Wind Italy, a subsidiary of Russia’s VimpelCom, has signed a contract with Huawei and Sirti to build the LTE network. Operator plans to invest Plan to invest € 1 billion for its LTE deployment in next five years.
Month: April 2013
Three Ireland Selects Samsung For Commercial LTE Deployment
Ireland’s mobile operator Three has selected Samsung Electronics as its sole provider of LTE Radio Access Network (RAN) and LTE core infrastructure equipment.
Huawei Completes Advanced Active Antenna System Trial with Deutsche Telekom
Huawei has announced today the successful completion of advanced LTE Active Antenna System (AAS) on a LTE trial network for Deutsche Telekom in Germany. AAS LTE trial was based on Huawei’s AAS solution and integrates active transceiver array with the passive antenna array to reduce cable loss and simplify site engineering.
EE Doubling LTE Network Speed, Targets 1M LTE Subscribers by 2013 End
UK’s communications service provider EE is doubling the speed and capacity of its 4G LTE network. According to company, this step enables lab speeds of 130Mbps and will boost peak 4G speeds to 80Mbps plus while doubling current average speeds to 20Mbps.
Vodafone Australia Outlines 4G LTE Plans
Vodafone Australia has announced its plan of 4G LTE network launch across 5 capital cities in country. Operator will invite its customers to join the company’s 4G network from June.
3GPP Reaffirms LTE-Advanced Name
3GPP has defined the standards for LTE, with the latest work focusing on LTE-Advanced, which includes all work from 3GPP Release 10 onwards. 3GPP’s Project Coordination Group (PCG) approved it during their meeting on April 3rd, 2013.
Swisscom Expands LTE Network, 159 Locations Connected
Switzerland’s telecom service provider Swisscom has accelerated the expansion and announced that more than one in three Swiss people currently have LTE reception.
Cisco to Acquire Small-cell Provider Ubiquisys
Cisco plans to acquire U.K. based Ubiquisys, a provider of 3G and 4G LTE small-cell technologies. Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco will pay approximately $310 million in cash and retention-based incentives to acquire the entire business and operations of Ubiquisys.
Dialog Wins 10MHz LTE Spectrum at TRCSL Auction in Sri Lanka
Dialog Axiata secured the 10 MHz 4G LTE Spectrum auctioned by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka. Dialog won the bid at Rs 3.277 Billion for 10 MHz of 1800 MHz spectrum.