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• LTE, WiMAX unlikely to find a future in the NBN

  Fourth-generation wireless technologies Long Term Evolution (LTE) and the more widely known WiMAX are unlikely to play a part in delivering the National Broadband Network.
  

• Huawei reaches for WiMax, LTE tech leadership

  Huawei Technologies, a growing presence in mobile infrastructure, has been credited with driving down prices worldwide but downplayed that factor at this week's CTIA Wireless conference in Las Vegas.

• Game on: WiMax will battle LTE in the trenches

  LAS VEGAS -- As the nation's wireless carriers rush to compete with faster 4G speeds on either WiMax or LTE technology, their workers are toiling in the trenches to make it happen.

• LTE a must-have to manage the explosion in mobile data: Alcatel-Lucent

  Telstra’s announcement that it is to trial LTE technology may be very timely given the ballooning rate of mobile data consumption.
  

• Alcatel-Lucent lays groundwork for next-gen mobile services

  Alcatel-Lucent's new Ultimate Wireless Packet Core is designed to let operators get a handle on the current mobile data explosion and offer subscribers more advanced services, the company said on Thursday.

• LTE may heat up mobile net neutrality debate

  Fine-grained network controls that are coming with next-generation mobile technology could make some demanding mobile applications such as video perform better but may also raise net neutrality concerns.

• Telstra teams with Ericsson for LTE broadband trial

  Telstra is to shortly begin trials of Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, including offerings from Huawei, Nokia Siemens Networks and Ericsson, as it seeks to test the feasibility and technical capability of LTE as a way to deliver the next generation of mobile broadband to its customers.

• Researchers use light from LEDs to send data wirelessly

  Light coming from lamps in your home could eventually be used to encode a wireless broadband signal, according to German researchers.

• First LTE phone from Verizon expected mid-2010

  Verizon Wireless plans to launch its first LTE-based (Long Term Evolution) wireless phone in mid-2011, three to six months after the carrier rolls out its new LTE network, according to a report.

• Cisco quits WiMax radio business

  Cisco Systems will stop developing and making WiMax base stations to concentrate on the IP (Internet Protocol) networks that sit behind them.

• LTE more than higher speeds, says Nokia Siemens

  Attention has been focused on the higher speeds that will be offered by next generation LTE (Long-Term Evolution) mobile networks, but improved latency will be equally important to users, according to Nokia Siemens.

• Mobile operators talk up prospects of voice on LTE phones

  While LTE modems delivering mobile broadband services already appearing on the market, LTE phones are still some way off -- not least because manufacturers and operators have yet to agree how calls will be placed and voice traffic carried over LTE's all-IP networks. One of the solutions to that problem got a boost Monday, though, with more operators and vendors lending it their support.

• Android, LTE set to dominate in Barcelona

  An abundance of products based on Google's Android OS as well as modems for the next-generation mobile network technology LTE (Long-Term Evolution) will greet visitors at Mobile World Congress, which starts on Monday in Barcelona.

• TeliaSonera launches first commercial LTE services

  Mobile operator TeliaSonera has launched the world's first commercial LTE (Long-Term Evolution) networks, in the central parts of Stockholm and Oslo, it said on Monday. The service will become available on Tuesday, and cost 599 Swedish kronor (US$84) per month, but until July 1 users will pay 4 Swedish kronor, according to Erik Hallberg, head of Mobility Services at TeliaSonera.

• Battle over voice on LTE heats up

  Backers of two competing specifications for delivering voice over LTE mobile data networks have heralded demonstrations in the past two days, while mobile giant Ericsson apparently dropped its support for one of the systems.