4G Weekly Digest  April 22nd, 2009 - Volume 4, Issue 23

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Articles
Editor's Foreword
By Adlane Fellah, CEO
The Race to LTE

Vendors promoting LTE technology at CTIA 2009 included Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola, Kyocera Communications, and others. Alcatel-Lucent introduced its Evolved Packet Core, a set of network components that will help to power the LTE network of Verizon Wireless and othermobile operators. >> Read More

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Broadband Wireless in India
By Sridhar T. Pai, Tonse Telecom

In 2008, Indian telecom continued to grow unmindful of any global economic meltdown or economic crisis. The sector, in fact, broke all its previous records and added a robust 114 million cellular subscribers between January and December 2008. >> Read More

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4G Marcom Watch
By Emma Hancox, Marketing Director
Wireless Carriers as Computer Retailers

Netbooks have gone from near-obscurity to wide familiarity among consumers over the past year. Wireless carriers are beginning to transform the computer distribution landscape, trying to get an edge over competitors by offering subsidized netbooks... >> Read More



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According to the latest data from 4GCounts.com, North America is the region with the greatest number of WiMAX subscribers, followed by APAC. More information is available in the latest Quarterly Report from 4GCounts - CLICK HERE for the brochure.

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SK Telecom to launch WiBro service in Jordan next month >> Read More
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Nokia Siemens Networks bids for much of Nortel >> Read More
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Nokia Corporation profit plunges 90% during Q1 2009 >> Read More
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Telstra's credit rating outlook downgraded from stable to negative >> Read More
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Sony Ericsson to cut 2,000 more jobs after huge first-quarter loss >> Read More
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Alvarion announced plans to layoff approximately 50 employees >> Read More
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