BROWSING: 4G LTE

 China Telecom gained 9.67 million LTE subscribers in Q1 of 2015 Chinese mobile telephony giant China Telecom announced that its 4G base reached 16.75 million subscribers by the end of March. That growth equates to a net addition of 9.67 million 4G LTE subscribers during...

NTT DoCoMo looks to Premium 4G offering Japanese mobile telephony operator NTT DoCoMo said it expects to invest a total of $5.3 billion during its fiscal year 2015, ending March 31, 2016. During fiscal year 2014, the operator had invested a total of $5.56 billion, down 41.4%...

500 MB boost bolsters T-Mobile US-powered Wal-Mart plans in face of increased competition Wal-Mart’s Family Mobile service received a boost over the weekend as the big-box retailer increased the amount of LTE-based data access for two of its rate plans. The $30-per-month plan now includes 1...

Pew: Domestic smartphone penetration hits 64% WASHINGTON – According to a Pew Research Poll, smartphone ownership in the United States has reached 64%, with roughly half of people surveyed responding that their smartphone is something they “couldn’t live without.” The report finds that smartphone ownership is...

Acquisition brings InSite’s tower portfolio to more than 1,200 InSite Wireless Group on April 1 announced its acquisition of 294 communication tower sites from CTI Towers for an undisclosed price. The purchase includes towers, related tower-site equipment, real estate property interests and attendant carrier usage...

Ericsson, Duetsche Telekom, China Mobile and others eye the future As carriers continue the research and development that will inform the next generation of 5G mobile networks, Deutsche Telekom recently announced its new innovation lab, the “5G haus.” Germany-based DT has partnered with the Stanford University's...

Ericsson and SK Telecom plan 5G demo at 2018 Winter Olympics With commercial availability of 5G cellular networks projected for 2020 – the same year analysts expect there will be some 50 billion connected devices – Ericsson is ramping up investment in research and development that looks beyond...

Deploy small cell more efficiently using street furniture ATLANTA – Michael Peeters, CTO for Alcatel-Lucent’s wireless division, highlighted the need for rapid small cell deployments to keep up with the booming growth in demand for mobile network capacity. Peeters drove this point – and many others...

Sequans announces Verizon-certified LTE modules Sequans new Colibri LTE chipset, along with two of the French company’s LTE modules, designed for "Internet of Things" and machine-to-machine deployments have been certified as carrier grade by Verizon Wireless. The new Colibri chipset is rated category four, meaning it...

China Mobile network build-out contributed to profit loss China Mobile, which reported a 10% decrease in profits for 2014, plans to cut back on its capital expenditures for 2015. In 2014, China Mobile, the largest carrier in China and the world, spent big on expanding its...

Nokia radio access equipment covered by 7-year agreement Russian carrier MegaFon will expand its LTE footprint through a 7-year deal with Nokia Networks, which will provide the mobile network operator with radio access equipment. Nokia and MegaFon announced the agreement on March 11. MegaFon subscribers in...

ExteNet providing hardware for $32.5M upgrade Distributed antenna system vendor ExteNet Systems will contribute to the Chicago Transit Authority’s project to bring 4G LTE to the Windy City’s subway. City leaders announced the project back in February; the DAS will cover the blue and red lines...

Payment is part of new LightSquared restructuring plan Three years into a bankruptcy filing, would-be wireless network operator LightSquared this week laid out a plan that would repay investor Charles Ergen, chairman of Dish Network, $1.5 billion. LightSquared raised significant financing for its plan to offer...

Spain and South Korea top Open Signal report In a new report, crowd-sourced network performance analytics firm Open Signal broke down global LTE download speeds and overall network performance, by asking users equipped with their application to report network metrics, which were then compiled into its...

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,...

Accedian Networks’ revenue climbs 38% in 2014 Accedian Networks saw its revenue grow 38% in 2014, thanks in large part to global Long Term Evolution mobile network expansion. The Montreal-based company also cited North American small cell deployments and increased demand for enterprise-to-data center connectivity as factors...

Virgin Galactic, Qualcomm, Elon Musk in the mix In the past week, OneWeb, with support from the Virgin Group and chipmaker Qualcomm, and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk have announced plans to launch constellations capable of bringing high-speed satellite Internet connectivity to the more than 3...

Ellipsis Jetpack supports XLTE To keep up with customer demand for consistent high data speeds, Verizon Wireless' Ellipsis Jetpack mobile hot spot received an upgraded LTE chipset from Sequans Communications that also supports the carrier's XLTE service. That service taps into the 1.7/2.1 GHz spectrum...

Mobile giant Vodafone has joined forces with JCDecaux, the largest outdoor advertising company in the world, to increase network connectivity by deploying small cells on billboards, benches and other outdoor installations. This planned large-scale deployment, announced on Dec. 10, is an expansion of a pilot...

Amazon rainforest to join 4G LTE lineup Telecom giant Ericsson is working with Telefonica’s subsidiary in Peru to connect schools, health care centers and other rural parts of the Amazon rainforest to a LTE network. The two companies tout the project as a first-of-its-kind for Latin...

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...

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...

China Mobile, the largest mobile carrier in the world, is reportedly cutting expansion of its TD-SCDMA 3G network and focusing on its TD-LTE network, which supports 4G connectivity. One telecom insider told RCR Wireless News that this announcement, which was first reported by Caixin Media...

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...