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GSA: 156 Commercial LTE Networks Live Globally

Posted on 20. Mar, 2013 by agaur in Blog, GSA, LTE

Commercial LTE Network Launches - March 2013

In a recent LTE report, GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) has confirmed that 412 operators are investing in LTE technology in 125 countries across the globe. This year so far 11 commercial launches have taken place where as 98 operators commercially launched LTE service in the past 12 months.

ABI Research: LTE Traffic to Grow by Over 200% in 2013

Posted on 18. Mar, 2013 by agaur in Blog, ABI Research, LTE

Global LTE traffic will grow by over 200% in 2013, says ABI Research. Overall mobile data traffic had increased by 69% year-on-year in 2012. LTE has growth rate of 207% in 2013 compared to 99% for 3G traffic.

Ericsson Announces Preliminary Market Share Data for 2012

Posted on 08. Mar, 2013 by agaur in Blog, Ericsson, LTE

Ericsson has announced today that it maintained share of global installed base of radio base stations at 40%, and the claims top position in both mobile equipment market as well as LTE specifically. The company calculated share of installed radio base stations worldwide based on the accumulated shipments of base stations since 2004.

Indian BWA Winners Allowed to Offer Voice Over LTE

Posted on 18. Feb, 2013 by agaur in Blog, Bharti, RIL, VoLTE, LTE

Indian broadband wireless access (BWA) winners can offer voice over LTE network now. According to a NDTV report, 4G operators can provide voice services along with high-speed Internet if they pay a fee of 16.58 billion rupees.

GSA: 400 New LTE User Devices Announced in 2012

Posted on 06. Feb, 2013 by agaur in Blog, GSA, LTE

In a recent report GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) confirmed that 87 manufacturers have announced 666 LTE-enabled user devices, including frequency and carrier variants. Approximately 400 new LTE user devices were announced in 2012 and the number of manufacturers grew by 52% during the same period.

RIM Changes Name to BlackBerry, Re-invents and Re-designs with BlackBerry 10

Posted on 30. Jan, 2013 by agaur in Blog, BlackBerry, BlackBerry 10, RIM, LTE

Research In Motion has changed its name and will now operate under the iconic name BlackBerry. Company also launched much awaited BlackBerry 10, the re-designed, re-engineered, and re-invented BlackBerry platform.

Apple Adds LTE Support For 36 Additional iPhone Carriers with iOS 6.1

Posted on 28. Jan, 2013 by agaur in Blog, Apple, iPad mini, iPhone, LTE

Apple has announced iOS 6.1, adding LTE capabilities to 36 additional iPhone carriers and 23 additional iPad carriers worldwide. OS 6.1 is available as a free software update today. iOS 6.1 is compatible with iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad (third and fourth generation), iPad mini, iPad 2 and iPod touch (fourth and fifth generation).

LTE- Advanced: It's Closer Than You Think

Posted on 25. Jan, 2013 by jai in Blog, LTE-Advanced, 4G, LTE

As the UK and Europe commits to 4G (LTE) technology, its successor LTE-A (LTE-Advanced) is already waiting in the wings to deliver the equivalent of a fixed-line broadband experience to the end user, promising peak data rates of around 3 Gbps.

LTE Subscribers to Exceed 100 Million Globally in 2013

Posted on 24. Jan, 2013 by sujitg in Blog, Report, iSuppli, LTE

LTE subscribers are projected to surpass the 100-million mark this year and will reach 198.1 million in 2013, up 115% from 92.3 million last year, according to an IHS iSuppli Wireless Communications Special Report.

500K Outdoor Small Cells to be Deployed in 2013

Posted on 23. Jan, 2013 by agaur in Blog, Report, ABI Research, Small Cell, LTE

ABI Research has forecasted that outdoor small cells will reach 500,000 units in 2013 in its latest report on outdoor small cells and carrier Wi-Fi Market Data. 1W and below small cell class will represent almost two-thirds of unit shipments in 2013, and continue to grow to overtake the higher power 5-10W microcell shipments during 2014.

GSA: 145 LTE Networks in Commercial Service

Posted on 11. Jan, 2013 by agaur in Blog, Report, GSA, 4G, LTE

GSA has confirmed that 145 operators have launched commercial services in 66 countries so far. GSA further reports that 104 new operators have committed to invest in LTE network deployments in 2012, raising the total number of committed operators to 330 in 104 countries.

CES 2013: ZTE Announces 5.0 FHD Quad-core Smartphone Grand S

Posted on 09. Jan, 2013 by Pankaj in Blog, CES 2013, Qualcomm, ZTE, ZTE Grand S, 4G, LTE

ZTE has announced the world debut of the ZTE Grand S – 5.0 FHD LTE at 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES).　As the flagship handset in ZTE’s high-end Grand Series line of products, the ZTE Grand S is the company’s first FHD smartphone and is enabled by the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor.

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