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SmartSky Starts Deploying 4G LTE Air-to-Ground Network

Posted on 06. Aug, 2017 by sujitg in News, SmartSky, 4G, LTE

Aviation communications provider SmartSky Networks has started deployment of the airborne 4G LTE-based air-to-ground (ATG) network. Using 60 MHz of spectrum and beamforming technology, SmartSky’s network plans to provide more than 10 times the typical speed and capacity of the current industry standard ATG network, and at a lower cost per bit.

Nokia to Expand Development and Deployment of 5G Solution

Posted on 02. Aug, 2017 by Pankaj in News, 3GPP, 5G, 5G New Radio, 5GNR, Nokia, MIMO, LTE

Nokia is broadening its focus into multiple areas of early 5G mobility use cases, including enhanced mobile broadband and ultra-reliable, ultra-low latency communications, company announced yesterday.

Ericsson, MTS trials live Licensed Assisted Access

Posted on 22. Jul, 2017 by Pankaj in News, Ericsson, LAA, MTS, Qualcomm, LTE

Ericsson, Qualcomm and Russian mobile network operator MTS have conducted a successful live trial with a commercial small cell product of Rel-13 Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) technology in Russia. LAA leverages the 5GHz unlicensed spectrum band together with licensed spectrum to deliver enhanced performance for mobile device users

ZTE Announces 5G Tests with Cell Throughput Exceeding 19 Gbps

Posted on 05. Jul, 2017 by sujitg in News, 5G, eMBB, eMTC, uRLLC, ZTE, LTE

ZTE has announced the completion of tests in seven major scenarios that are part of the second phase of China’s National 5G tests. Phase 2 of China’s National 5G tests, organized by IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group, were conducted in Huairou in Beijing.

SK Telecom Demonstrates 5G Trial Networks using 3.5GHz Band

Posted on 03. Jul, 2017 by sujitg in News, 3GPP, 5G, 5G NR, Nokia, Samsung, SK TELECOM, LTE

SK Telecom has successfully demonstrated 5G communications using the 3.5GHz band through collaborations with Samsung Electronics and Nokia in Korea. Operator joined hands with Samsung Electronics to develop a 3.5GHz 5G end-to-end network

T-Mobile Launches LTE-U, Completes Test of License Assisted Access (LAA)

Posted on 27. Jun, 2017 by Pankaj in News, LAA, LTE-U, T-Mobile, 4G, LTE

USA carrier T-Mobile has completed live field testing of mobile broadband data session using License Assisted Access (LAA) on its commercial network. The field testing, which began in Los Angeles yesterday, showed 741 Mbps download speeds using 80 MHz of aggregated spectrum, according to the operator.

Ericsson Report Foresees 2.6B Additional Mobile Broadband Subscribers by 2022

Posted on 16. Jun, 2017 by sujitg in News, 5G, 5G NR, Ericsson, LTE

According to latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report, nearly 2.6 billion new subscribers will be added to mobile broadband networks in the next six years. Report shows the highest year-on-year mobile data growth globally since 2013, led by massive growth in India, and highlights the underlying need for mobile data.

SLT Trials Pre-5G LTE Advanced Pro Technology in Sri Lanka

Posted on 06. Jun, 2017 by anjali in News, 5G, Huawei, LTE-Advanced, SLT, LTE

Sri Lanka’s national network operator, Sri Lanka Telecom, together with Huawei Technologies, has successfully carried out a comprehensive field trial of Pre-5G LTE Advanced Pro technology, laying the groundwork for the next generation of broadband technologies.

Bell to Launch LTE-M Network to Transform the Canadians Use of IoT

Posted on 05. Jun, 2017 by anjali in News, Bell Mobility, LTE

Bell Canada today announced it will launch a LTE-M (Long Term Evolution, category M1) network to support the rapidly increasing use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices on low-power, wide-area networks (LPWANs) in Canada.

SK Telecom Launches Five-band Carrier Aggregation and 4X4 MIMO

Posted on 05. Jun, 2017 by sujitg in News, 4.5G, LTE-Advanced, SK TELECOM, MIMO, LTE

Roadmap for SK Telecom’s 4.5G network speed

SK Telecom has launched commercial five-band Carrier Aggregation (CA) and 4X4 MIMO, which are key technologies of LTE-A Pro. Five-band CA is a core LTE-A Pro technology that enhances data transmission speed and performance by aggregating five component carriers.

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