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Wavesat Announces Sampling Milestone for Odyssey 9010 LTE Chipset

Wavesat, a leading supplier of Broadband Wireless semiconductor solutions, today announced that Alpha Networks of Hsinchu, ROC has sampled the Odyssey 9010, the first in Wavesat's "9000" series of LTE chipsets, and has selected it for inclusion in a forthcoming line of USB dongles, CPEs (consumer premises equipment), and other consumer broadband devices.

Telstra to begin LTE trials in May

Telstra has chosen Nokia Siemens Networks to conduct trials of Long Term Evolution (LTE) in May to assess the technology's capability and performance as the next-generation evolution for the Next G network.
 
Michael Rocca, Telstra's acting chief operations officer, said the trials will help Telstra understand how the new technology will work with the operator's Next G network.

LTE impact in Australia only significant from 2014

According to Ovum, significant impact from LTE will not occur in Australia until 2014, as networks are deployed nationally in digital dividend spectrum.

Ovum believes that LTE will be deployed predominately in urban areas using the 2.5GHz and potentially other bands long prior to 2014. However, the big impact will come once digital dividend spectrum becomes available and national LTE rollouts commence, of a then mature LTE technology. By end 2014, LTE will represent 10% of mobile connections in Australia.

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.

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.

ZTE Debuts 160Gbps Packet Gateway Product

ZTE announced the debut of its new generation packet gateway product with the world's largest capacity of 160Gbps. The ZXUN xGW is designed to provide the highest capacity, highest intelligence and green solution for operators.

With the increasing development of mobile subscriber access rates, mobile data services, and operator requirements for precise control of services, abilities like packet processing and service based policy control for mobile core network products have become key to preventing bottlenecks. The ZXUN xGW, provides a maximum packet service processing ability of 160Gbps for single-cabinet, and is enhanced with mobile broadband access for EVDO, WiMAX, HSPA(+) and LTE, as well as a hardware-based QoS guarantee for  service over mobile networks. The ZXUN xGW is also capable of expanding to WiFi and xDSL/xPON fixed broadband access.