ZTE touts CDMA upgrade path to LTE

July 22nd, 2009 | Kevin Fitchard While major CDMA operators like Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ, NYSE:VOD) and Sprint (NYSE:S) are moving directly to 4G, the CDMA Development Group and other CDMA proponents have long stressed there is an alternative, EV-DO Revision B, which would allow operators to boost capacity without building new networks or acquiring new… Continue reading ZTE touts CDMA upgrade path to LTE

MultiService Forum Announces Major LTE/SAE Interoperability Event

July 22, 2009 | MSF has announced major LTE/SAE (Long Term Evolution/ System Architecture Evolution) interoperability event inMarch 2010. Vodafone and China Mobile are the first to sign up for the MSF’s (MultiService Forum) major LTE/SAE (Long Term Evolution / System Architecture Evolution) Interoperability Event.

Nortel wireless auction may heat up

Jul 21, 2009  | By Pav Jordan | TORONTO (Reuters) – An auction this week for the wireless assets of Canada’s Nortel Networks (NRTLQ.PK), valued at a minimum of $650 million, has suddenly become a lot more interesting and may turn into a bidding war.

NSN Goes Solo for LTE Voice

JULY 21, 2009 | Michelle Donegan | Nokia Siemens Networks claims to have a unique way for filling the Long Term Evolution (LTE) voice void, and has not joined an industry initiative to create a new standard for delivering voice services over LTE.

Denmark Planning Auction of LTE/WiMAX Radio Spectrum

July 20 2009 | Denmark Ministry for Science, Technology and Innovation has launched a public consultation on the auction of 2.5GHz spectrum. The spectrum now being auctioned is suitable for providing wireless broadband services based on standards such as LTE (Long Term Evolution) and WiMAX.

Laptops, netbooks to drive exponential mobile broadband growth

19 July 2009 | In a  Newly released forecasts by Coda Research Consultancy, a technology and media specialist show that portable laptop and notebook users accessing the internet via mobile broadband will produce US$48bn in operator revenues in 2017 with 418m people worldwide. LTE will lead to more traffic per user than for mobile broadband… Continue reading Laptops, netbooks to drive exponential mobile broadband growth

Best ever LTE transmitter efficiency

17 July 2009 – Nujira announced that it has achieved efficiencies of over 60% for an 880MHz LTE Power Amplifier, based on its commercially available Coolteq power modulator and Digital Pre Distortion

Mobile broadband use set to rocket

16 Jul 2009| Phil Muncaster: Portable laptop and netbook users accessing the internet via mobile broadband will generate $48bn (£29bn) in revenues by 2017, according to new figures from technology res