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European Union deal asks for airwaves clear for 4G until 2013

Published on: 9th November, 2011

Three important European regulatory bodies have agreed to a plan to create free bandwidth for LTE 4G phone networks. The European Commission, European Parliament and states members in the European Council have agreed to set wireless spectrum aside for high-speed mobile networks by the 1st of January 2013. The necessary bandwidth has to be made [...]

Xoom 2 family of Motorola to carry LTE

Published on: 29th September, 2011

Additional details have been brought related to Motorola’s Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 ME. Both devices are about 9.3mm thick but do not necessarily sacrifice features, Engadget claims. They are Android 3.2 devices and have LTE-based 4G. Five-megapixel cameras also equip both members of the Xoom family. However, both devices might miss this year entirely. [...]

Apple says the LTE iPhone would have meant accepting design compromises

Published on: 26th January, 2011

Apple gave up making the LTE model of the Verizon iPhone because this would have needed too many sacrifices, according to Tim Cook, Chief Operating Officer. The statement was made during the keynote to launch Apple’s CDMA device. The LTE chips of first generation were not good for the phone as they would have meant [...]

Voice over LTE to have 3G support and emergency calls

Published on: 16th July, 2010

Updated specifications of VoLGA Forum for its standard for Voice Over LTE have been released. The new specifications include mobile voice as well as SMS services over 4G and is different from the current standard which supports only data. The changes in the standard will bring VoLGA (Voice over LTE via Generic Access) which uses [...]

TeliaSonera announces the first LTE-based 4G network

Published on: 20th December, 2009

TeliaSonera, the Scandinavian carrier, has claimed to be the first company in the world to provide an active LTE (Long Term Evolution) network. The 4G service is currently limited to Stockholm and Oslo and provides speeds higher than 3G and also WiMAX. The LTE users can download files at up to 100Mbps when at its [...]

First LTE-to-Wi-Fi router from ZyXEL

Published on: 13th December, 2009

ZyXEL has claimed to offer the first 4G router for the Long Term Evolution standard (LTE). The ZLR-2070S can connect at speeds up to 50Mbps downstream and serve a local network through either 802.11n Wi-Fi or its four-port Ethernet switch. It is considered an ideal alternative to the wired services for those providers who either [...]

First Voice Call on 4G LTE Network by Nokia Siemens

Published on: 19th September, 2009

On Thursday, Nokia Siemens announced that the organization had made the first call on a 4G LTE network. Even though this new technology had been already tested in the past, this voice call demonstration was done using a commercial base station and at the same time using a software which was in tune with the [...]