LG Escape leaked with details for AT&T LTE

One more LTE smartphone for AT&T

Android 4.0 ICS

dual-core, 1.2 GHz

4.3", qHD, Gorilla Glass

5 mpix

ff cam

NFC

BT4.0

2150 mAh

Announced 2012.09

Available from Sep.16, 2012

Operators

USA, AT&T, 2012.09.16 US$50 with 2 y.contract

News

2012.09.10 LG Escape leaked with details for AT&T LTE

LTE1800 now used in 33% of commercial networks

September 11, 2012: GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) has published an update to its Evolution to LTE report which confirms 347 telecoms operators in 104 countries are committed to commercial LTE network deployments or are engaged in trials, technology testing or studies. The report covers LTE FDD and LTE TDD technologies.

292 operators have made firm commitments to deploy commercial LTE networks in 93 countries. The number of operators committed to LTE network deployments has increased by 23% in the past year. A further 55 operators in 11 more countries are in a pre-commitment stage, engaged for example in LTE technology trials, tests or studies.

96 operators have launched commercial LTE services in 46 countries. This figure includes 11 commercial LTE TDD systems which are launched in Australia, Brazil, India, Japan, Oman, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden and the UK.

68 operators have launched commercial LTE services in the past 12 mon ths.

GSA forecasts there will be 152 commercial LTE networks operating in 65 countries by December 31, 2012.

LTE commercial network launches per year:

2009 = 2 networks launched
2010 = 15 networks launched (year-end cumulative total = 17)
2011 = 30 networks launched (year-end cumulative total = 47)
2012 to September 11th = 49 networks launched (total to date = 96)

GSA end 2012 outlook = raised again, to 152 networks in 65 countries

GSA re-affirms LTE as the fastest developing mobile system technology ever.

Deployments of LTE in re-farmed spectrum continue to accelerate, emphasizing the flexibility and growing importance of 1800 MHz as a prime band for mobile broadband services delivery. LTE1800 (LTE in 1800 MHz spectrum) is now launched on one third of all commercial LTE networks. Thirty-two operators, compared to five one year ago, have commercially launched LTE1800 either as a single band system, or as part of a multi-band deployment strategy. Commercial LTE1800 services are now available in 24 countries: Angola, Australia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Czech Repulic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mauritius, Namibia, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, and UAE. (My list of LTE1800 operators see here). 

The report also includes for the first time a status update of operator commitments to HD voice enabled by VoLTE and W-AMR codec technology, confirming numerous deployments and commercial launches.

UK welcomes new LTE brand; now rivals must step up

Initial list of UE's for 1800 MHz for Everything Everywhere looks that way:

smartphones

HTC One XL, exp. 2012.09-10

Huawei Ascend P1, 2012

Nokia Lumia 820, exp befor 2012 end
Nokia Lumia 920, exp from 2012.11
Samsung’s Galaxy S3, 2012

dongles

Huawei E392, 2012.09, f.e.UK, EE

MiFi

Huawei E589 mobile Wi-Fi, 2012.09

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Ecrio and Altair Semiconductor's FourGee LTE chipset now integrated

Ecrio, the leading provider of real time communications client software solutions for the mobile industry, announces the successful integration and certification of Altair Semiconductor's FourGee™ LTE chipset and Ecrio's Mobile Communications Client Suite (MCCS).

//sacbee.com

Everything Everywhere (UK) to get Nokia Lumia 920 in Nov.2012

Most interesting is the rumor that EE can get the Nokia's new smartphone on exclusivity base. Probably Nokia will use that marketing model in other countries as well.

Still it is not confirmed if Nokia Lumia 920 can operate in LTE1800 band, I mean if it is the same Lumia 920 which is dedicated to AT&T and supporting 700 / AWS bands.

We will know it not later then in Nov.2012 anyway.

\\slashgear.com

SK Telecom crosses 5 mn LTE subscribers

With the introduction of diverse LTE price plans like LTE Ting and LTE Golden Age, the number of SK Telecom's LTE subscribers in their teens and fifties or older increased by 500,000 and 650,000 respectively during the same period, diversifying the LTE customer base. Since the launch of LTE service, SK Telecom's LTE customers have used a total of 33.5 petabytes (or 1024 terabytes) of data. Of the total, 46 percent was used for multimedia contents, which is 10 percentage points higher than that of 3G customers (36 percent). In August, LTE customers' daily average data usage for YouTube was 3.2 times greater than that of 3G users. //voicendata.ciol.com

AT&T Expands 4G LTE Coverage

AT&T is expanding its 4G Long-Term Evolution high-speed data network to seven new markets: Anchorage, Alaska; Bakersfield, Calif.; Bridgeport, Conn.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Modesto, Calif., Omaha, Neb.; and Syracuse, N.Y., the company announced Sept. 6.

In addition, the carrier is expanding its coverage in the New York City/New Jersey and Washington D.C./Baltimore markets.

By the end of 2012, AT&T will add LTE coverage in areas such as Cincinnati; Detroit; Hawaii; Louisville, Ky.; Milwaukee; Pittsburgh; Portland, Ore.; Salt Lake City and Seattle.

\\eweek.com

Subcribers are able to choose between following UEs:

Smartphones

HTC One X, 2012

Pantech Flex, announced in Aug.2012, "coming in months"

Motorola Atrix HD LTE, Aug 2012

Nokia Lumia 900, 2012

Samsung Galaxy Note, 2012

Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket, smartphone, (US$79.99 in Aug.2012)

Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket HD, smartphone,  2012

Samsung Focus 2, smartphone, 2012

Sony Xperia ion, 2012

Tablets

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 4G LTE, Nov.2012

Pantech Element, 2012

And many expecting that new iPhone will be with LTE support as well.