Author: LteWorld

July 27, 2009 | PC Magazine : Verizon Wireless executives on Monday declined to comment directly about whether it will soon offer the iPhone, but the company will kick off tests of its LTE network in Seattle and Boston later this year.

July 27, 2009 | Wall Street Journal – Gustav Sandstrom : STOCKHOLM (Dow Jones)–L.M. Ericsson Telephone Co.’s (ERIC) acquisition of part of Nortel Network Corp.’s (NRTLQ) assets will give the Swedish equipment vendor a strong position on the fast-growing North American telecommunications market, Chief Financial Officer Hans Vestberg told Dow Jones Newswires Monday.

July 26, 2009 | Telefon AB LM Ericsson’s successful bid for Nortel’s wireless assets gives it a new advantage in the North American mobile marketplace, locking out a key competitor as carriers begin the transition to more data-intensive technology.

July 25, 2009 : Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has today entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire the parts of the Carrier Networks division of Nortel relating to CDMA and LTE technology in North America. The purchase is structured as an asset sale at a cash purchase price of USD 1.13 b. on a cash and… Continue reading Ericsson to acquire majority of Nortel’s North American wireless business

July 25, 2009 | PRESS RELEASE: Following the outcome* of the auction for the CDMA and Long Term Evolution (LTE) assets of Nortel, Nokia Siemens Networks remains focused on maintaining its leadership in the global wireless infrastructure industry and sustaining its recent momentum in the North American market.

July 24, 2009 | MG Siegler : So, it’s looking more and more likely that a large form iPod touch, which we first reported on last December, is coming sometime in the next 6 months.

July 24, 2009 | CAROLINE GABRIEL : The next generation wireless game is one of constantly moving goalposts and even as one platform is trialled, the next is already in the works. This week sees a milestone for the next iteration of the standard underpinning WiMAX, 802.16m, and the first operator trial plans for interoperability… Continue reading Wireless goalposts move, with 802.16m steps and LTE core trials

July 23, 2009 | LteWorld -3G Americas has recently published an report: MIMO Transmission Schemes for LTE and HSPA Networks. The report is intended increases awareness and helps guide the deployment of MIMO technology in HSPA and LTE networks.

July 23, 2009 | In its new report titled, “LTE  for many operators, if not almost all operators, is the 4G end goal for upgrading wireless networks,” Visant Strategies states that as operators deploy LTE the technology shows the promise of robust growth the first half of this next decade.