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LTE stations accounted for over 50% of deployments Russian mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems said it has deployed more than 9,160 base stations across the country, compared to 5,730 base stations installed during the same period last year. The Russian telco said …

Part of four-carrier plan to connect all 279 Metropolitan Transit Authority underground stations Verizon Wireless will continue to expand its underground network in phases four and five of the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s plan to bring cellular and Wi-Fi into New …

The telco aims to expand the new technology to other cities in Denmark this year Danish mobile telephony operator TeliaSonera kicked off a test of LTE-Advanced technology in the country’s capital of Copenhagen. The telco plans to expand the LTE-A …

India will end 2015 with 5.8M LTE subscribers Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has launched its 4G LTE services in 296 towns and cities across India. Bharti Airtel had initially launched India’s first 4G LTE network in Kolkata in April 2012, …

China Mobile LTE expansion set to cover 60% of China’s population and 100M 4G LTE subscribers As China Mobile, the largest mobile carrier in the world, continues to expand its network, Ericsson has signed on as the radio equipment provider for …

DT touts 7 million LTE subscribers in Germany Deutsche Telekom posted revenue of 17.42 billion euros ($18.94 billion) in the second quarter of 2015, surging 15.3% year-on-year. The operator’s net profits for the quarter reached 712 million euros, flat vs. …

Orange and SFR encouraged to cede part of the spectrum to rival operator Free Mobile France’s telecom regulator Arcep authorized mobile operators Orange and SFR to reuse their 1800 MHz spectrum bands for the provision of LTE services beginning next …

Includes unlimited talk and text, plus 1 GB of free data, in Canada, Mexico and a dozen Latin American countries An official reveal of the plan is expected on Aug. 7, but that didn’t stop one Reddit user from posting …

The operator paid almost $25M for spectrum in both 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands Mobile operator Ooredoo has acquired additional 4G LTE spectrum in Oman in a move to boost 4G coverage across the Sultanate. The telco paid OMR …

Outages in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama potentially caused by AT&T backhaul network All four major U.S. wireless carriers – Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, Sprint and T-Mobile US – experienced extensive network outages yesterday, apparently due to a hardware failure …

IoT is a hot topic at National Instruments’ ongoing NI Week AUSTIN, Texas – National Instruments kicked off its annual NI Week on Aug. 3, and among the first round of presentations was a forward-looking panel discussion about the future …

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The Chinese company expects deployments to be completed by the end of 2015 or in early 2016 Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei was awarded the largest share of China Mobile’s voice-over-LTE project, which includes network convergence building and reconstruction across …

VoLTE rollouts are supported by Huawei and Nokia Networks Two major telecom service providers last week announced the launch of commercial voice-over-LTE services. China Mobile in partnership with Huawei, and Vodafone Italy with partner Nokia Networks, are rolling out the …

South Korean telco plans to launch the world’s first pilot of LTE-M technology South Korea’s largest mobile telephony operator, SK Telecom, ended the second quarter of 2015 with 17.93 million LTE subscribers, climbing 16.6% vs. the year-ago period. LTE subscribers …

Telefónica Spanish business showing signs of recovery Spanish telecom giant Telefónica reported revenue of 11.87 billion euro ($13.14 billion) in the second quarter of 2015, climbing 12.4% vs. the year-ago quarter. The company’s net profits for the period reached 1.89 …

The telco’s LTE trial currently reaches 28% of local population Telekom Austria’s Bulgarian subsidiary Mobiltel has acquired fixed-line operator Blizoo Bulgaria. Blizoo Bulgaria is the second-largest fixed-line operator in the country with an 8% share in the fixed broadband market …

NTT DoCoMo Premium 4G service reaches 292 cities across Japan Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo’s Premium 4G service is currently available in 292 cities and 41 prefectures across Japan, according to a company presentation. The service, which was launched in …

Taiwanese government aims to award six new blocks of spectrum year-end Taiwanese telecom regulator NCC has set the floor price for the second auction of 4G spectrum at NT$14.4 billion ($460.4 million). The watchdog said it expects to complete the …

Huawei has demonstrated a small cell running Wi-Fi and LTE in unlicensed spectrum. The demonstration, conducted with NTT DoCoMo, showed Wi-Fi and licensed-assisted access both operating in the 5 GHz band. Listen-before-talk was used for LTE. Listen-before-talk is a protocol …

Trial was carried out in association with Ericsson and Qualcomm Vodafone Portugal said it reached speeds of 600 megabits per second on its mobile network, using the new functions offered by the evolution of LTE-Advanced technology. The telco said the …

The telco aims for LTE coverage to reach 90% of European population by end of fiscal 2015 U.K.-based telecom operator Vodafone has modernized 80,000 mobile sites and added a further 36,000 2G, 47,000 3G and 41,000 4G sites, and upgraded …

Educational training, specifically fiber splicing training, is a key element of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood Electrical Workers (IBEW) negotiated agreement with mobile operators including Verizon and AT&T Watch RCRtv – Fiber splicing training for CWA …

América Móvil posted 219.999 billion pesos ($13.7 billion) in second quarter revenue, almost flat (-0.1%) compared to the same quarter in 2014. However, the company’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization decreased 5% year-over-year and net income dropped 16% year-over-year. Looking …

Telefónica said the transfer of redundant infrastructure will allow the telco to focus on LTE deployments Telefónica Deutschland, the local subsidiary of Spanish telecom operator Telefónica, is transferring 7,700 mobile telephone sites to Deutsche Telekom. The sites selected by the …