Unstrung is carrying a very detailed article on the appointment of Mary Chan as the “President of End to End 4G/LTE Networks”. As we know, AlcaLu has been suffering a bit recently in the turbulent economy (as have many big players) – so it’s good to see that some positive statement are being made about…
Motorola Successfully Trials LTE
Right on the heels of their i9 announcement, Motorola has announced a successful LTE call and high-speed data transmission in their lab at Swindon, in Wiltshire, UK. The test was using standards compliant LTE on 2.6 GHz with a prototype device we may very well see at Mobile World Congress in two weeks. Samsung, LG,…
Samsung Working with WiMAX and LTE Chips
HTC was the first manufacturer to make the WiMAX dive, but Samsung isn’t far behind by the sounds of it. Supposedly in an effort to slip out of paying Qualcomm royalties, Samsung is working on including WiMAX and LTE chips from Broadcom and Infineon in upcoming handsets. Korea already saw a few WiBro devices from…
DoCoMo Readies MIMO LSI Chip to Meet LTE Standards
Put on your engineering caps, it’s time for acronyms. Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has announced that they’re entering trial stages for a new large-scale integration chip which will meet next generation Long Term Evolution standards using Multiple Input/Multiple Output technologies to achieve target speeds. “What the hell did he just say?” “I don’t know.” “Well…
LG demonstrates LTE cellphone chips with 60Mbps speeds!
Chalk up another world’s first for LG. The South Korean cellphone manufacturer has announced that it has successfully tested the world’s first mobile phone LTE chip with impressive results. The world’s first 3GPP LTE chip was designed for use in mobile applications like handsets and data cards. LG managed to pull down a maximum of…
RIM beginning work on LTE handset?
Long-Term Evolution is the next step for wireless networks, and RIM wants to be on board the minute the 4G technology gets deployed; according to insiders, a team has been formed to begin work on a 4G BlackBerry using the LTE standard. BlackBerrys were a little late to the 3G game, with the 8703 being…
T-Mobile passes on HSPA Evolution (HSPA+) in favor of 4G LTE networks
As it stands, T-Mobile is the last major carrier-holdout on the 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) front. Or at least, T-Mobile was the last holdout in the wireless market. T-Mobile’s Chief technology officer Joachim Horn recently stated that his company wouldn’t be rolling out the hardware upgrades necessary to enable HSPA Evolution (HSPA+) data speeds…
Telus and Bell announce GSM plans for Canada – HSPA 3G networks by 2010
With the CDMA evolution pathway coming to a veritable dead-stop in the next few years, it’s been safe to assume that CDMA carriers in North America would be jumping on board the 4G LTE bandwagon in the next decade. There’s been much speculation about Telus and Bell Canada adopting the GSM evolution pathway for their…
Fujitsu does LTE deal with NTT DoCoMo
Fujitsu has been chosen by NTT DoCoMo to be a supplier of the core networking systems (EPC, or “Evolved Packet Core”) for the next-gen LTE (4G) network. This follows a 2006 deal for Fujitsu to develop and manufacture the wireless base stations and handsets for the network. The new systems will integrate with Nokia hardware…
WiMAX projected to hit 100 million customers by 2014
Sprint and Clearwire could have a significant subscriber-base in the coming years. According to research firm Maraved, WiMAX subscriptions should hit 100 million by 2014. “WiMAX chipsets will start to be embedded in laptops in the second half of 2008, into handheld devices in 2009, and into consumer electronics by early 2010,” said Adlane Fellah,…