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Industry predicts 21 Mbps to be next mobile broadband baseline

Mobile broadband is continuing to grow at a fast pace due to the ever increasing introduction of new technologies, new networks, new devices and competitive innovation in the market. In July, the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) announced that 7.2 Mbps had become the new baseline for mobile broadband globally, since at that time half of the HSPA networks in commercial service globally were capable of supporting a peak downlink data speed of 7.2 Mbps or higher, supported by almost 600 user devices capable of 7.2 Mbps or higher which had been launched in the market. Some HSPA systems support a peak downlink data speed up to 14.4 Mbps.  more

Related Tags: gsa, hspa, hspa+, mimo


3GPP Partners propose IMT-Advanced radio technology

..ownloaded from the 3GPP website at: RP-090736 (Cover sheet)RP-090939 (3GPP Submission Package for IMT-Advanced)  more

Related Tags: lte, itu, security


Samsung Electronics Develops First Commercial LTE Modem for Mobile Phones

­Samsung says that it has developed the first LTE modem that complies with the latest standards of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3gpp), which were released in March 2009. Utilizing Release 8 of the 3gpp, this LTE modem is a significant upgrade from the previous standard that was released in December 2008.  more

Related Tags: samsung, lte, modem


GSA confirms 7.2 Mbps as new baseline for HSPA

Half­ of the HSPA networks in commercial service globally are capable of peak downlink data speeds of 7.2 Mbps or higher, according to research just published by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).  more

Related Tags: gsa, hspa, hspa+, mimo


Aeroflex TM500 Test Mobile is First With DC-HSDPA Support

Aeroflex has announced that its TM500 test mobile now supports the new 3gpp W-CDMA Release 8 Dual Cell HSDPA (DC-HSDPA) feature. The Aeroflex TM500 not only provides the ability to test a base station and network against a single mobile both in the lab and over the air, but also supports multi-UE configurations enabling base station and core network designs to be load tested, stressed and optimized to ensure that robust, flexible and high-performance solutions are delivered to network operators.  more

Related Tags: aeroflex, wcdma, dc-hsdpa, hspa+, hsdpa, life


3GPP's GERAN elects its new leadership

Research In Motion's Andrew Howell has been elected as the new Chairman of the 3gpp Technical Specification Group for the GSM EDGE Radio Access Network (GERAN).  more

Related Tags: radio-access-network, edge, gsm, alcatel, andrew


New Technology Could Double 3G Network Voice Call Capacity

Finnish operator Elisa and Nokia Siemens Networks have demonstrated a new technology that allows operators to increase voice capacity of their 3G networks, potentially up to double the baseline capacity. The trial call was conducted in Elisa's live 3G network using R&D prototype devices supplied by Nokia. In technical terms the demonstration was of the world's first circuit switched call over a high speed packet access network (CSoHSPA).  more

Related Tags: elisa, nokia-siemens-networks, 3g, csohspa, 3gpp-release-7, hspa-evolution, i-hspa, battery, gsm, hspa+, siemens, nokia-siemens, Finland


Altair Semiconductor Announces LTE Product Roadmap

Altair Semiconductor, a fabless chip company has published its 3gpp LTE product roadmap, which includes a baseband processor, and complementing MIMO RF transceiver chips designed to support world-wide LTE bands and duplex-modes.  more

Related Tags: altair-semiconductor, lte, mimo, chipset


Top-five handset OEM signs first Coolteq deal

Nujira, a developer of mobile phone platforms says that it has signed a deal with an unnamed handset manufacturer to provide its Coolteq-l handset development platform. The unnamed customer is reported to be one of the world's top five handset makers.  more

Related Tags: coolteq, nujira, power-amplifiers, hsupa, cdma, ovi, tim, lte, w-cdma, wcdma, edge, 3g, seven, oem, bandwidth


World's First Femtocell Standard Published by 3GPP

Three trade bodies, The Femto Forum, 3gpp and the Broadband Forum have jointly announced that the world's first femtocell standard has been officially published by 3gpp, paving the way for interoperability between different vendors' access points and femto gateways. The new standard, which forms part of 3gpp's Release 8, and interdependent with Broadband Forum extensions to its Technical Report-069 (TR-069), has been completed in just 12 months following cooperation between the three groups.  more

Related Tags: 3g, sim, privacy, edge, lte, core-network, mts, ovi, femtocell, femto-forum, femtocells, umts, interoperability


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