The Belgian Institute for Post and Telecommunications granted a license to Telenet to begin LTE testing. Telenet will conduct these tests between May and September. The network will be located over the city of Mechelen and the highway that cuts between Mechelen North and Mechelen South.
“‘3G is nice, but if you are a serious company [...]

Telefonica, o2, Nokia Siemens Networks will all team to test LTE in Slovakia. The test will occur in the Banska Bystrica region on the 2.6 GHz band.
Telefonica O2 will test LTE technology in Slovakia in cooperation with Nokia Siemens Networks. The tests will be performed in 2010 in the region of Banska Bystrica based on [...]

Verizon Wireless‘ CTO, Tony Melone recently stated that it will double the number of LTE markets to between 50-60. It will occur 15 months after initial launch, and its entire 3G footprint will be LTE capable by the end of 2013.
Melone also stated that Verizon might use 3G for voice and 4G for data because [...]

Optimus contracted ZTE to use its software defined radio technology to upgrade its existing wireless network, along with creating a path towards LTE over time in Portugal.
Optimus will replace its mobile infrastructure in four regions of central Portugal and if the results are satisfactory, it will expand the initiative to other reas and start [...]

Verizon Wireless has constructed a $50 million Mobile Telephone Switching Office in South Florida. It will strengthen wireless coverage and advance services for customers throughout the region.
It will serve as Verizon’s main processing hub for South Florida, serving Key West through all of Miami-Dade and Broward counties. The facility will be able to handle tens [...]

Huawei unveiled the world’s first triple-mode LTE modem. The E398 works with all three standards, LTE, UMTS and GSM.
The modem, supporting multiple mainstream frequencies, allows users to browse the internet using high speeds with LTE technology and can switch to the 3G technologies GSM and UMTS.
“The E398 is designed to address increasing requirements for operators to [...]

SFR has contracted Nokia Siemens Networks to expand its mobile broadband coverage in France. NSN will upgrade SFR’s radio network and provide, operate, and maintain IP packet core technology capable of supporting LTE.
NSN will deploy a NetAct network management system and a ‘charge@once’ charging and billing solution. The companies will work together in LTE trials.
“‘In [...]

MTS Ukraine awarded a backhaul solution contract to Alcatel-Lucent. The mobile operator will integrate end-to-end management across multiple technology domains. It allows MTS Ukraine to simplify operations and reduce operating expenditures.
It allows for MTS to evolve from it’s current 3G CDMA-450 EV-DO platform to an all-IP platform, that will eventually be able to support LTE.
“Moving [...]

Verizon announced that its LTE testing is on track. The company, using GSM technology for the first time in the companies’ history, will launch LTE in 25-30 U.S. cities by the end of 2010 according to CTO Dick Lynch.
Lynch also stated that after 60 days of trial work in Boston and Seattle, the company will [...]

Zain Saudi Arabia has chosen Motorola to launch Saudi Arabia’s first LTE network. The network will start in the second quarter of 2010, covering Riyadh. Motorola will provide end-to-end LTE solutions includig radio access network, evolved packet core infrastructure, and 4G devices. The network will operate in the 2.6 GHz spectrum space, over Zain’s 3G [...]