Verizon Completes LTE Tests in Boston and Seattle
Verizon has announced that it has completed live data calls over its LTE test networks in Boston and Seattle using commercial basestation equipment with prototype devices. Speeds achieved during the test were not revealed with speeds expected to range between 7-12 Mbps down and 3-5 Mbps up, making it comparable to current WiMax deployments. Verizon […]
Verizon Announces Test Markets for LTE, Reiterates Palm Pre Release Early Next Year
During an investor earnings call this morning, CFO John Killian confirmed that Seattle and Boston will be the first test markets for the as yet proven standard ahead of the planned Q4 2010 commercial launch. The commercial launch will consist of up 30 additional markets ramping all the way up to an expected 100 million […]
Ericsson Signs First LTE Patent Licensing Agreements
Ericsson has announced that it has completed its first LTE patent licensing agreements with companies looking to license the nascent technology. The current agreements signed deal exclusively with the LTE standard, but the telecommunications platform developer and solution provider has also stated plans for current GSM and W-CDMA licensing agreements with other companies to be […]
CTIA: Hitachi Can’t Seem to Say 4G
Sure, we defined 4G when we were the first to detail Sprint & WiMAX… back in 2005. But, some don’t seem to be ready to get on the 4G train. Hitachi should win an award for their eloquent usage of the term “3.9G”. We’re just not sure what award that would be. And no, (Casio) […]
AT&T Delays LTE Trials to 2011
AT&T representative Seth Bloom has been correcting the media today regarding AT&T’s plans to commercially launch LTE in 2011, which would have placed it almost two years behind Verizon’s planned late 2009 rollout. AT&T will in fact be launching wide-scale LTE trials in certain markets during that timeframe, but the company has previously stated that […]
Fujitsu to Begin LTE R&D for US Carriers in Texas
Fujtsu Network Communications has announced in a press release that it will add to its current lab facilities in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, TX to facilitate large scale testing and development of carrier-grade equipment developed for LTE deployment specifically for US carriers. The intention behind the addition is to allow carriers to streamline and […]
Samsung Developing LTE and WiMax Chipsets
According to EETimes, Samsung has begun to demonstrate and send engineering samples of its own WiMax baseband chipsets within its own mobile division and to interested third-parties, with LTE chipsets coming down the line. The reasoning for this is rooted in Qualcomm, as the platform developer has been collecting handsomely on CDMA royalties from the […]
