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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Cox Communications recently announced that they used the AWS and 700 MHz spectrum acquired at Federal Communication Commission auctions to complete a voice call and high definition video streaming using LTE. The trials, done in collaboration with Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei, were conducted in Phoenix and San Diego. Even though Cox has begun LTE trials, they are [...]

T-Mobile is using the 3G standard UMTS to build upon a GSM concept and offer a faster successor to earlier standards like EDGE. This upgrade of its current network is complete and now they will begin their deployment of a4G network, first via HSPA+ and then LTE. Like many other major carriers T-Mobile has already started [...]