4G Global Update - May 12, 2011

 

 

Vietnam's Viettel Set to Test LTE in 2 Cities, Boosts 3G Coverage

TeleGeography

Vietnam's military-run telecoms operator Viettel is set to launch testing of LTE technology in parts of Hanoi and HCM City. According to Vietnam Business News, which cites a report by Vietbiz24, around 240 customers in the two cities will soon be able to trial the 4G service until the end of August. Viettel's director, Hoang Son, said the trials will help the company assess the network's capabilities, although he did not mention when an official launch of LTE would take place. MORE

 

 

TI, Ubiquisys to Develop Next-generation 3G/LTE Small Cells

PCWorld

Chip maker Texas Instruments and femtocell developer Ubiquisys will collaborate on the development of small base stations designed to help operators handle growing data volumes, they said. MORE

 

 

Is Your 4G HSPA+ Category 10, 14 or 20?

Pocketnow.com

The whole "4G" thing can be pretty confusing these days, especially now that everyone is calling HSPA+ 4G when it's really more like 3.5G or 3.7G. It turns out, HSPA+ or "Evolved HSPA" has a couple flavors and different devices support different speeds. Category 10 implementations of HSPA+ supports 14.4Mbps download speeds under optimum theoretical conditions. That's the type of "4G" the Motorola Atrix and Inspire 4G support on AT&T. MORE

 

 

208 Operators in 80 Countries Currently Investing in LTE

Wireless Federation

A recent report by Global Mobile Suppliers Association has revealed that around 208 operators are now investing in LTE, which is 98 operators more than in June 2010. According to the report, the number of countries and territories where LTE systems are deployed or planned has increased by 32 in the same period. MORE

 

 

4G Will Solve Mobile Capacity Problem in 2013

Electronics Weekly

4G LTE mobile phone technology will be far more spectrum efficient than today's 3G networks, said U.K's industry watchdog Ofcom. "Research reveals that the next generation of mobile technology will deliver more than 200% of the capacity of existing 3G technologies, using the same amount of spectrum," said Ofcom. MORE

 

 

Cisco Readies 4G Android Tablet for AT&T

TWICE Mobile

AT&T will offer the Android-based 4G-equipped Cius tablet from Cisco through its business channels sometime in the fall, the companies announced. AT&T and Cisco are jointly collaborating with third-party developers to create business applications for the tablet. MORE