Alcatel-Lucent has launched a LTE Desktop Widget that provides LTE news, blogs, video and social conversations in real-time on your desktop.

This tool can be downloaded from here.

September 3, 2009 | CSL Limited (CSL), Hong Kong's leading mobile operator, and ZTE Corporation (ZTE), a major global provider of telecommunications technology and network solutions, today revealed details of their plans to expand CSL's  Next G network capabilities with the roll-out of UMTS in the 900 Mhz band and the building of a 4G or Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in Hong Kong.

September 3, 2009 | Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Australia - Mobile Data - HSPA & LTE" report to their offering.

September 2, 2009 | Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today announced that it has been granted 147 Long Term Evolution (LTE) patents by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), representing 12 percent of the total existing 1,272 LTE patents assigned by ETSI as of August 2009.

September 02, 2009 | Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the first Long Term Evolution (LTE) modem that complies with the latest standards of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).

September 1, 2009 | The Nokia Siemens Networks Board of Directors has appointed Rajeev Suri as Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2009. Suri succeeds Simon Beresford-Wylie, who will support Suri during a transition period through November 1, 2009 before leaving the company. Beresford-Wylie will leave the Nokia Group Executive Board as of September 30, 2009.

September 1, 2009 | Research and Markets -  Since 2007, 3G networks worldwide have experienced substantial traffic growth, due to strong take-up of mobile broadband services and the initial migration of 2/2.5G users to 3G services. Operators have reported annual increases in 3G data traffic volumes of 300-700%.

BURLINGTON, MA, September 1, 2009 — Acme Packet® (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session border control solutions, today announced that it will be showcasing wireless access, core session routing and network interconnect solutions at two industry wireless events in September: The 4G Wireless Evolution (4GWE) in Los Angeles (September 1–3) and 4G World in Chicago (September 15–18).

SAN DIEGO – September 1, 2009 – Continuous Computing, the only company deploying uniquely architected systems comprised of telecom platforms and Trillium software, today announced the availability of FlexTCA 3.0, the company’s next generation of pre-integrated ATCA platforms that enable customers to roll out wireless and deep packet inspection (DPI) applications with reduced risk, cost and complex

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- SISVEL today announced its decision to respond to the Request for Information (RFI) that the Board of the NGMN (Next Generation Mobile Networks) Alliance issued on August 17, 2009 to facilitate the selection of an LTE (Long Term Evolution) patent pool administrator by parties owning patents essential to the LTE standard.

August 30, 2009 | Korea Times - Despite increased calls for an early transition for next-generation wireless technology, South Korean telecommunication companies are still struggling to catch up with the telecom industry's ongoing problems of long-term evolution or LTE.

August 28, 2009 | Hitachi Communication Technologies America, Inc. (Hitachi-CTA) today officially opened a new facility to engage in the development of core network infrastructure equipment for Long-Term Evolution (LTE) wireless networks to address the growing 4th-generation (4G) mobile communications market.

August 28, 2009 | An empowered Group of Ministers (eGoM) on Thursday fixed Rs 3,500 crore as reserve price for 3G spectrum to be given to a maximum five players initially, paving the way for moving to the next generation of mobile services.

August 27, 2009 | SHENZHEN, China (Freescale Technology Forum China) – Freescale Semiconductor introduces the MSC8154 processor – a four-core version of Freescale’s award-winning, high-performance MSC8156 digital signal processor (DSP).