Sprint speaking at the Competitive Carriers Global Expo in Orlando, the company confirmed that it doesn’t plan to release any further phones running on WiMax as it prepares to light up LTE-based 4G network later this year. Sprint’s Bob Azzi said that the carrier is in the final stages of testing that LTE network. “We are wrapping up final field integration tests,”...
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T-Mobile USA recently announced it will invest $4 billion over time to modernize its network and launch LTE services in 2013. T-Mobile’s CTO, Neville Ray, answered some questions about this network transformation effort — both of the HSPA+ and LTE varieties, and shares the latest T-Mobile 4G expansion news, spreading to eight additional cities: Abilene, Amarillo,...
Ofcom, UK telecommunication authority has granted preliminary approval for UK’s first commercial LTE network, allowing Everything Everywhere, a joint venture between Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom, to use the 1800MHz spectrum for LTE and potentially WiMAX on Orange and T-Mobile’s networks. Most of the 4G rollout is expected to take place on the 800MHz and...
The commercial use of 4G LTE, which was primarily pushed by China Mobile and Clearwire will not come into affect for another two or three years in China, according to an interview with the head of country’s Ministry of Industry and IT with the local media. The news comes on “surprising” note as only few days ago that China Mobile will upgrade its some 20,000 base...