Tag Archives: TD-LTE
EE’s Swantee confirms personal intervention over iPhone 5
Rating: And the others had 1800 MHz spectrum too
So. To Battersea Power Station (in the UK’s capital) last night [November 1st 2012] to celebrate the official launch of EE‘s (formerly Everything Everywhere’s) 4G LTE network – 4GEE. Whilst the crowd was watching a pretty amazing 4D projection on the side of the old power station, GoMobile News found ourselves standing right next to Olaf Swantee, EE’s CEO. Not one to miss a chance, we swiftly asked Mr Swantee if he really had personally intervened in the development of the iPhone 5 to ensure it was compatible with the UK’s first 4G network which runs at 1800 MHz (Band 3). And, yes, he confirmed that he’d been to see “Tim” – as in Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. Swantee also confirmed another thing which GoMobile News had always suspected – that Vodafone and O2 have spare 1800 MHz spectrum which they could in theory use for 4G. Continue reading
Posted in 4G, Apple, Everything Everywhere, LTE, TD-LTE, Vodafone, o2
Tagged 4G, 4GEE, Apple, Battersea Power Station, EE, iPhone 5, LTE, olaf swantee, south korea, TD-LTE, Tim Cook
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EE says its 4G network will start on October 30th
Rating: New brand for 4G still to be revealed
EE‘ s CEO, Olaf Swantee, has just announced the date when his company’s 4G network will start commercial operations. It’s October 30th – not 23rd March [2012] as previously reported. Swantee describes it as the UK’s first superfast mobile 4G and fibre broadband service. That’s because as GoMobile News was surprised to discover, UK Broadband has been offering a 4G service* since February 2012. According to Mark Newman, chief research officer with Informa Telecoms & Media, EE (formerly Everything Everywhere) is going to launch a major national advertising campaign in the coming weeks. “The combination of an attractive new brand, faster speeds and the iPhone 5 (which will operate on the 4G network) is going to be a pretty compelling proposition,” Newman commented. Continue reading
ZTE Completes World-First TD-LTE CSFB Tests
Press release
December 22nd 2011. ZTE Corporation, a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, announced today it has completed a series of world-first tests between TD-LTE and 2/3G GSM/UMTS networks using circuit switching fallback (CSFB).
The operations included testing a series of services such as mobile originating calls, mobile terminating calls and short messaging service, or SMS. The tests further reinforce the convergence of TD-LTE and existing networks. In addition, the tests demonstrate that CSFB is a reliable voice solution on TD-LTE networks. Continue reading
NJ lab, Shanghai demo centre and Connected car share TD-LTE call
Rating: All thanks to Alcatel-Lucent’s lightRadio offering
4G-ready mobile devices from across the globe might not inter-work but the mobile networks can sort out the incompatibilities. This is the message behind a recent test call made by Alcatel-Lucent which involved two locations in China and one in the USA. The call was made possible because Alcatel-Lucent has deployed its complete end-to-end 4G/ LTE solution for China Mobile to use for its fourth-generation TD-LTE trial network in Shanghai. Like all good technology demos this one actually involved a vehicle driving around the streets of Shanghai – just to prove this wasn’t just another labs experiment. Continue reading
Posted in Alcatel-Lucent, Mobile Operators, TD-LTE
Tagged 4G, Alcatel-Lucent, China Mobile, lightRadio, shanghai, TD-LTE, Wim Sweldens
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China Mobile may offer multi-mode Android phone for TD-LTE
Rating: Apple to produce 4G iphone 5 for China
There are several reports that China Mobile has produced a test Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) handset capable of supporting three different network modes. These multiple modes are TD-LTE (for 4G), TD-SCDMA (for 3G) and GSM (for basic communications). China Mobile is probably the world’s largest mobile operator with around 744 million users. It has already built around six TD-LTE networks in China and hopes to offer a commercial multi-mode handset in Q3-Q4 2012. These reports are linked to other rumours that Apple has definitely agreed to produce a TD-LTE version of the iPhone 5 for China Mobile. Continue reading
Posted in Apple, China, Mobile Devices, Mobile Operators, TD-LTE, android, iOS
Tagged 4G, Apple, China Mobile, GSM, High Pass, iPhone 5, Li Yue, Marvell, TD-LTE, TD-SCDMA, Wang Jianzhou, ZTE
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China Mobile side-steps LTE compatibility with cross-standard hardware
If you’re in any way confused about the different standards for LTE, then it only means you’re sane. It’s a bit of a mess for the average consumer to understand – there are multiple releases of LTE, differing standards, and even some debate over what 4G is and is not. China Mobile (partly responsible for the mess thanks to its own LTE standard called TD LTE) is trying to enable phone makers to get around the issue by releasing an antenna that will allow their devices cater to any existing form of LTE. Continue reading
Posted in China, LTE, Mobile Devices, Mobile Operators, mobile news
Tagged 4G, China Mobile, LTE, Mobile Devices, mobile handsets, mobile networks, Mobile Operators, mobile phones, TD-LTE
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Mobile 4G: China Mobile rolling out TD-LTE trials
According to a MediaPost survey of mobile executives, the emergence of 4G networks will be one of the biggest news stories of 2011. So it’s worth taking note that China Mobile has launched a 6 city trial of it’s own version of LTE. Continue reading
Posted in China, Mobile Operators, Mobile Web, mobile news
Tagged China, China Mobile, LTE, mobile carrier, mobile data, mobile network, mobile operator, TD-LTE
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Nokia developing TD-LTE devices for China Mobile
Nokia has announced today that is creating demonstration devices for TD-LTE, the Chinese version of LTE which is attracting major attention from operators around the world. We take a look at the background of TD-LTE, and what Nokia has planned. Continue reading
Posted in China, Mobile Devices, Mobile Operators, Mobile Web, mobile news, nokia
Tagged 4G, China, China Mobile, LTE, mobile carrier, mobile device, mobile network, mobile operator, nokia, st-ericsonn, TD-LTE
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What’s TD-LTE? The latest 4G craze explained
LTE has been all over the news this year. It’s the evolution of mobile networks, and operators and consumers alike are excited for it to arrive. It is being slowly prepared for roll out all over the world – so why is a new standard called TD-LTE being touted before the old standard is even established? Don’t worry. If you don’t know your WiMAX from your WCDMA, then this is the article for you. Continue reading
Posted in China, Mobile Operators, Mobile Web, mobile news
Tagged 3G, 4G, Carrier, China, China Mobile, internet, LTE, mobile, mobile internet, Mobile Web, network, Operator, TD-LTE
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LTE hot news and links: 4G networks explode globally
LTE networks are starting to really heat up now. From a quiet start in the global media, there are now stories about LTE almost every day. Here we’ve gathered some of the most recent, and hottest, links and stories. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Operators, mobile news
Tagged 4G, Carrier, China Mobile, ericsson, LTE, LTE device, mobile, mobile device, mobile network, network, nokia siemens, Operator, TD-LTE, teliasonera, verizon
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LTE isn’t as united as you might think
Rating: Just when you thought there was one world standard
Chatting to executives from ZTE in Shanghai yesterday, GoMo News was astonished to discover that LTE [Long Term Evolution] isn’t just a single technology. There’s two flavours of it – TD-LTE and FD-LTE. So bang goes one 4G handset that will work anywhere.
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Posted in China, Mobile Devices, Mobile Operators
Tagged 2010, 340 Mbit/s, 4G, Expo, FD-LTE, shanghai, TD-LTE, World, ZTE
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