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Three UK Announces HSPA+ 4G Upgrade Plans

Wireless services provider Three UK has just announced plans to upgrade its 3G network to offer enhanced data transfer speeds to its customers. The company launched UK’s first solely 3G network back in 2003, and is determined to continue investing in it and improve it through new, appealing technology. The c...

29 February 2012
13:21 GMT

Motorola and Nokia Sign 4G Licensing Agreement

Two of the largest telecommunications companies in the world, namely Motorola and Nokia, have just announced the signing of an agreement aimed at the licensing of 4G technologies. However, specific details on the agreement were not unveiled for the time being.According to the duo, the new agreement is based on the p...

16 October 2010
04:48 GMT

Clearwire Starts Testing 4G LTE Technology in the U.S.

Clearwire Corporation, an important provider of wireless broadband services, which operates the largest 4G network in the U.S., recently announced that it will start trialing its 4G LTE technology. The company's plans are supposed to improve wireless speeds in the U.S., but it's also a test for the coexiste...

5 August 2010
03:27 GMT

Shipments of Mobile WiMAX Chipsets Grew in 2009

WiMAX, the 4G technology that is already being deployed by various carriers around the world, is expected to live on the market for the following few years next to LTE, which should become the dominant 4G standard, and the growth registered in mobile WiMAX chipset shipments in 2009 seems to confirm this state of fac...

10 March 2010
16:11 GMT

WiMAX Sees 75% Boost in Subscribers in 2009

WiMAX is the 4G technology that already offers services to customers around the world, and it seems that more and more people chose the technology when it comes to receiving wireless services from carriers. According to a recent report from Infonetics Research, the base of WiMAX subscribers went up by 75 percent in ...

5 March 2010
14:41 GMT

Qualcomm to Become Leading 4G Patent Holder

Worldwide leading communications solutions provider Qualcomm is expected to take the lead in the 4G wireless communications area when it comes to patent holding. According to a recently published report from ABI Research, the company recorded 24 percent of ETSI declarations surrounding LTE, and 16 percent of the tot...

17 November 2009
03:55 GMT

Telefonica Starts LTE Testing in Six Countries

Telefonica announced on Friday that it would soon start testing the next generation Long Time Evolution technology in six different countries around the world in its process of moving towards the roll-out of 4G networks. Telefonica is yet another company that plans on deploying the next-generation networks based on t...

3 October 2009
03:43 GMT

The World's First LTE Modem Comes from LG

The first steps towards the deployment of the next-generation Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology have been already made, and while a lot of carriers already announced plans to roll out networks based on the 4G standard, other companies also stated that they would support the technology in their own way. A wide rang...

19 June 2009
08:46 GMT

Clearwire and Cisco Team Up for 4G Expansion

Clearwire Corporation announced on Wednesday a partnership with Cisco, aimed at the enhancement and expansion of CLEAR 4G mobile WiMAX services in the United States. According to the agreement, Cisco will become Clearwire's national Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) infrastructure provider, whil...

14 May 2009
03:12 GMT

ZTE to Supply MetroPCS with LTE Handsets

MetroPCS is yet another mobile phone carrier in the US that is moving towards the next-generation 4G technology, and it seems that the company has selected ZTE to be the handset maker that will supply it with mobile phones that will work on the upcoming Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks, as proof of the strong relat...

29 April 2009
04:17 GMT

Samsung and LG to Launch LTE Handsets Next Year

LTE (Long Term Evolution) is one of the 4G technologies that are expected to become quite popular this year and in the years to come. A lot of industry players have announced plans to support it – in the detriment of WiMAX, another 4G standard –, including wireless carriers around the globe, as well as mo...

14 April 2009
03:40 GMT

WiMAX Down, LTE Goes Up, Says Nokia

When it comes to the future of the wireless technologies most of the industry players would rather go for LTE (Long Term Evolution) rather than choose WiMAX, which is just another face of the future 4G networks that are expected to start rolling out during the ongoing year. However, both WiMAX and LTE have their ow...

3 April 2009
06:44 GMT

Huawei Wins Network Deals in the US

According to the latest news on the Web, the Chinese communications equipment maker Huawei has managed to ink a deal with cable operator Cox Communications to launch a cell phone service this year, and might also make another one with Clearwire for the deployment of the carrier's nationwide 4G wireless network, ...

27 March 2009
12:19 GMT

Sprint Rumored to Be Interested in LTE As Well

It seems that Sprint is not determined to remain stuck with WiMAX after all. The company is reported to be testing Long Term Evolution (LTE) equipment, the 4G technology that appears to attract more and more industry players these days, although the company owns 52 percent of the stakes in Clearwire, which is current...

10 March 2009
12:11 GMT

WiMAX in Over 80 Cities by 2010, Says ClearWire

It’s a common fact that ClearWire started to deploy WiMAX networks last year, and it seems that the company plans to extend its coverage over around 80 cities in the United States. Up until now, only Portland and Baltimore have seen WiMax wireless broadband connectivity, yet the services will come to more areas...

9 March 2009
02:10 GMT


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