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KT, Intel to Collaborate on WiBro's Global Advancement

KT, South Korea's dominant fixed-line operator, said Friday that it has agreed with Intel, the world's largest semiconductor maker, to collaborate on expanding its next-generation mobile technology overseas.

LTE Momentum Increases, to Eclipse WiMAX Equipment Spending by 2011

The cellular infrastructure world is buzzing as LTE (Long Term Evolution) gains momentum to bring wireless customers one step closer to a viable 4G mobile network. According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC), more than a dozen new networks are poised to go live this year, and spending on LTE will exceed WiMAX equipment spending by the end of 2011. Worldwide LTE infrastructure revenues will fall just below $8 billion by 2014.

Samsung Reveals The Future Of Mobile WIMAX Technology

Samsung Electronics unveiled its vision to drive the future of mobile broadband at WiMAX Forum Congress Asia, the industry-leading WiMAX conference, in Taipei, Taiwan.Samsung is committed to delivering the next generation of Mobile WiMAX technology to expand the market position of Mobile WiMAX as a visionary 4G service.

Taiwan Conducts its First Live TD-LTE Trial

In a bid to bring high-speed mobile broadband experience to Taiwan, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) and Nokia Siemens Networks are conducting the first trials in the region of the time division (TD) variant of Long Term Evolution (LTE). The trial will provide valuable experience of next-generation mobile broadband technology.

ng Connect Program’s LTE-enabled HumanKiosk Wins First Place E-Tech Award

The ng Connect Program today announced that its LTE-enabled HumanKiosk solution concept developed by MediaTile, a world-leading provider of cellular digital signage solutions and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU), has won a first place CTIA Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Award in the Enterprise & Vertical Market Solution - Mobile Marketing or Advertising category.

More than 80 prominent media and industry analysts judged the 300-plus entries submitted for the E-Tech Awards program this year. Products and services were judged on innovation, functionality, technological importance, implementation and the overall “wow” factor.

Femtocell Base Stations Poised for Spectacular Growth

The ecosystem surrounding femtocells, or cellular base stations that improve indoor wireless coverage, is headed toward critical mass among all major nodes of the wireless supply chain and will vault into explosive growth after reaching a decisive watershed this year, iSuppli believes.

Unit shipments of femtocells will more than triple this year, rising to 1.9 million, up from 571,000 in 2009, according to iSuppli projections. A period of phenomenal expansion then will follow, with shipments reaching 7.2 million units in 2011, up 289 percent from 2010. Shipments will rise by 232 percent to reach 23.9 million units in 2012 and by a whopping 657 percent to hit 39.6 million units in 2013.

HelloSoft, Comsys Mobile and dmedia Announce Joint Development of 4G Handset

HelloSoft, Comsys Mobile and dmedia announced the joint development of a low cost integrated WiMAX/GSM/WiFi phone at 2010 CTIA Wireless. The handset features the combination of HelloSoft’s award-winning VoIP and convergence client suite running on its low cost ultra low power HS100 IP Convergence Processor combined with Comsys Mobile’s award-winning ComMAX CM1125, the industry’s only multimode WiMAX/GSM-EDGE communication processor. The handset is slated for release later this year.

AT4 wireless announces support of the LTE December '09 baseline

AT4 wireless announces the completion of the integration and verification efforts towards the complete migration of E2010 Broadband Wireless Test Set to integrate all changes required to support LTE 3GPP December 09 baseline.