Ericsson announced today that SOFTBANK MOBILE has selected it to build an LTE RAN in Japan’s major cities,. Ericsson is the second big vendor to report LTE network contract this week, yesterday Nokia Siemens Networks announced the LTE win to supply, deploy and integrate operator’s 4G, FDD LTE network.
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Ericsson, Qualcomm Demo Broadcast Video over LTE at MWC
Ericsson and Qualcomm will demonstrate evolved Broadcast over LTE (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services, eMBMS) at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012 in Barcelona. eMBMS enables more efficient use of available spectrum and mobile networks.
ABI Research: Ericsson Leads LTE RAN Standard Contributions
From 2005 until 1H 2011, Ericsson has made the most approved contributions to the LTE RAN standard, according to ABI Research. Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks together had the second highest number of contributions, followed by Huawei. Companies work within standards groups to make contributions, which are approved through voting.
eAccess to launch LTE service in March
Japanese operator eAccess will launch commercial LTE service next month. Operator has set initial LTE data service price of 3,880 yen per month. According to eAccess, its LTE service will have 40% population coverage by end of March this year and will reach to 70% in the end of March 2013.
Japan’s eAccess to Launch Mixed Mode Solution for WCDMA and LTE
Japan’s mobile broadband operator eAccess plans to launch a Mixed Mode solution for WCDMA and LTE. According to Ericsson, with its Mixed Mode solution, eAccess can use the same radio frequency band for both LTE and WCDMA services.
Bouygues Telecom selects Ericsson for 2G, 3G upgrade and LTE rollout
French service provider has selected Bouygues Telecom for upgrade of its 2G/3G radio networks and rollout of 4G LTE equipments. Operator plans to transform its existing 2G and 3G radio networks in order to improve network performance as data traffic increases and more people move into French cities.
Ericsson and Qualcomm Demonstrate SRVCC Voice Handover between LTE and WCDMA
Ericsson together with Qualcomm successfully performed a voice handover based on the 3GPP-standardized functionality Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC) demonstrating users will experience seamless voice services when they move out of LTE coverage, since the call will automatically be handed over to WCDMA or GSM access during the call.
Swisscom selects Ericsson for LTE and mobile-network modernization
Switzerland’s mobile and fixed operator, Swisscom has entered into a five-year contract with Ericsson for mobile-network modernization and upgrade to LTE.
Ericsson ready for Voice, SMS over LTE via CSFB
Ericsson has announced deployment of 3GPP CSFB in several networks in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.
UNE selects Huawei and Ericsson for LTE Network in Colombia
Colombian operator UNE EPM has awarded contract for phase one and two LTE 4G network to Huawei and Ericsson.