LTE News
LTE or Long Term Evolution is a new standard set to become the dominant cellular technology around the world ahead of WiMAX, Qualcomm’s UMB and TD-SCDMA, developed specifically by China. The LTE name comes from the idea that GSM, 3GPP (W-CDMA) and 3GPP2 (CDMA2000) cellular systems will all evolve eventually to this single standard. LTE uses OFDMA modulation and treats everything as internet data, voice, video or images and carries them over thousands of parallel radio signals. LTE can be delivered using both Time Division Duplexing (TDD) or Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD). LTE is sometimes said to be 4G, sometimes not, since it is supposed to offer a total data rate of 1 Gbps in order to be called 4G, and that will not come until the upgrade LTE Advanced is finalized. First installations of LTE began during 2009 in Scandinavia and 2010 in the US and Japan, but has been delayed throughout the rest of Europe due to slow licensing of suitable spectrum and a lack of handsets.
Samsung claims '5G' breakthrough
Samsung is the latest firm to claim it is getting close to '5G' technology, even before the key industry bodies - the 3GPP or ITU - are even using the term, let alone defining specifications. Huawei h ...
Ericsson expands Wi-Fi/cellular indoor platform
21 May, 2013
Adds cloud controllers, self-optimizing network software and integrated management platform for cellcos
Dish lines up quartet of banks behind Sprint offer
16 May, 2013
US carrier under pressure to open up its detailed books to its suitor, which is close to its target of $9.3bn in financing
UK could relax planning laws to speed LTE
9 May, 2013
New proposals support small cells and shared RAN, but also make it easier to add 4G kit to existing sites
One-third of Australia's 700MHz spectrum unsold
7 May, 2013
New mobile entrant TNG wins frequencies in dual-band auction, but VHA stays out, leaving treasury with shortfall
Clearwire backs Sprint takeover
7 May, 2013
Despite shareholders concerns and rival offer from Dish, operator believes Sprint represents best of limited choices
T-Mobile USA makes stock market debut
1 May, 2013
US telecoms market still uncertain as Intel gets behind Softbank in battle for Sprint, and Clearwire accepts more funding
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