UK's telecom operator, EE has made 4G LTE services available in nine new towns across the UK, bringing the total number of towns and cities covered by LTE to 27. EE switched on LTE today in Amersham, Bolton, Chelmsford, Hemel Hempstead, Southend-on-Sea, Stockport, Sunderland, Sutton Coldfield and Wolverhampton. 

Alcatel-Lucent has announced that company will provide Telesis Tanzania with its comprehensive 4G LTE mobile broadband solution. Established in 2011, Telesis operates as a Mobile Virtual Network Aggregator (MVNA), supporting services for a number of Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) which serve their customers using Telesis’ infrastructure. 

Orange Slovakia has launched LTE network in country. Operator's LTE service is currently available in Bratislava, Kosice and Banska Bystrica.  Orange plans to cover 30 percent of the Slovak population with LTE by the end of year. 

Nokia Siemens Networks & Nokia are conducting LTE interoperability tests in 800 MHz Band.

US carrier T-Mobile's LTE network is now reaching more than 200 million people in 233 metros across the United States. In addition, operator also announced unlimited global data at no extra charge in 100+ countries.

UK mobile operator O2 has opposed Ofcom's spectrum plan for a 4G LTE spectrum auction.