carrier aggregation

SK Telecom reports $3.8B in revenue for Q2 Korean operator SK Telecom said it ended the second quarter of 2016 with 20 million subscribers in the 4G LTE segment, surging …

Working with Nokia, StarHub will commercially launch the service by the end of 2016 Finnish vendor Nokia and Singapore telecom operator StarHub have achieved peak upload speed of 150 megabits per …

Kuwaiti telco Zain recently expressed interest in local 4G license China Telecom and Saudi Telecom have shown interest in acquiring a “4G” license to start operations in Egypt, international press …

The two firms aim to launch FDD-LTE three-component carrier aggregation in Moscow Nokia and Russian mobile operator MTS said they have deployed FDD-TDD carrier aggregation technology on MTS’s commercial LTE …

Next step before 700 MHz band is dedicated to mobile is negotiation with European Parliament The European Council confirmed it’s looking at opening the 700 MHz band for wireless broadband …

LONDON – In previous years, a speaker on the stage at Small Cells World Summit who claimed: “The 5G network looks a lot like a small cell network,” would almost …

LONDON – In previous years, a speaker on the stage at Small Cells World Summit who claimed: “The 5G network looks a lot like a small cell network,” would almost …

Nokia said lower mobile network sales hit business, but highlighted the positive integration with Alcatel-Lucent Nokia recorded 5.6 billion euros ($6.38 billion) in net sales for the first quarter of 2016, down …

LTE-Advanced service available in 976 cities across Japan Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo’s “Premium 4G” service is currently available in 976 cities across Japan, according to a company presentation. The …

The government will reserve a spectrum license for new entrants The Pakistani government expects to hold an auction for 850 MHz spectrum before a separate auction for spectrum in the …

Sprint LTE Plus service aggregates the carrier’s 800 MHz, 1.9 GHz and 2.5 GHz bands, claims second 2.5 GHz carrier added in New York City Sprint said its spectrum-infused “LTE …

Testing 3x carrier aggregation for future network, Sprint says In what it described as prepping for future network deployments, Sprint said it used a Samsung Galaxy S7 coupled with three-channel carrier aggregation …

The telco ended 2015 with 34.8 million LTE subs in 20 markets British telecom group Vodafone recorded revenues of £10.3 billion ($14.91 billion) in its fiscal third quarter, ended Dec. …

M1 used equipment from Huawei; reached claimed speed through combining carrier aggregation, MIMO Singaporean telecommunications operator M1 and Chinese vendor Huawei claimed to have successfully LTE peak download speeds of …

China Mobile plans to deploy 300,000 base stations next year, expand VoLTE, carrier aggregation The world’s largest mobile operator China Mobile aims to reach 500 million LTE subscribers by the …

The telco aims to upgrade 100 telecoms towers by the end of 2015 Dannish mobile telephony operator Telenor Denmark announced the deployment of its commercial LTE+ service in the country’s …

The deal stipulates deployment of LTE infrastructure in 12 Chinese provinces China Telecom awarded a contract to Alcatel-Lucent to expand the deployment of LTE infrastructure across 12 provinces of China. …

Trial blends licensed and unlicensed spectrum; reached access speeds of more than 274 Mbps Mobile operator Vodafone Netherlands said it carried out a trial delivering LTE services on a commercial …

MIMO, LAA, carrier aggregation push growth A new study found small cell shipments doubled or even tripled in many categories in 2015, but one market segment grew by up to …

The French telco expects its 4G service to reach 99% of the population via network sharing French telecom operator Bouygues Telecom expects to see growing revenue in the coming years …

Tracy Nolan, president and general manager of Sprint’s Midwest region, joins Episode 13 of Inside Telecom Careers This episode of Inside Telecom Careers is brought to you by Nexius. In …

Demo reached data rates of up to 375 Mbps Nokia Networks and Nordic mobile operator TeliaSonera conducted a live demonstration of LTE-Advanced three-band carrier aggregation using Category 9 devices in …

The South Korean telco has so far deployed 30,000 units of 2.1 GHz base stations South Korean mobile operator SK Telecom is looking to deploy 5,000 additional base stations by …

The new technology set to be available in Sydney by early 2016 Australian telecom operator Optus launched LTE services using “advanced” carrier aggregation technology using FDD and TDD technology. The …

Initial testbeds in Chicago, Atlanta, Houston and Detroit; carrier aggregation expanded to almost 40 more markets A photo of Sprint promotional material, leaked onto Reddit by an apparent Sprint employee, details …