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Verizon Wireless Completes Successful LTE 4G Data Calls In Boston And Seattle

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August 14, 2009 | Trials Include First Field-Level Tests Integrating Network Vendors’ 4G Technology Over 700 MHz Spectrum.

Chunghwa Telecom to start building up LTE networks in 2011

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August 14, 2009 | Taiwan-based carrier Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is currently experimenting with LTE technology and planning to build a long term evolution (LTE) network in 2011, DigiTimes reports, citing company chairman Shyue-Ching Lu.

Ken Wirth is appointed as Alcatel-Lucent’s President, 4G/LTE Wireless Networks

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August 13, 2009 | Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that Ken Wirth has been appointed as President of Alcatel-Lucent’s 4G/LTE Wireless Networks.

Nomor Research 3GPP Newsletter - LTE Advanced for 3GPP Release 10

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This newsletter provides some slides about Nomor's initial thoughts on LTE Advanced or 3GPP Release 10.
The slides cover the followings:

Ericsson CTO : WiMAX Not Really 4G, eyes LTE

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August 13, 2009 | Ericsson CTO Hakan Eriksson doesn’t much care for WiMAX according to GigaOM. He doesn’t even think of it as a real 4G wireless technology

GSM/3G Market Update - GSM/EDGE, WCDMA-HSPA, HSPA+, LTE, Spectrum re-farming, Digital Dividend

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GSA publishes new Market Update - facts and stats on GSM, EDGE, WCDMA-HSPA, HSPA+, LTEi, spectrum. Following are the highlights of this report.

  • Fast Facts
  • Vote on the next mobile broadband baseline
  • Mobile subscribers update - closing in on 4 billion GSM, WCDMA-HSPA subscriptions(Q2 09)
  • Market and technology updates and forecasts

Sprint – Full Speed Ahead WiMAX? Hesse Pulls It Off? Look Out LTE?

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August 13, 2009 | Gerson Lehrman Group - WiMAX has been deployed by Clearwire for some months now; however impressive the news was this Sprint Nextel news is far more impressive.

Motorola LTE Drive Tour Arrives in Sweden

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August 12, 2009 | Live LTE demonstration to Scandinavian mobile operators - including first time live TV over LTE - showcases true mobile broadband and maturity of Motorola’s LTE solution

IPWireless Announces Initial Deployments for 700MHz Pre-LTE Solution in North America

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August 12, 2009 | UMTS-Based End-to-End Solution Provides Seamless Upgrade Path to LTE for Government and Commercial Service Providers

Vodafone Germany and Huawei sign Memorandum of Understanding for LTE Digital Dividend test

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August 11, 2009 | Vodafone Germany and Huawei today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct a joint test gauging the performance of LTE (Long Term Evolution) in the Digital Dividend Band.