Revenue from mobile broadband cards (standard PC cards and embedded cards) grew 6% in 1Q10 over 4Q09 to $1.55 billion worldwide, according to Infonetics Research Report.
Tag: LTE
picoChip sees commercial LTE femtocells by 2011
picoChip is ready to conduct trials with several carriers this year and expects to see commercial LTE femtocell products in 2011.
Tele2 launches LTE pilot in Netherlands
Telecom Operator Tele2 has launched an LTE test network in Netherlands.
Clear Mobitel to trial LTE in Cornwall
Clear Mobitel has planned live consumer LTE trial in the 800MHz Digital Dividend spectrum in UK. Clear Mobitel will conduct the LTE trial in a zone which is centered on the Caradon Hill area o
Australian Telco Optus conducts LTE trials
Australian operator Optus is conduncting LTE tests and has achieved 50 Mbps downlink and 20Mbps uplink speeds. Trials of the new network are currently underway in Sydney.
500,000 new 4G Subscriptions in 2010
4G technology deployments and subscriptions will begin to take root in 2010 but only in North America and Western Europe reports In-Stat.
Orange Moldova & Alcatel-Lucent demonstrate LTE
Orange Moldova has made a public demonstration of LTE technology in Chisinau.
SK Telecom to commercialize LTE in 2011
SK Telecom plans to greatly improve 3G network performance and promote early commercialization of the next-generation LTE technology.
UK 4G spectrum auction likely next year
UK’s 4G spectrum might be up for auction mid next year according to Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
Sprint considering LTE, might merge with T-Mobile
Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse has said that the company is considering a technology switch to LTE according to Financial Times.