PLDT’s wireless arm Smart Communications says it is accelerating the deployment of LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) and carrier aggregation (CA) technology to more areas this year to provide better mobile data experience to customers. Smart has already Read more…
SK Telecom announced that, working with Nokia, it has successfully reduced round-trip latency between a handset and a base station to 2 milliseconds over its LTE network. The latency between the handset and base station Read more…
HKT says it is upgrading its LTE-A network to gigabit levels by rolling out 4×4 MIMO and four component carrier (4CC) aggregation. Following on from its May launch of 600-Mbps LTE-A – which utilized 3CC aggregation Read more…
Samsung Electronics announced that it has developed LTE modem technology for the company’s next-generation mobile processors that supports 6CA (carrier aggregation). Earlier this year, the Samsung Exynos 9 Series (8895) SoC presented its Cat.16 LTE Read more…
Singtel is launching near-gigabit speeds on its LTE-Advanced network at selected high-traffic outdoor locations, starting with Orchard Road. Read more…
ZTE says that it has successfully conducted the first FDD-LTE massive MIMO field trial in Indonesia with Telkomsel. Deploying ZTE’s FDD-LTE massive MIMO solution, the Telkomsel field trial used 20 MHz of bandwidth to achieve Read more…
Globe Telecom says it has begun deploying massive MIMO technology in 150 sites, located mostly in Southern Luzon and Northern Luzon, to enhance the mobile internet connectivity experience in high-density areas. The rollout follows initial Read more…
NTT DoCoMo announced it will be offering LTE and FOMA (i.e. 3G) mobile services at the summit and along the trails of Mt. Fuji, as well as free Wi-Fi in mountain huts, during the mountain’s Read more…
Hype about 5G launch dates in 2020 aside, LTE is still going to be a major part of mobile broadband connectivity over the next decade as LTE-Advanced Pro and Gigabit LTE continue to gain subscribers, Read more…
Globe Telecom says it has become the first cellco in the Philippines to commercially deploy LTE-Advanced 4 component carrier (4CC) spectrum aggregation using the 2600-MHz band, effectively doubling LTE capacity. Joel Agustin, Globe’s senior vice Read more…
Thai cellco AIS launched a blitz of new stuff at its annual AIS Vision 2017 event on Monday, including Wave-2 Wi-Fi, 32 x 32 MIMO, LTE+Wi-Fi channel bonding, a narrowband IoT pilot, nanofinance, OTT TV Read more…
Telstra has launched what is claimed to be the world’s first commercial Gigabit LTE network and device, with the help of tech partners Ericsson, Qualcomm and Netgear, as the operator sets its sights on 5G. Read more…
Singtel has launched its 450-Mbps LTE-Advanced service, available to all Singtel 4G customers nationwide at no additional charge, as it continues to make inroads towards 5G. Singtel upgraded its LTE network to support 256 Read more…
Indonesian operator Smartfren has launched a promotion program to convince its CDMA customers to switch to its LTE-A service as it races to meet a government deadline to vacate the 1900-MHz band by the end Read more…
Bharti Airtel announced that it has deployed LTE-Advanced technology with carrier aggregation for both FDD and TDD bands in nine major cities across Tamil Nadu: Chennai, Madurai, Hosur, Vellore, Pondy, Trichy, Coimbatore, Salem and Tiruppur. Read more…
Huawei says that Thai operator True is using Huawei’s Atom GPS to deliver high-precision time synchronization for its 4.5G network. The time synchronization solution addresses the challenges in traditional GPS deployment, greatly saving the total cost Read more…
PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications says it has successfully achieved data speeds of 1.4 Gbps during a test of LTE-Advanced technology by aggregating five carrier frequencies. In a series of laboratory tests carried out this Read more…
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