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Huawei inks deal with China Mobile Hong Kong to deploy LTE-Advanced Pro technology

The Huawei-China Mobile deal also stipulates the deployment of NFV technology China Mobile Hong Kong and Huawei Hong Kong have inked a strategic partnership for the deployment of a LTE-Advanced Pro network. Under the terms of the deal, the telco’s existing TD-LTE/LTE FDD converged network will be...

BT to provide cloud services for Randstad Group

The cloud deal aims to connect over 3,500 sites across 37 markets British Telecom signed a contract with global human resources services provider Randstad Group to deploy a new global information technology infrastructure providing cloud connectivity to more than 3,500 sites across 37 countries in Europe, North...

Nokia TD-LTE Advanced network coming to Sweden

Network rollout to be completed in the first half of the year Finnish vendor Nokia and Swedish mobile telephony operator 3 Sweden announced plans to deploy TD-LTE-Advanced mobile broadband technology to improve the operator’s quality of service in the European country. 3 Sweden will use...

Nokia, China Mobile deploy unique small cell

TD-LTE Advanced small cell supports carrier aggregation Nokia Networks, in partnership with leading global carrier China Mobile, deployed a first-of-its-kind small cell this month for a sports event held in Shanghai. Nokia’s equipment supported China Mobile’s network for the three-day event. The small cells used support...

Global Telecom: SK Telecom rolls out first tri-band LTE-A service

SK Telecom rolls out tri-band LTE-A service SK Telecom claims it has commercialized the first tri-band LTE-Advanced service. The company made the announcement Sunday, noting that the service is in an effort to develop so-called "5G" networks. The tri-band LTE-A service is designed to allow users...

TD-LTE Network Expansion: The evolution of antennas

An estimated one in eight LTE operators have commercially launched TD-LTE networks, changing the landscape of antennas. "They have 65-degree multiband, multibeam antennas. We see those progressing to higher and higher port count as part of the evolution of antennas on the tower top," Ray Butler,...

Nokia Networks WiMAX to TD-LTE-Advanced migration solutions

In a follow on to today’s earlier announcement, Nokia Networks continued with its pre-Super Mobility Week announcements. The latest focuses on WiMAX to TD-LTE Advanced migration. There are three topics addressed in this latest announcement. 3.5 GHz TD-LTE radio with integrated Wi-Fi This new radio is...

Asia set to lead LTE connections past 1B in 2017

LTE technology looks set to surge in customer acceptance, with Juniper Research forecasting one billion users in 2017, nearly doubling to 1.8 billion users by 2019. The research firm claims that growth will push LTE towards 22% of the global mobile market by the...

GSA: LTE devices explode, 1800 MHz band dominates

The Global Mobile Suppliers Association reported this week that there are now more than 1,500 LTE-enabled user devices available, confirming more than 90% annual growth. The GSA said that 742 new LTE devices were launched in the past year, and the number of manufacturers increased...

Analysts see growth in HetNets, TD-LTE

Several recent research reports assess trends in the small cell and HetNet space, as well as recognizing the growth of TD-LTE in the global wireless market. ABI assessed vendors in the small cell market and carrier Wi-Fi market and put Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei and Cisco at...

Carrier Wrap: Sprint, NSN claim TD-LTE speed record; Root Metrics grades airport coverage

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy! --Sprint and Nokia Solutions and Networks...

NSN completes live video call on VoLTE network

Nokia Solutions and Networks recently completed a series of test cases for Voice over LTE on China Mobile's TD-LTE network, including the world's first live video call over this kind of network.

2014 Predictions: VoLTE, TD-LTE, cloud and CEM set to make waves

For the last year the telecom industry has largely been in a holding pattern, with incremental developments slowly building toward a larger, mainstream transition to new technologies.

China Mobile officially signs up for iPhone; Sprint to benefit?

Apple finally reeled in the biggest fish, announcing over the weekend that it finally secured a deal with China Mobile to offer its iPhone products beginning next month. China Mobile is the world’s largest wireless carrier with more than 760 million subscribers. Apple said the...

Report: Apple has a deal with China Mobile

Apple and China Mobile may finally have a deal to offer the iPhone to the carrier's 700 million-plus subscribers, but most of those people are unlikely to be able to use the iPhone as an LTE device anytime soon. According to The Wall Street...

China Mobile set to launch TD-LTE ‘4G’ service Dec. 18; iPhone to be included in plans

China’s Shanghai Daily is reporting that China Mobile will launch “4G” services on Dec. 18, bringing the latest wireless technology to the world’s largest mobile operator. The TD-LTE network will run across a total of 130 megahertz of spectrum that China’s government this week set...

Carrier Wrap: China Mobile fills in TD-LTE plans; Apple distribution set for mobile expansion

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy! --Nokia Solutions and Networks said it...

ZTE taps Freescale for small cell deployment

ZTE has tapped Freescale (FSL) to power LTE small cell base stations to be deployed throughout China and Japan. Freescale's QorIQ Qonverge BSC9132 base station on a chip will provide embedded intelligence for a new line of TD-LTE femtocell products. TD-LTE is the 4G wireless...

Reader Forum: It’s time for TDD-LTE

Today’s wireless networks are under serious strain from the data deluge, driven by the growth in mobile video and the pervasiveness of tablets and smartphones around the world. Consequently,

Alcatel-Lucent scores chunk of China Mobile TD-LTE deployment

Alcatel-Lucent scored a major win for its LightRadio platform as China Mobile selected the vendor to supply more than 20,000 TD-LTE base stations by the end of the year. Financial terms of the deal were not released. The win follows years of network trials where...

Carrier winners, losers from latest iPhone launch

As has become a yearly occurrence, Apple today unveiled its latest iPhone iterations, though this time it changed up the plan a bit by announcing two separate models: the “entry-level” iPhone 5C and updated iPhone 5S. For wireless carriers, the biggest issue with these...

PCTEL sees revenue growth, possibilities in China’s LTE market

Network site solutions company PCTel saw booming revenue for the quarter, with an increase of 34% year-over-year to $26.7 million. The company has two reporting segments: connected solutions, which includes its antennas and site solutions offerings, and RF solutions, which covers its scanners and network...

MWC 2013: TD-LTE group touts successful global roaming trials

Attempts to further global roaming abilities of the TD-LTE standard reportedly are progressing as the Global TD-LTE Initiative claimed that new testing had begun between operators in China, Hong Kong, the United States, Japan, Korea and India. The carriers involved include China Mobile, Clearwire,...

2013 Predictions: TD-LTE devices ready for prime time

In 2012, LTE finally went main stream. Sure, there had been plenty of talk around this popular “4G” network type before, but this past year was all about deployment, deployment, deployment.