Posts Tagged ‘LTE’

Newsflash: Singtel Deploying LTE 4G Network

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

According to Channel News Asia, Singtel is deploying LTE technology to its mobile network. LTE, short for Long Term Evolution, is a mobile network technology that is heavily marketed (albeit wrongly) as 4G wireless service. Singtel’s LTE network will allow its users achieve download speeds of up to 75Mbps, 3 times as fast as the current 3G HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) network.

This will be the first time that LTE technology is available to end-consumers; M1 had already deployed LTE in June, however, it’s available only to corporate customers, not to end-consumers.

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GSA: 237 operators in 85 countries are now investing in LTE

Saturday, September 3rd, 2011

A report from GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) has revealed that 237 operators in 85 countries are now investing in LTE (Long Term Evolution), with 174 LTE deployments in progress or planned in 64 countries, of which 26 had already been commercially launched. Another 63 operators in 21 countries are engaged in LTE trials, tests, or studies.

LTE is a mobile network technology that is often marketed as “4G” (although strictly speaking, LTE does not meet 4G requirements).

Deployment Map:

Credits: GSA

26 operators with commercial deployments:

Credits: GSA

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NTT DoCoMo To Begin LTE-Advanced Tests

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

NetworkWorld has reported that NTT DoCoMo has applied for a license to allow it to deploy LTE-Advanced mobile infrastructure equipments for field testing, and expects to be given the green light in March. LTE-Advanced is an enhancement of LTE, which has achieved lab-tested downlink rates of up to 1 Gbps and uplink rates of up to 200 Mbps.

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China Begun Tests of 4G Technology – TD LTE

Friday, January 28th, 2011

According to NetworkWorld, China has begun large scale trials of 4G technology known as TD LTE that is expected to last 18 months, completing in year 2012. The tests will be held in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Xiamen. China Mobile is overseeing this project, and participants include telecommunications equipment makers such as Huawei, Nokia-Siemens Networks and ZTE.

TD LTE is similar to its more frequently mentioned “plain” LTE cousin, except that it uses Time Division Duplexing instead of Frequency Division Duplexing. The differences lie mainly in the radio networks; there shouldn’t be much differences in the core networks between the two.

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Newsflash: Singapore Plans 4G Spectrum Auction in 2012

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) plans to hold an auction for 4G wireless spectrum rights in the 2.3/2.5 gigahertz bands in 2012. However, operators will be able to take up their allocation only after current contracts expire on June 30 2015.

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