise to provide practical speeds of up to 80 Mbps.

3G Americas has officially announced its name change to 4G Americas.

At an investor conference in New York, Verizon's CEO Ivan Seidenberg said that Verizon's new data plans would be different from AT&T's plans, but he didn't provide details.

Sprint & Clearwire have officially announced the launch of 4G WiMAX services in Orlando today. Orlando is the third city in Florida to receive 4G service.

Verizon has once again confirmed the plans to launch LTE in 30 cities however they have not released city names yet.

Walmart has announced the launch of Walmart Family Mobile, a post-paid plan without a contract or multi-year commitment.

T-Mobile USA has officialy launched the T-Mobile G2 with Google. G2, a successor to the T-Mobile G1, is first smartphone for it's new HSPA+ network.

Samsung Electronics has launched a series of new products at this year’s IFA in Berlin.