LTE-U

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorised the use of LTE-U devices in the 5GHz band, heralding the move as a “significant advance in wireless innovation and big win for wireless consumers”.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: SpiderCloud CEO Mike Gallagher believes the breakthrough of unlicensed LTE technology will “change the game” when it comes to spectrum, as he pledged to “out innovate” high profile rivals including Ericsson.

Swedish equipment vendor Ericsson and US chipmaker Qualcomm combined licensed and unlicensed LTE spectrum to deliver a theoretical peak throughput rate of 300Mb/s in a demo in Beijing.

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Nokia Networks, in partnership with T-Mobile US, said it’s developing a “pre-standards” licensed assisted access (LAA) solution – otherwise known as LTE-U – that allows LTE to exploit unlicensed spectrum in the 5GHz frequency band (commonly used for Wi-Fi).