HT is First Operator Providing Super Fast 4G Mobile Network outside Big Cities

Hrvatski Telekom has started with the implementation of its LTE technology based 4G network on 800 MHz frequency, i.e. in the frequency spectrum known as the digital dividend.

With this investment, i.e. the provision of the advanced 4G network in this spectrum, HT has enabled its customers in rural and poorly populated areas to have the same quality of surfing and multiply higher data transmission speeds, commensurable to those already offered in big cities. The first locations have been put into operations in the broader area of Ozalj, Koprivnica, Drenovac, Petrinja, Otočac, and Josipdol, whose citizens now have access to the most advanced and the fastest mobile 4G Internet.

As a leading provider in the domestic market, Hrvatski Telekom also has a leading position when it comes to the application of advanced technologies. Thus, HT is the first provider in Croatia and among the first ones in the region and Europe which has put into operation a 4G network based on the advanced LTE technology and the first one to offer to its customers data transmission rates ten times higher than the previous ones in rural areas.

Taking into account the growth in the use of mobile Internet and increasingly demanding customers’ needs for higher data transmission rates, the new technologies such as LTE are a prerequisite for future networking and, accordingly, for economic progress. For that reason, the availability of fast Internet is a strategic direction of Hrvatski Telekom, which on a daily basis increases the availability of 3G and 4G networks and offers the largest availability of both networks in Croatia.

To remind you, HT customers can use the latest generation network through tariffs Extreme Mobile net L and Extreme Mobile net XL, enabling rates of up to 75 Mbps for download and up to 25 Mbps for upload. For pleasant surfing at such speeds, HT has included in its offer a 4G tablet – Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE.

//t.ht.hr

Swisscom Launches its LTE Network in Switzerland

Switzerland's Swisscom has launched its LTE network, with coverage in 26 locations today. Frequencies of 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2600 MHz are used. Peak rate of up to 150 Mbps at phase 1 and will be 300 Mbps later. The company said that it will invest around CHF 1.5 billion (US$1.6 billion) in the expansion of its mobile network by 2016. //www.cellular-news.com

Vipnet acquires LTE spectrum in Croatia

The Croatian subsidiary of operator group Telekom Austria, Vipnet, has obtained 20MHz of the country’s 800MHz frequency spectrum for a total of HRK150m ($26m). //telecoms.com

UK's operators have banded to speed up 4G LTE 800 roll-out

O2, Vodafone, Everything Everywhere and Three have banded together to speed up the deployment of 4G services. Ofcom writes that the four have come together to form Digital Mobile Spectrum Limited (originally called MitCo), a company that will be funded by the successful bidders for 800MHz spectrum in the forthcoming auction. If any other party acquires spectrum in the auction, they can immediately become a shareholder in DMS Ltd.

The company will be responsible for ensuring consumers continue to receive clear Freeview TV signals following the roll out of 4G mobile services in the 800 MHz spectrum band. The early creation of such a company was one of the solutions highlighted by Ofcom and the government during conversations with mobile operators about speeding up the roll-out of 4G.

read more //tomshardware.com 

Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs & Parrot: AR.Drone with 4G Dongle over 1000 m / 3280 ft record!

The Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 is many good things, but "long-ranged" isn't what comes to mind with a 165-foot maximum distance between pilot and quadrocopter. Not to be daunted, Alcatel-Lucent has conducted a test with an ad hoc LTE network, a USB modem and a smartphone to see just how far the remote-controlled aircraft could go on 4G. In practice, quite far: thanks in part to the inherently wide coverage of the 800MHz band in France, the team flew the AR.Drone more than 3,280 feet (one kilometer), all while streaming 720p video of the farmland below.

//engadget.com

Why O2 and Vodafone won't be reusing 900 MHz for 4G LTE

A number of reports have suggested that O2 and Vodafone have approached Ofcom about refarming the 900MHz band currently used for 2G/3G services for 4G LTE instead.

While the suggestion in itself could seem logical — after all, it's what EE did with the 1800MHz band and its 4G service will be launching shortly — the realities of the situation mean that such a move would be somewhere close to pointless with 900MHz. \\zdnet.com

at the moment band 20 is really not good solution for LTE