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Ubiquisys Gets $19M Funding to Meet Demand for Public Small Cell Hotspots

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Ubiquisys Small Cell

3G and LTE small cells maker Ubiquisys has raised $19m in an oversubscribed round. The company will use the capital to generate further profitable growth and accelerate delivery of innovative tri-mode 3G/LTE/WiFi small cell hotspots. 

O2 Selects Ruckus Wireless for Small Cell Deployment in UK

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Ruckus Wireless

Ruckus Wireless has been selected by Telefonica UK (O2) to supply high-capacity small cell products for high-speed wireless services being deployed throughout London, the company announced today.

Optimizing the 3G & 4G Mobile Internet Experience

in Webinar, Cisco, 3G, 4G, LTE

Mobile operators and their suppliers face major challenges in improving the mobile broadband user experience, given the current lack of intelligence at device or application level. Most operators are limited to network-centric metrics for coverage and connectivity, and there is no consensus on best practices for user-centric mobile analytics.

Small Cell Forum Industry Award 2012 winners announced

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London, UK – 28th June 2012 – The Small Cell Forum, the independent industry and operator association that supports small cell deployment worldwide, today announced the winners of the Small Cell Forum Industry Awards 2012. The awards recognise outstanding achievement within, and contributions to, the small cell industry.

Ericsson: LTE to cover half the world's population by 2017

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Ericsson Report

A new Traffic and Market Report from Ericsson says that 85 percent of the world's population will have internet coverage via 3G by 2017 and there will be close to nine billion mobile subscriptions, compared to six billion by the end of 2011. Report expects mobile data traffic to grow by 15 times between 2011 and 2017.

SingTel launches 4G service, plans for smartphones

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SingTel

SingTel (Singapore Telecommunications) has launched 4G service for consumer smartphone users in Singapore.  SingTel is also introducing new Flexi and iFlexi plans with tiered data bundles from 1 July 2012 for all subscribers.

Nokia Siemens Networks Deploys iSON Solution for KDDI's 3G and LTE Networks

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Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks has deployed a telecoms operating system for Japanese mobile operator KDDI to create intelligent, self-organizing network.

T-Mobile Hungary to Extend LTE Coverage This Summer

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T-Mobile Hungary

Magyar Telekom's T-Mobile unit plans to extend the LTE service coverage to suburban parts of Budapest and several country towns this summer. According to the operator, currently it's 4G LTE service is available outdoors for 90% of the population in Budapest and indoors for 73%.

Reliance Communications wins Global Excellence TM Forum Award for Business Innovation

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MUMBAI, 24th May 2012: Reliance Communications Limited (RCOM), India’s fully integrated telecommunications service provider, has been awarded the Global Excellence in Business Innovation award for its 3G Video Delivery Platform by TM Forum.

Movik Launches Industry’s First 3G/4G/LTE Correlation Solution

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Westford, Mass. — May 22, 2012 — Movik Networks, the Intelligent RAN company, today announced the immediate availability of the industry’s first 3G/4G/LTE real-time correlation solution for intelligent RAN traffic management, Movik’s LTE Correlation and Multi RAT (Radio Access Technology) platform.

Qualcomm and Digibras Sign 3G, 4G License Agreement

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Qualcomm

Qualcomm and  Digibras Group have entered into 3G and 4G license agreements to enable Digibras to manufacture, through its brands, 3G and 4G smartphones in Brazil. Digibras Industria do Brasil S.A.is a Brazilian consumer electronics supplier and owner of the brands CCE Info and CCE Mobi.

Small Cell Forum: Public Access Small Cells Could Quickly Carry More Traffic than Macros

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Small Cell Forum

The Small Cell Forum says that public access small cells could play a key role in providing additional mobile coverage, capacity and new services in both urban and rural areas.

Mavenir provides Innovative EIR solution for FCC's Protect Initiative

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Richardson, TX – May 3, 2012 –Mavenir Systems, a leading provider of mobile infrastructure solutions for mobile service providers to offer IMS and cloud-based communications services, today announced the availability of the Mavenir Equipment Identity Register (EIR) solution for mobile service providers.

Nokia Siemens Networks To Supply Tele2 LTE Networks In Baltics Countries

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Nokia Siemens Networks

Tele2 has selected Nokia Siemens Networks as the supplier of the operator’s 4G, LTE radio and core network in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to provide superior mobile broadband with faster data speeds and improved coverage. In addition, the company will modernize and expand Tele2’s GSM and 3G networks.