BROWSING: 4G LTE-A

5G connection forecasted to total 116M by 2022 LTE subscriptions worldwide will reach approximately 1.9 billion by the end of 2016, up from 1.1 billion at the beginning of the year, according to a recent study by Strategy Analytics. The research firm predicts the number of...

The new Huawei, Starhub offering achieves indoor speeds of 1Gbps Chinese ICT provider Huawei and Singapore telecoms operator StarHub have unveiled a new 4G LTE-Advanced solution which achieved 1 Gbps of indoor coverage. The new solution combined StarHub’s 55 megahertz of frequency spectrum across the 1800...

The Spanish-based telecom will focus on E2E customer experience HONG KONG – Within the next five years, Spanish telecommunications operator Telefónica will focus its efforts on the development of mobile technology in order to improve the quality of its video offering in its mobile and...

The Chinese firm also targets LTE-A projects in the region Chinese vendor Huawei said it's seeing significant growth opportunities in the Middle East region with small cells projects, the company’s VP of international media affairs for EMEA, Ronald Sladek, told RCR Wireless News. “Many operators within...

Many opportunities for LTE despite emphasis on 5G BARCELONA, Spain – Industry trade association 4G Americas singled out broadband spectrum access as the major driver of advancements in current LTE networks and as a key part of evolving potential 5G standards. 4G Americas President Chris Pearson,...

SK Telecom ‘world’s first tri-band LTE-A’ ads banned A South Korean court has banned SK Telecom from advertising claims that it has commercialized the first tri-band LTE-Advanced service. The ruling comes after KT and LG Uplus filed complaints claiming that the ads were false and...

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...

Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career in telecom, IT and security. Having experience as an operator, software and hardware vendor and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be sharing...

Carrier aggregation helps Nokia Networks, Ooredoo Qatar, China Mobile achieve 4.1 Gbps speed China Mobile and Nokia Networks, along with Ooredoo Qatar have announced a new LTE-A speed record with carrier aggregation. The three companies said they reached 4.1 Gbps per second over the hybrid TD-FDD LTE...

Telenor and TeliaSonera team up to take on Denmark Telenor and TeliaSonera announced plans to merge their operations in Denmark. If the merger proceeds, both companies will hold a 50% stake in the venture. The deal would result in the combined operations controlling 40% market share. Last...