Feb 16

U.S Cellular to launch 4G LTE service

U.S Cellular is rolling out 4G LTE service in second half of 2012 with coverage for up to 3,600 cities and town. In conjunction with the network launch, the carrier is also launching Samsung 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Samsung Galaxy S Aviator smartphone. It also said that by the end of 2012, 54% of U.S Cellular’s customers will have LTE coverage.

 

Feb 10

Telus launches LTE service

Canadian network operator hs launching LTE network in 14 cities. Teleu’s LTE network will support a peak LTE download speed of up to 75 Mbps with a average LTE download speed of 12 Mbps to 25 Mbps. Telus plans to cover 25 million customers by 2012. Telus had announced that it had awarded teh contract to Huawei to provide LTE radio access network equipment across Canada.