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Getting the price right for data plans can be perilous
How to price LTE services is also currently much in focus due to the varying approaches of operators towards adding a premium to the higher-speed services. It's a difficult balance to get right, and I don't envy the task of pricing strategists at operators.
AT&T adds HSPA+, LTE support to GoPhone smartphone plans
AT&T Mobility is bringing HSPA+ and LTE data support to its GoPhone prepaid customers who use Apple's iPhone or any other HSPA+ or LTE-enabled device, the carrier confirmed.
Report: FDD-LTE dominates but TD-LTE is closing the gap
LTE networks will continue to mushroom around the globe through 2018, according to a new report from ABI Research, with the FDD-based variant of the technology continuing to dominate. However, TD-LTE networks will gain ground at a more rapid rate.
Huawei revenue booms in the Middle East as vendor plans focus on LTE
Huawei said revenue from its business in the Middle East increased by 18 per cent to $2.08 billion (€1.6 billion) in 2012, and emphasised that its future business growth in the region will come from the rollout of LTE networks and IT outsourcing.
UPDATED: Clearwire 'materially reducing' Huawei footprint in TD-LTE buildout
Clearwire reiterated that it is reducing the amount of Huawei equipment it is using in its TD-LTE network buildout as compared with its existing WiMAX network, likely a response to ongoing concerns that Huawei's network gear poses a threat to U.S. national security.
Backhaul is front and center for small operators
Small mobile operators have a lot of issues to deal with as they strive to compete in the wireless broadband arena against the likes of industry giants such as AT&T and Verizon Wireless.
Sprint rolling out a trifecta of tri-band LTE devices this summer
Sprint Nextel is adding three tri-band LTE mobile broadband devices to its portfolio this summer, as the operator aims to leverage its FDD LTE deployments at 1.9 GHz and 800 MHz as well as partner Clearwire's upcoming TD-LTE network at 2.5GHz.
Leap suggests its LTE roaming deal is with Sprint, hints at more device financing options
LAS VEGAS--Executives from Cricket provider Leap Wireless strongly hinted that the company's LTE roaming deal is with Sprint Nextel, which already has a nationwide 3G CDMA roaming deal with Cricket.
Morocco plans to launch LTE licence tenders this year
Morocco plans to launch tenders for LTE licences by the end of the year according to the Telecommunications Regulatory National Agency (ANRT), Reuters reported. The move would help fulfil Morocco's ambition to be one of the first African countries to offer the higher-speed mobile services.
Verizon's Shammo: Content providers see value in toll-free data model
Fueling the fire surrounding the likelihood of toll-free data coming to the U.S. market soon, Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo told investors at a Barclays Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications conference today that content providers are starting to see the value in paying the wireless operator for the data consumed by their subscribers when they view their content via a mobile device.
