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Femtocells to speed arrival of next-gen mobile networks?
News Femtocells could help speed the arrival of next generation mobile broadband networks - such as WiMax and LTE (long term evolution), the future roadmap of 3G. Simon Saunders, chairman of the Femto Forum, explained: "As early adopters find LTE... [30 Jun 2008]
3.5G laptops to overwhelm mobile networks?
News Berg predicts laptops with HSPA/LTE (high speed packet access/long term evolution) mobile broadband connectivity will grow from 8.4 million in 2007 to 49 million in 2013 - a compound annual growth rate of just over a third. [20 Jun 2008]
WiMax Forum stamps 2.5G products with seal of approval
News The announcements could go some way towards bolstering mobile WiMax's lead on its main competitor, the long-term evolution (LTE) of 3G. LTE has not yet been standardised, although that hasn't stopped the chipmaker NXP announcing last week that it... [20 Jun 2008]
Nortel ditches WiMax in 4G race
News The company said earlier this week that it's focusing its money and development efforts on long-term evolution or LTE. Even though LTE hasn't yet been standardised, it has more support from major carriers around the world than WiMax. [16 Jun 2008]
Femtocell market hotting up
News In related femtocell news, chip company picoChip has announced it has lined up the first LTE (long term evolution) femtocell and picocell designs - which it said will enable customers to upgrade to 4G from 2009 when product launches are planned. [21 May 2008]
Mobile big guns back LTE as next-gen network
News Several companies yesterday agreed to sign their names to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) framework for the next generation of wireless technology. Part of the agreement on LTE means the companies will agree to licence their patents "on fair and... [15 Apr 2008]
WiMax to pip LTE 3G at the post?
News Teresa Kellett, director of global development for telco Sprint Nextel, said during a panel discussion at this week's WiMax Forum Asia 2008 that WiMax's first-mover advantage over the long-term evolution of 3G (LTE) may eventually help the former... [11 Apr 2008]
Comcast and Time Warner to invest in 4G…
News LTE has been positioned as an alternative to WiMax, but so far the technology is at least a couple of years behind WiMax in terms of development. AT&T and Verizon Wireless, which is owned by Verizon Communications and Vodafone, have already said... [26 Mar 2008]
New mobile masts to be drastically reduced
News NGMN is an alliance of mobile operators, academics and manufacturers trying to co-ordinate their progress towards future mobile technologies, such as the long-term evolution (LTE) of 3G. However, he suggested that new technologies such as LTE would... [07 Mar 2008]
3G operators must learn to share
News Emerging technologies such as femtocells and LTE (long term evolution - the intended evolution of 3G) will require substantial investment in the near term. Dr Alastair Brydon, co-author of the report, said in a statement: "Mobile operators face... [29 Feb 2008]
Vodafone CEO warns of Apple, Google threat
News Sarin also called for an end to the competition between WiMax and LTE (long term evolution), saying WiMax could be happily accommodated under the LTE umbrella, rather than having "duelling standards". [12 Feb 2008]
T-Mobile cosies up to femtocells…
News Looking beyond 3G, Gurdenli envisages there will be room for more than one technology - rather than it being a case of LTE (long term evolution)/4G crushing the hopes of WiMax. Mobile operator T-Mobile is to kick off trials of femtocell technology... [17 Jan 2008]
VoIP-over-3G to make some noise
News Another crucial factor, according to Bubley, is that upcoming communications standards such as LTE (the intended long-term evolution of 3G) and WiMax are "all-IP, so if you [an operator] are going to deploy them, you are going to have to use VoIP... [19 Nov 2007]
WiMax joins 3G fold
News He also noted that the "long-term evolution" (LTE) of 3G should also use "the very latest radio access technologies and techniques for utilising spectrum". WiMax has effectively been folded into 3G's future development, after the International... [22 Oct 2007]
EC wants TV spectrum for WiMax
News Because this is a much lower frequency range than the 2.6GHz and 5.8GHz bands currently mooted for WiMax and 3G's long-term evolution (LTE), it offers the possibility of far larger cell sizes. UHF spectrum should be allocated to WiMax once Europe's... [14 Jun 2007]
