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EE elects Ericsson Expert Analytics for excellent experiences

Ericsson has scored a significant deal win to help out UK operator EE with its customer experience management efforts.

• 21 May 2018

Ericsson and Singtel claim APAC LAA record

Ericsson and long-time operator partner Singtel have announced they managed to hit 1.1 Gbps in a joint trial of a new LAA configuration.

• 11 Dec 2017

Verizon, Qualcomm and Ericsson almost hit 1 Gbps using commercial LAA

The trio, who have been doing quite a bit of work together recently, recorded speeds of 953 Mbps in a joint commercial network deployment in Boca Raton, Florida.

• 08 Aug 2017

MTS, Ericsson and Qualcomm demo Rel-13 LAA

MTS has announced what it claims is the first commercial trial of License Assisted Access in Russia, in partnership with Ericsson and Qualcomm.

• 19 Jul 2017

Nokia has big plans for small cells

At a briefing in London Nokia’s small cells team detailed its current small cells activity and stressed it thinks the category is set to boom, at long last.

• 23 May 2017

Huawei and Vodafone in LAA LAA Land with latest ‘world first’

Huawei has laid claim to yet another world ‘first’, after a project with Vodafone successfully proved the live potential for License Assisted Access technology (LAA).

• 15 Feb 2017

Qualcomm and SK Telecom trial LAA on steroids

Just because Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) is still very much a work in progress, that’s no reason not to try and pimp it up a bit regardless.

• 29 Sep 2016

Nokia and Sprint demo ‘live 5G’ 4K video streaming

Finnish networking giant Nokia has teamed up with US operator Sprint to demonstrate wireless live 4K video streaming at an event in Silicon Valley.

• 06 Jun 2016

Ofcom wants to free up more 5 GHz spectrum for UK wifi

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has announced plans to increase the bandwidth available to wifi in the 5 GHz band in a bid to reduce 2.4 GHz congestion.

• 13 May 2016

Qualcomm and Deutsche Telekom claim LAA first in coexistence trials

Qualcomm has added to the growing momentum behind Licence-Assisted Access (LAA) by claiming a world first over-the-air trial.

• 03 Feb 2016

Huawei and Docomo demonstrate unified LAA and wifi

Huawei says it has proved that Licensed-Assisted Access (LAA) and wifi are capable of coexistence as a unified channel in a dense small cell.

• 01 Dec 2015

Qualcomm launches MuLTEfire unlicensed LTE initiative

Mobile chip giant Qualcomm has quietly taken the wraps off a new LTE-based technology that it claims combines LTE-like performance with wifi-like simplicity.

• 16 Jun 2015

Ericsson demonstrates live LAA for Verizon, SK Telecom, T-Mobile US

Ericsson has conducted live License Assisted Access (LAA) tests at its labs in Canada and Sweden, claiming to have demonstrated to operators Verizon, SK Telecom and T-Mobile US a peak rate of 450 Mbps. The LTE technology, which is also known as LTE-U, gives users mobile access to unlicensed frequencies, often used by wifi, to enhance coverage.

• 10 Feb 2015

Ericsson adds unlicensed spectrum support to small cells

Swedish network giant Ericsson continued its small cell crusade with the announcement of license assisted access (LAA) to its small cell portfolio. This LTE technology allows users to tap into unlicensed spectrum, typically used by wifi, to augment their cellular performance.

• 05 Jan 2015