GSM/3G Market Update – GSM/EDGE, WCDMA-HSPA, HSPA+, LTE, Spectrum re-farming, Digital Dividend

GSA publishes new Market Update – facts and stats on GSM, EDGE, WCDMA-HSPA, HSPA+, LTE, spectrum. Following are the highlights of this report. Fast Facts Vote on the next mobile broadband baseline Mobile subscribers update – closing in on 4 billion GSM, WCDMA-HSPA subscriptions(Q2 09) Market and technology updates and forecasts

Motorola LTE Drive Tour Arrives in Sweden

August 12, 2009 | Live LTE demonstration to Scandinavian mobile operators – including first time live TV over LTE – showcases true mobile broadband and maturity of Motorola’s LTE solution

Zain Bahrain Chairman announces investment in state-of-art LTE technology network upgrade

AUGUST 11, 2009 | AMEinfo – Announcing the awarding of a Network Upgrade contract to Nokia Siemens Networks, Zain Bahrain Chairman Shaikh Ahmed Bin Ali Abdulla Al Khalifa said the upgrade would enable Zain Bahrain to serve more customers, improve its nation-wide coverage and deliver better products and services to its growing customer base.

Sprint (WiMAX) vs. Verizon (LTE)

August 10, 2009 | TMCnet – The deployment of WiMAX (News – Alert) has been something of a melodrama, first we all wondered whether Sprint would do it at all, given their loss of customers and financial situation in 2008, then came various on-again-off again deliberations with Clearwire (News – Alert).