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.
Recently AT&T in the U.S. announced that it had selected Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson as equipment suppliers for its LTE network, scheduled to begin commercial service next year, while Verizon Wireless unveiled its intention to launch LTE services with portable devices this year. Motorola said it signed a contract with Zain Saudi Arabia to deploy the first LTE network in the Kingdom and will offer high-speed mobile broadband services in the second quarter. Additionally, NTT DoCoMo in Japan and China Telecom in China are on track to deploy commercial LTE services by the end of 2010.
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