he tally of wireless operators committed to deploying LTE (Long Term Evolution) networks and offering LTE-based services to their subscribers in 2010 has climbed to at least 12, according to a major new study from ABI Research.

August 24, 2009 | GREENSBORO, N.C.,(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RF Micro Devices, Inc.

July 15, 2009| By Cintia Garza: LTE is still a few years away and many questions about the technology and business model remain unanswered.

October 28, 2009 | SaskTel and TELUS today announced they have entered into a wireless network sharing agreement that will facilitate the rapid deployment of next generation wireless and data services

By Maisie Ramsay, WirelessWeek - June 22, 2009
In many ways, LTE is viewed as WiMAX’s smarter and more attractive sibling. LTE has been adopted by wealthy, high-profile industry heavyweights while WiMAX found its niche in less glamorous areas, like emerging markets in remote corners of the globe.

Altair Semiconductor, a fabless chip company based in Israel, introduced its FourGee-3100 LTE baseband processor.

By Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia, July 01, 2009 : The global economic situation may widen the rift between LTE (long term evolution) and mobile WiMax adoption between mature and emerging markets, according