MetroPCS will launch LTE networks later in 2010. They’ve collaborated with Samsung for the launch of the Samsung SCH-r900, a smart phone handset. It will be one of the first LTE CDMA phones available. “We are on track for our initial 4G LTE launch in selected metropolitan areas in the second half of this year,” [...]

Huawei showed off Long Term Evolution (LTE) on the ‘maglev’ trains in China. The LTE network provides passengers maximum upload speeds of 50Mbps with a 99.5 percent handover rate between cells. In a trial run, the connection averaged speeds of around 46Mbps. When the train reached maximum speed, the connection didn’t suffer any loss. The only [...]

Russian Internet provider Yota will launch 4G in 15 cities. They’ve chosen to do so using LTE instead of WiMAX. The teleco will spend $100 million on LTE roll out in five cities in 2010. The total investment will be up to $2 billion. Yota initially planned on launching WiMAX in the 15 cities but [...]

The Bharat Exhibitions present India’s first and only conference on LTE, LTE India 2010. The one day event will take place on May 28, 2010 at Le Meridien, New Dehli. The 3GPP is also sponsoring the event. The event will offer a great platform for the Indian Telecom Industry to meet, conduct business and introduce the [...]

Sequans announced that their testing of TD-LTE USB dongles trials performed well at the World Expo 2010 on May 1. The demonstration was part of China Mobile’s complete end-to-end TD-LTE network. The network covers many major pavilions at the Shanghai Expo. Sequan’s commercial TD-LTE USB dongle provide high definition video to a group of China Mobile [...]