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YTL Communications Collaborates With Samsung To Expand 4G Network And In-Building Network Coverage

YTL Communications Sdn Bhd, which will soon launch its 4G network in Malaysia, today entered into contracts with Samsung Electronics (Samsung) to increase the numbers of base stations for its nationwide network buildout and to acquire innovative in-building solutions for superior in-building coverage.

India Expects Korea to Help Expand Wireless Networks

India is seeking South Korea's help to expand its wireless Internet networks, South Korea's telecom regulator said Sunday.

LTE at the Top of the Headlines of MWC 2010

After starting the world's first commercial LTE (Long Term Evolution) service through Telia Sonera in Sweden and Norway last December, global mobile operators are now maneuvering to deploy the next generation of wireless broadband service.

Samsung Focus on Both a Mobile WiMAX and LTE Solution

Samsung Electronics drew attention from global operators, which are preparing next generation wireless broadband service with Long Term Evolution (LTE) or mobile WiMAX, with its news about a product line-up from device to large-scale telecom equipment at the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona Spain, held from February 15th to 18th.

LTE News at MWC: Deal & Partnership

# Motorola said that it signed a contract with Zain Saudi Arabia to deploy the first LTE network in the Kingdom.  Motorola will be deploying the largest LTE network for Zain in the capital city, Riyadh and will provide an end-to-end LTE solution including radio access network (RAN), an Evolved Packet core (EPC), devices and optimization and integration services. 

# Alcatel-Lucent announced that it has been selected by SFR for a trial of LTE mobile broadband technology. Alcatel-Lucent will provide an end-to-end LTE solution including base stations (eNodeBs), Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and associated management systems enabling SFR to evaluate the performance of LTE services and opportunities to introduce new multimedia applications.

LTE News at MWC: New Products& Solutions

# Motorola announced its new LTE solution, the WBR 700 Series LTE eNodeB. The WBR 700 Series, which is Motorola's 4th generation orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) solution and its 2nd generation LTE platform.

# Huawei demonstrated the world's first LTE-advanced technology, with downlink speeds of up to 600 Mb per second, which enables the future development of LTE for operators and provides an unparalleled mobile broadband experiences to end-users.

Meeting Global Standard will Boost Korea's WiBro: Intel VP

South Korea's mobile wireless technology WiBro should implement a global bandwidth standard before the technology can be exported worldwide, the vice president of Intel said Friday.

"WiBro as a technology itself is suboptimal," Sriram Viswanathan, vice president of Intel Architecture Group, said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency in Barcelona, Spain. "It could be better."