ZTE has helped China Telecom successfully complete commercial testing for IPv6 capabilities on its mobile network in Hunan province, a key milestone in China Telecom’s plans for future 4G LTE deployment.
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America Movil Selects Alcatel-Lucent for LTE Overlay Network in Dominican Republic
Wireless service provider America Movil has selected Alcatel-Lucent to rollout a 4G LTE network in the Dominican Republic. Alcatel-Lucent is supplying the America Movil subsidiary Claro Dominican Republic with its 4G LTE network overlay solution.
Ericsson 5G Demonstration Achieves 5 Gbps Throughput
Ericsson has achieved 5 Gbps speed in the 15 GHz frequency band in live, over-the-air demonstrations of the company’s pre-standard 5G network technology. NTT DOCOMO and SK Telecom senior management witnessed Ericsson’s demonstration at Ericsson lab in Kista, Sweden.
Huawei Builds LTE Network for Heavy-Haul Railways
Huawei announced that its eLTE solution has won the bid for the Shenhua Group Corporation’s Shuo Huang Railway (SHR) LTE project, and will deliver this project soon. Shenhua has developed and implemented LTE network for heavy-haul railways.
T-Mobile Launches LTE-Advanced in Czech Republic
T-Mobile has launched LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) in the Czech Republic. Operator has deployed Carrier aggregation function by combining two bands in Mlada Boleslav to increase download speeds up to 225 Mbit/s for upload to 50Mbit/s.
Ukkoverkot and Huawei to Deploy Commercial LTE 450MHz Network in Finland
Finland’ mobile service provider Ukkoverkot and Huawei have signed a contract to deploy a commercial LTE 450MHz network on the LTE 450MHz Global event in Amsterdam.
AT&T Launches LTE in New Markets Across the U.S.
AT&T has launched its 4G LTE service in new markets in Olean, N.Y.; Greenville and Mansfield, Ohio; and Fredericksburg, Texas. According to AT&T it’s network now covers more than 99% of Americans. AT&T 4G LTE network covers nearly 290 million people and is expected to be essentially complete by this summer.
EE Announces Trials of Voice Calls over WiFi and 4G
UK operator EE is trialing a WiFi calling capability and plans to launch it in autumn 2014 on the latest handsets capable of supporting the service.
T-Mobile Expanding LTE Footprint, Plans Nationwide VoLTE Before 2014 End
U.S. mobile operator T-Mobile has launched VoLTE in 15 markets and is now covering more than 107 million Americans. Operator expects to deliver nationwide VoLTE before the end of 2014. T-Mobile is now offering VoLTE on a fourth device – the Samsung Galaxy S 5 – starting today.
Sprint Signs 12 New LTE Roaming Agreements with Regional Carriers
U.S. carrier Sprint has announced new 4G LTE roaming agreements with 12 rural and regional network carriers. Along with Sprint’s previously announced amended agreement with nTelos to extend their Strategic Network Alliance through 2022, the Rural Roaming Preferred Program