Verizon Targeting LTE Deployment in Late 2009
Verizon has elaborated on its plans to deploy LTE with some surprising details Dick Lynch, executive vice president and chief technology officer speaking on behalf of the carrier at the Cisco Systems C-Scape telecommunications conference, has stated that Verizon plans to have LTE deployed in many areas by this time next year in preparation for […]
LG Announces First LTE Chipset for Handsets
In a press release this morning, LG has announced a breakthrough in handset modems for the forthcoming LTE 4G standard. The wireless manufacturer has announced the successful test of its LG Modem Chip demonstrated at its Mobile Communication Technology Research Lab in Anyang, Korea, achieving wireless download speeds of 60 Mbps and upload speeds of […]
Qualcomm Abandons UMB, Future of CDMA Ended
Qualcomm today announced that they have discontinued development of UMB, CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev C. The company that created CDMA techology, meant for UMB to be CDMA’s 4G play. The company had high hopes for squeezing out WiMAX, positioning UMB to compete directly against LTE. With a logical upgrade path for existing CDMA carriers, UMB was […]
T-Mobile and Nortel Announce Further Milestone for LTE
T-Mobile and Nortel Networks have jointly announced that they have achieved a data rate of 170 Mbps on the downlink and 50Mbps upload at 41mph while traveling around the area of Bonn, Germany down a highway within range of three cellsites. The German subsidiary of the international carrier has also made remarks to Reuters stating […]
European Manufacturers Agree on LTE Patent License Rates
Nokia has announced in a press release the intention to streamline the process for LTE standards patent licensing by building a simplified framework of aggregate fees and costs for the eventual licensing of patents and property related to the LTE standard between equipment manufacturers. Other wireless equipment manufacturers have also joined Nokia in the effort […]
Ericsson Launches M700 LTE Mobile Device Platform
Wireless equipment manufacturer and supplier Ericsson has announced its own complete solution for hardware manufacturers to create LTE compliant hardware devices such as wireless modems and multi-mode mobile devices. The M700 is being touted as the world’s first platform for manufacturing such devices and features six-band support which includes the recently auctioned 700Mhz band, and […]
Nokia-Siemens Networks Announces US Compatible LTE Platform
In a press release today, Nokia-Siemens Networks has announced the availability of base stations and cell site equipment built around preliminary LTE standards which will work with AWS spectrum on the 700Mhz and 1700Mhz bands. The intent of the announcement is twofold: Provide spectrum winners such as Verizon and T-Mobile USA with possible equipment that […]
Motorola Conducts First EVDO Rev. A to LTE Handoffs
In a press release today, Motorola has announced that it has completed the first successful packet-switched VOIP calls and streaming video handoffs from an EVDO Rev. A base station to an LTE base station without any interruption in service. The handoff was completed by building handsets and equipping laptops with dual CDMA 1xEVDO Rev. A […]
Motorola Joins LSTI LTE Testing Group
In a press release, Motorola has annonced that it has joined the LTE/System Architecture Evolution (SAE) Trial Initiative (LSTI). The purpose of the group and initiative is to gather the varied experience of individual companies involved and combine efforts in order to speed up development and deployment of LTE equipment and networks. The wireless equipment […]
Qualcomm Offers CDMA-to-LTE Migration Path
Qualcomm today announced new MDM base station chipsets (the technology that powers base stations and towers), all three of which offer support for future LTE technology, as well as backwards support for CDMA and GSM/UMTS networks. The MDM9200 is an LTE-only chipset, meant for new networks. The MDM9600 offers backwards-compatibility with GSM and UMTS networks […]