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Entel starts LTE trial in Bolivia

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Bolivian operator Entel has rolled out a LTE trial in the country’s La Paz capital, the Bolivian state news agency (ABI) reports, citing Roy Mendez, Entel’s general manager. The operator will expand its LTE trial to cover the cities of Santa Cruz and Cochabamba, starting with 19 and 28 April, respectively.

Entel currently offers 4G services based on HSPA+ technology in the cities of Trinidad, Tarija, Oruro, Potosi and Sucre. The operator plans to expand its HSPA+ 4G services to cover the La Paz, El Alto, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba cities by end-April.

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Mexican operators set up LTE consortium

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Mexican operator MVS Comunicaciones has set up a consortium with Intel, Clearwire and Alestra, the company which offers AT&T telecommunications services in Mexico. The partners are waiting for Mexico’s government to allow them to offer a wireless high-speed internet service after four years of negotiations, Bloomberg reports, citing Jose Antonio Abad, CEO of the consortium.

The group has switched to LTE technology for its plan from Wimax, the standard they planned to use when they announced their strategy in 2009, Abad said. The consortium plans a network investment of USD 400 million and could offer service in six months if the government allowed them to proceed, the executive added.

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Oi gears up to deploy LTE across Brazil in time for 2014 World Cup

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OiBrazilian mobile network is reported to have invited four companies – Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, ZTE and Nokia Siemens Networks – to participate in LTE trials in the country.

Oi will be conducting the trials both in laboratory conditions and in live networks in several cities. The exact deployment for each of the infrastruture suppliers is still being finalised.

There is speculation that the first LTE networks will come into operation in time for the World Cup to be held in Brazil in 2014.

The regulator is expected to grant a temporary license covering the 2.5Ghz bands for the tests.

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UNE and Tigo to launch its LTE network in September 2011

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UNE EPM president, Horacio Vélez, said that the plan to launch LTE is still on schedule and for next September they will launch the service commercially. The main aim of the company in Medellin is to reach a 15% market share in Bogota.

Based on this infrastructure, UNE seeks to position itself as the third fixed-mobile player in the country. The official even mentioned that the state company and a subsidiary of Millicom could become UNE Tigo or only UNE.

Concerning the Vive Digital plan, launched last October, Velez said in an interview to “La República” that “the numbers can be made, but it is important to increase the coverage of networks to bring connectivity to areas such as SMEs and lower strata”.

Source: La República – Colombia

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Entel starts LTE mobile TV trial with Rubberduck

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Entel PCS Telecomunicaciones S.A., in partnership with Aspiro’s subsidiary Rubberduck Media Lab, has carried out trials for high-speed mobile TV over LTE.  Rubberduck Media Lab tested high-quality TV signals streamed over LTE testbeds.

The tests with Entel PCS, which already runs a mobile TV service powered by Rubberduck over its 3G network, were rolled out in December 2009.

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NEC completes LTE trial at Telefonica de Argentina

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NEC has successfully completed LTE laboratory trials with Telefonica. The trial was rolled out between February and March at Telefonica de Argentina.

NEC provided Telefonica de Argentina labs with a total LTE network system that consisted of core network systems and wireless base stations. Around 100 test items requested by Telefonica were achieved while under a 20 MHz bandwidth, including a maximum throughput of 145 Mbps while connecting with a simulator device.

Additionally, the trials also achieved a maximum throughput of 95 Mbps using an actual LTE terminal. NEC also plans to participate in future Telefonica field trials.