ABI Research has forecast there'll be 16 million subscribers using LTE mobile devices by the end of 2011.
Commercial LTE services are currently available in twelve countries, covering both mature and emerging markets.
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It's been a week of acquisition announcements, with T-Mobile USA, Phones 4U and Snaptu all apparently changing hands. The team also talks about Ofcom's 4G auction plans, Android legal action, the Mobile News Awards... and much more.
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Ofcom has announced plans to auction radio spectrum that'll be used for 4G LTE and WiMAX mobile phone services.
It'll be auctioning two spectrum bands; the old analogue TV bandwidth at 800 MHz, along with a higher-frequency band at 2.6 GHz. Together, these bands are equivalent to three-quarters of the mobile spectrum in use today - and are 80% more than the 3G auction that took place in 2000.
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This week's edition of The Fonecast covers everything from the new iPad to O2's new content restrictions, from Android malware to Facebook messaging… and from mobile radio to Iain Graham rapping.
No, that's not a mistake (except in the artistic sense, perhaps). We really are talking about the same Iain Graham who hosts our podcasts.
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Here's a welcome change from the mobile industry: a licensing agreement instead of legal action.
Motorola and Nokia have extended their existing intellectual property licensing agreement to include 4G technologies, such as LTE, WiMAX and LTE-Advanced. The terms of the agreement are confidential.
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