Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service is commercially available now. U.S.
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TELUS Expands LTE Network Across Metro Vancouver
TELUS is now offering LTE services in Burnaby, New Westminster, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, South Delta and Vancouver after first announcing the new network earlier this year. Additional B.C.
MetroPCS Launches VoLTE-Capable LTE Smartphone
U.S. carrier MetroPCS has announced commercial launch of Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services and availability of VoLTE-capable handsets. MetroPCS is selling the new VoLTE-capable LG Connect 4G Android smartphone at select U.S. stores and will continue to roll out VoLTE services and phones in the coming weeks.
SK Telecom Launches Voice over LTE Service
South Korean service provider SK Telecom has launched HD voice call service over LTE. According to the company, HD voice call connection time is less than 0.25 to 2.5 seconds, 2 to 20 times shorter than 3G voice calls that require an average of 5 seconds to connect a call.
Vodafone Greece Invests in Deployment of LTE Network
Vodafone plans to deploy mobile broadband 4G network in selected areas in Greece this year. Vodafone began in 2010 the deployment of 4G LTE network in Europe, and today its 4G networks are already deployed for commercial use in Germany and Portugal, whereas pilot testing continues in a series of countries.
Sprint to Deploy Alcatel-Lucent’s lightRadio Metro Cells to Augment LTE Coverage
U.S. operator Sprint plans to deploy Alcatel-Lucent’s lightRadio™ Metro Cells to augment LTE mobile broadband coverage in high-traffic areas, Alcatel-Lucent announced today. Metro cells are mini base stations that can easily be deployed indoors or outdoors to provide enhanced capacity.
RIM Launches 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet
Research In Motion (RIM) has introduced the new 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet with built-in support for cellular networks. Company is launching the LTE tablet in Canada first.
SK Telecom Targets 7 Million LTE Subscribers by 2012 End
Despite continuous rise in smartphone penetration and strong growth of LTE subscriber base, SK Telecom’s revenue decreased by 0.6% year-on-year due to the impact of diverse mobile tariff cut measures including lowering of the monthly basic rate, company announced today.
Huawei Proposes LTE-Advanced Multi-Streaming Aggregation Technology
Huawei has announced a new proposal for the LTE-Advanced Multi-Stream Aggregation (MSA) technology standard for increase in data rates at the cell’s edge.
NTT DOCOMO, NEC and Fujitsu to Setup Communications Platform Device JV
NTT DOCOMO, NEC, Fujitsu and Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited have agreed to form a joint venture to focus on the development and sales of semiconductor products with built-in modem functions for use in communications equipment.