Japanese developers progress on LTE
Japan’s Docomo, NEC, Panasonic Mobile and Fujitsu have announced that they are making progress with their joint development of ‘LTE-PF,’ a mobile terminal platform based on LTE, reports Cellular News.
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has won a deal to upgrade 3 Austria’s network.
Cellular News reports that European MVNO Vectone Mobile is partnering with T-Mobile UK to extend its services to the UK market with the launch of a low-cost prepay service.
Nortel will now sell GSM business
Nortel Networks is to sell its GSM and GSM-R (GSM for Railways) businesses by auction, including relevant patents. Bidders are required to submit offers by 5 November, with the auction planned to begin on 9 November.
Qualcomm hits back at Japanese anti-trust order
Mobile silicon giant Qualcomm has refuted allegations made by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) this week accusing it of violating the intellectual property rights of local handset makers.
Telefonica to trial LTE in six countries
Telefonica yesterday announced plans to trial LTE technology in six countries across Europe and Latin America, as the operator giant mulls its commercial next-generation network plans. The chosen countries are Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Spain, the Czech Republic and the UK, whilst the six vendors picked for the trials are Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks and ZTE.
