ANADIGICS just unveiled a new set of multi-mode, high-performance power amplifiers designed for wireless datacards and handsets for the rapidly growing 4G LTE and advanced HSPA+ technologies. 
Built with fourth generation ANADIGICS’ patented HELP (High-Efficiency-At-Low-Power) technology, these amplifiers offer top-notch performance for customers who are making USB modules and new generation handsets based on the LTE [...]

After testing and preparing its 4G network in recent months, Verizon finally offered some concrete numbers based on its latest testing.
The LTE network speeds peak at around 40-50 Mbps for downloads and 20-25 Mbps for uploads, not reaching the 100 Mbps that 4G is expected to offer. On an average day, Verizon has been quoted [...]

China Mobile’s TD-LTE test network reached a record-high download speed of 80 Mbps.
Deployed to support the Expo 2010 to be opened in Shanghai in May, the TD-LTE test network uses Alcatel-Lucent’s end-to-end LTE solutions.

“Visitors to the Expo will be able to enjoy ultra-speed Internet access and HD multimedia presentations. The test network will help popularize [...]

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 [...]

A technical profile for Voice over LTE (VoLTE) standards has been developed by the One Voice Initiative and adopted by the GSMA.
One Voice is an international collaboration between more than 40 operators and vendors including AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Nokia, and Alcatel-Lucent. The One Voice Initiative was formed to support a single, IMS-based voice solution for [...]

Fourteen LTE patent owners from eight countries met in San Francisco last week to create the framework for a patent pool to endorse the adoption of the LTE standard worldwide.

“With LTE deployment now an operator reality, the economic logic of moving development cycles ahead to commercialization through patent pools is stronger than ever before,” said [...]

Interphase, a Plano-based developer of networking cards and related products, is working with semiconductor supplier MindSpeed on a new wireless base station product.
According to the firms, Interphase will be using MindSpeed’s baseband processors on its iSPAN 36701 Wireless Base Station Advanced Mazzanine Card. Both firms have said that the card provides LTE capability in conjunction [...]

LG just announced that the Japanese government has certified its first LTE modem. This will be the first step in the country’s launch of an LTE network.
The modem builds on current 3G cell technology that improves data transmission up to 100Mbps. NTT DoCoMo plans to use the modem to test LTE, hoping to launch data [...]

The independent Swiss network quality measurement company, SwissQual just carried out test drives of the new TeliaSonera LTE network in Stockholm.
Measurements were taken using the Samsung Kalmia LTE 4G modem mounted in the SwissQual Diversity Optimizer.
The Diversity Optimizer has been designed to easily integrate new handsets and modems for emerging technologies like LTE. The [...]

ZDNet.com.au recently reported that New Zealand’s Commerce Commission (ComCom) just announced that it is open to proposals for the rollout of a single, open access LTE (Long Term Evolution) network to fulfill the country’s 4G needs.

Chairman of the Telecommunications Industry Group, Rob Spray, first brought up the idea of a shared network in December 2009 [...]