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LTE: The mobile broadband big bang

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Long Term Evolution (LTE) will bring true broadband speeds, driving advanced data applications to mobile screens without the waiting. This promises to be one of the most important new mobile technology rollouts since original GSM itself.

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Report: LTE gaining momentum

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Exploring Tokyo with Nobi

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This was our second day in Japan and I was very much looking forward to it. Today was going to be a day of going to various locations around Tokyo with Nobuyuki Hayashi, as my guide, that meant I wasn’t exactly sure where I was going and what I was going to be seeing - [...]

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We estimate that four people a second are being connected to communications and information services for the very first time. The majority of these new subscribers will come from emerging markets: Africa, APAC and Latin America.