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LTE (Long Term Evolution) is initiated by 3GPP to improve the mobile phone standard to cope with future technology evolutions and needs. 3GPP work on the Evolution of the 3G Mobile System started with the RAN Evolution Work Shop, 2 - 3 November 2004 in Toronto, Canada.

About Map: LteMaps shows all global LTE deployments commitments. It includes a variety of commitment levels including intentions to trial, deploy, migrate, etc. There is one red marker per country for all operators to show commitments and one blue marker to show actual deployments.
For a world wide LTE deployment Map visit LTE Maps
Operator |
Markets |
Launch date |
Vendor |
AT&T |
Unnamed US markets |
2011 |
|
CenturyTel |
select US rural markets |
2010 |
|
China Mobile |
China |
2011 |
|
eMobile |
Japan |
2010 |
|
MetroPCS |
Major US markets |
2010 |
Ericsson |
MTS |
Uzbekistan |
2010 |
Huawei |
KDDI |
Japan |
2012 |
Motorola, NEC |
KT Freetel |
South Korea |
2010* |
|
NTT DoCoMo |
Japan |
2010 |
Nokia Siemens Networks, Fujitsu, Panasonic |
Rogers Wireless |
Vancouver, B.C. |
Q1 2010 |
|
SK Telecom |
South Korea |
2010* |
|
TeliaSonera |
Stockholm |
2010 |
Ericsson |
TeliaSonera |
Oslo, Norway |
2010 |
Huawei |
Tele2/Telenor Sweden |
Sweden |
2010 |
|
Verizon Wireless |
25-30 US markets |
Q1 2010 |
Ericsson, AlcaLu |
Zain |
Bahrain |
2010* |
Nokia Siemens Networks |
Source: market research
*estimate |
AT&T’s has planned field trials of LTE technology later this year, with commercial deployment scheduled to begin in 2011.
China Mobile the world's top mobile carrier is expected to roll out a state-of-the-art mobile network based on new LTE technology as soon as 2011.
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is currently experimenting with LTE technology and planning to build a long term evolution (LTE) network in 2011.
Etisalat is expected to commercially launch the Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G technology in Middle East by end of 2010.
KDDI is expected to launch LTE as early as 2011. KDDI aims the nationwide LTE based service at the early stage. 96.5% population coverage ratio by the end of FY2015.3 is expected.
NTT DoCoMo plans to introduce a fourth-generation mobile-phone network in 2010
SK Telecom has planned to increase its investment in the next-generation mobile technology, long-term evolution (LTE) and is expected to launch LTE as early as 2010.
STC (Saudi Telecom Company), the main telecommunications carrier in Saudi Arabia has planned to conduct an end-to-end Long Term Evolution (LTE) trial in the second half of 2010.
T-Mobile USA, had announced at begining of this year that its 3G upgrade of its current network is complete and it is beginning its own effort to deploy 4G (via HSPA+, then LTE).
Telecom Italia is the largest Italian telecommunications company and offers infrastructures and technological platforms.
Telefónica has selected six LTE technology providers to launch the test projects in six different countries with the view to rolling out fourth generation networks in the different regions where th
TeliaSonera was the first operator in the world with the launch of commercial 4G LTE services to customers in Stockholm, Sweden, and in Oslo, Norway, in 2009.
Telstra's planned LTE trial is expected to begin in May and will run for three to six months. It will be located in Victoria.
Verizon Wireless will roll out 4G LTE network in 25 to 30 markets by the end of this year.
Vodafone has announced in March that it has made the Data Connection in Italy using LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology in test conditions at its TSCC (Technology and Service Creation Centre) Inno
Zain (formerly MTC) is the pioneer of mobile telecommunications in the Middle East.
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