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Vodafone UK confirms 4G network to launch August 29th

Vodafone UK has just announced its 4G network rollout will begin on August 29th, with London to be the first city to go live. Twelve more locations will get switched on before the end of the year, including Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds and Sheffield (full list after the break).

Time：2013-08-09

China Unicom-Tencent OTT service gets big response

The linkup between China Unicom and Tencent to launch a SIM card for the WeChat messaging app has made an impressive debut. More than 700,000 users have pre-ordered the SIM in the first 24 hours of availability, according to Techweb.

Time：2013-08-07

China Telecom reportedly launching mobile messaging app

China Telecom is reportedly collaborating with Internet company NetEase to launch its own mobile messenger.

Time：2013-08-06

Panasonic to stop making new smartphones for NTT Docomo

Panasonic Corp has told NTT Docomo Inc it would stop supplying new smartphone models from this winter, Kyodo news service said, citing sources familiar with the matter.

Time：2013-08-06

ZTE set to launch own device chipset

ZTE said it is set to unveil a “self-developed chipset” to power 4G devices in September, stating that it will be “the first in the industry to attain 4G standards in communications and data throughput, heralding a breakthrough in 4G technology globally”.

Time：2013-08-06

More details of EE's LTE-A trial emerge

U.K. operator to try out carrier aggregation in London using 1800-MHz, 2.6-GHz bands. Further details of EE's upcoming LTE-A carrier aggregation (CA) trial emerged this week.

Time：2013-08-05

Almost 600,000 base stations to be upgraded to LTE-A by 2018

Yota launched the first LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network in Russia last October; however, with the first compatible handset, SK Telecom was the earliest to make the technology commercially available in June 2013. Within two weeks, the South Korea operator has already claimed over 150,000 subscriptions, roughly 0.6% of its total. The US will have at least four LTE-A networks in service by the end of 2013 as well. This fierce competition will see more than half of the LTE subscribers in North America using LTE-A by 2017, according to research firm ABI Research.

Time：2013-08-05

ZTE Attains No. 2 Position in Worldwide IPTV Market Share

ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, has attained the world’s No. 2 ranking in the Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) market.

Time：2013-06-26

915 million LTE subscribers expected worldwide by 2016

There will be more than 915 million LTE subscriptions worldwide by the end of 2016, according to think tank Idate.

Time：2013-06-26

Siemens shops NSN stake to private equity firms - report

Siemens is sounding out private-equity firms about buying its 50 percent stake in Nokia Siemens Networks, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. The German conglomerate has approached a number of buyout funds, including TPG, Blackstone and KKR, to gauge their interest in buying the stake. Another possibility, less likely, is a sale of Siemen's stake in the venture, the report said. Analysts say the entire NSN business, if it were public, could be worth more than EUR 7 billion including debt.

Time：2013-06-17

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