LG Electronics has announced a new LTE smartphone, Optimus G, with sleek design and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 Pro Quad-Core processor. NTT DOCOMO will be the first to unveil a Japanese edition of the Optimus G. The global version of the device will be launched in Korea in September, followed by other markets worldwide.
T-Mobile, USA is offering HSPA+ services in almost 50 major metropolitan areas now (claiming 4G speeds) and its first HSPA+ smartphone is planned for this summer (rumored Android device from HTC).<
Recently published GSA report confirms that 63 manufacturers have announced 347 LTE-enabled user devices so far. In 2011. around 250 new LTE user devices were added. GSA further says that the number of smartphones has increased by one third since January 2012. The number of LTE-capable tablets increased 72% in the same period.
LG’s upcoming LTE Android phone for Verizon, LG Revolution, has reached to the FCC. According to details available at FCC, LG-VS910 supports both CDMA & LTE at air tnterface.
4G Americas has announced that the number of LTE connections will pass 100 million this week globally. 57 Million of these LTE Connections are in the U.S. and Canada. There were 68 million LTE connections at the end of 2012.
Qualcomm, which won BWA spectrum for four circles in India at Rs 4,913 crore, is in talks to exit the business. BWA auction took place earlier this year and concluded in June.
According to 3G Americas, 3GPP mobile (UMTS-HSPA) subscriptions represnts 73 percent of the total (net) new connections in the mobile industry in North, Central and South America in the secon
GSA confirms that 222 operators have commercially launched LTE services in 83 countries. Report also states that 474 operators are investing in LTE in 138 countries.
AT&T wants more spectrum for Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) to meet increasing data traffic demand according to a blog by Joan Marsh, AT&T Vice President of Federal Regulatory