LTE News & Analysis
Openet extends policy management with Forkstream acquisition
The purchase will give Openet enhanced policy management tools

B/OSS specialist Openet on Tuesday announced the acquisition of Irish policy management firm Forkstream, for an undisclosed sum.

Huawei starts up LTE commercial support group
Huawei is looking to help with the commercial as well as technical side of LTE application

Chinese vendor Huawei has introduced a business initiative designed to explore the application scenarios for SDN in carrier networks, to help operators better understand the technology’s commercial value.

Emerging markets more willing to pay 4G premium survey suggests

The willingness to pay a premium for 4G services is generally lower in mature markets than in emerging markets, a recent survey suggests. Accenture polled 31,000 consumers in 26 countries on their attitudes to telecoms services.

China Mobile teams up with ZTE to make VoTD-LTE call

Chinese kit vendor ZTE has teamed up with the nation’s leading mobile operator China Mobile, and US semiconductor firm Marvell Technology Group to make what it claims is the world’s first voice over TD-LTE (VoTD-LTE) call.

Iraq gets LTE

LTE services have been deployed in Iraq, by network infrastructure vendor Alcatel-Lucent and Regional Telecom, a communications service provider in Northern Iraq.

upcoming events
Interviews
Aussie Rules
Mike Wright, executive director of networks & access technologies at Telstra

It is testament to Telstra’s aggressive approach to mobile broadband that an operator in a country of just over 23 million people should rank in the top ten operators worldwide in terms of LTE subscriber numbers. Mike Wright, Telstra’s executive director for networks and access technologies talks to Telecoms.com about the firm’s plans for further enhancing its LTE operation with fresh spectrum and LTE-Advanced capabilities.

Head of network, Vodafone Netherlands: “The introduction of small cells is the next step in serving customers”
Matthias Sauder, head of network, Vodafone

Matthias Sauder, head of network, Vodafone is appearing at the LTE World Summit, the premier 4G event for the telecoms industry, taking place on the 24th-26th June 2013, at the Amsterdam RAI, Netherlands. Ahead of the show we find out more about Vodafone’s upcoming LTE launch in the Netherlands and how the network can best be optimised.

Awards
Telecoms.com LTE Awards 2013 – Category ten Preview – Most Innovative LTE Application/Service
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Category ten of the LTE Awards 2013 is for the Most Innovative LTE Application/Service.

For this award entrants are required to describe the traffic management product and how it contributes to making LTE more attractive for operators to deploy and has contributed to the success of a commercial LTE deployment.

Telecoms.com LTE Awards 2013 – Category eight Preview – Best LTE Traffic Management Product
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For this award entrants are required to describe the traffic management product and how it contributes to making LTE more attractive for operators to deploy and has contributed to the success of a commercial LTE deployment.

LTE Backhaul Summit: 27-28 November 2012

2012 Sees the Launch of the Inaugural LTE Backhaul Summit - launched after HUGE demand from the industry!

With the worldwide boom of mobile data traffic, the need for mobile backhaul has become critical. As consumers use more smartphones, tablets and other devices over the coming years, the need for backhaul capacity will grow in step. The widespread adoption of LTE will only increase this demand and a recent report suggested operators will need nearly 10x fatter backhaul pipes by 2016...

LTE Backhaul Summit will build upon 2012’s special focus track that took place for the first time at the industry leading LTE World Summit. The event will be jam-packed with presentations and engaging panel discussions led by industry visionaries, enabling you to hear ALL the latest news and developments happening in this space. Pre-registration is now open!

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