Wednesday 11 May 2011
3GPP Femtocells: Architecture and Protocols
Monday 28 February 2011
More than 50 Billion Connected Devices
Thursday 3 February 2011
4G Mobile Broadband Evolution: 3GPP Release-10 and Beyond
Monday 17 January 2011
Heterogeneous LTE Networks and Inter-Cell Interference Coordination
Wednesday 22 December 2010
Voice over LTE – a step towards future telephony (Ericsson Whitepaper)
Tuesday 21 December 2010
An Intellectual Property Rights Primer
Monday 20 September 2010
Cell search and cell selection in UMTS LTE
Wednesday 8 September 2010
Japan M-Commerce Morgan Stanley report
Tuesday 31 August 2010
EDGE evolution to REDHOT
Monday 30 August 2010
100+ LTE Commitments, 22 commercial networks planned for 2010
The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has published an update to its Evolution to LTE report which confirms that 101 firm LTE network deployments are in progress or planned in 41 countries. The number of network commitments is 71% higher than GSA reported in a similar survey six months ago.
This figure includes three LTE systems which have launched commercial service – in Sweden, Norway, and Uzbekistan. GSA anticipates up to 22 LTE networks will be in commercial service by end 2010.
Another 31 operators are engaged in various LTE pilot trials and technology tests (these are referred to as pre-commitment trials). Taken together, it means that 132 operators are now investing in LTE in 56 countries.
The GSA Evolution to LTE report covers both LTE FDD and LTE TDD modes, and provides a summary of the market situation in each country, including operator activities and plans, spectrum requirements and developments, information on the growing eco-system including device and platforms availability, performance and interoperability trials results, key industry trends and forecasts.
LTE networks are now being deployed for commercial service or planned in Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Libya, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, The Philippines, UAE, UK, USA, and Uzbekistan.
Governments around the world are preparing the way to ensure the availability of spectrum to support delivery of next generation mobile broadband services for the mass market, by allocating or preparing for the release of new spectrum such as 2.6 GHz, and in the digital dividend (700 MHz, 800 MHz) bands, or re-farming existing spectrum e.g. 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, etc. or facilitating a combination of new and re-farmed bands. The report notes that several trials licenses have been granted in many countries to allow operators to familiarize with the technology, capabilities and performance aspects. A number of tenders for spectrum licenses have been announced or confirmed in recent weeks for the granting of spectrum suitable for LTE deployments, including in Australia, Brazil, Chile, Poland, and the UK. Several auctions are scheduled for completion in the next few months.
LTE is the next generation mobile broadband technology of choice and the natural evolutionary step for GSM/WCDMA-HSPA operators and also for many leading CDMA operators around the world. A leading WiMAX operator has also recently announced the company has decided to shift to LTE.
While the majority of LTE deployments today are using the FDD mode, the report confirms significant operator interest in the TDD mode. LTE FDD and LTE TDD are complementary technologies and standardized by 3GPP. A number of key technology milestones have been demonstrated in recent weeks which confirm how the LTE TDD system is maturing towards commercialization. The recently concluded BWA spectrum auction in India has paved the way for early and large scale introduction of TDD LTE into the world’s fastest developing market.
Alan Hadden, President, GSA said: “Our latest Evolution to LTE report shows how the pace towards LTE has quickened, which is easy to see from the increasing numbers of operator trials and announcements, and positive actions by several regulatory bodies around the world”.
The GSA Evolution to LTE report (August 26, 2010) is available as a free download to registered site users at http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/info_papers.php4 and is embedded below
Tuesday 6 July 2010
Mobile Developer Economics 2010 and Beyond
Monday 12 April 2010
GSA report on Evolution to LTE
- 64 networks in 31 countries have committed to LTE network rollout.
- Upto 22 LTE networks would be in service end of 2010
- 39 or more LTE networks will be in service end of 2012
- Digital Dividend Update - March 2010
- UMTS900 Global Status - March 2010
- Spectrum for LTE Mobile Broadband - Sep. 2009
- From TD-SCDMA to TD-LTE - Sep. 2009
- Low Frequency Options for Mobile Broadband - Sep. 2009
- UMTS 900 case study - June 2009