Nokia Helps Austria Go 4G
Nokia Siemens has won a contract to upgrade Austria’s Hutchinson mobile network from 3G to 4G. The upgrade is expected to begin later this year and will initially be made to HSPA+ speed.
A full upgrade to a 4G / LTE mobile network is expected to happen in 2011.
T-Mobile Tests 4G
Mobile phone operator T-Mobile is claiming to have setup the world’s first multi-user 4G / LTE test network in Innsbruck, Austria.
The test network, thought to be the largest in Europe, uses sixty cell phone towers and has been running since July. The company is using its existing 3G phone service as the technical base for the tests.
T-Mobile is trialling the 4G phone service to put the technology through its paces and to gain user feedback.
Austria has one of the highest rates of mobile data usage in Europe. One third of revenue generated by Mobilkom Austria – the Austrian market leader – comes from mobile broadband services.
T-Mobile tests 4G in Vienna
T-Mobile Austria is showcasing its new faster mobile broadband service by running a trial 4G / Long Term Evolution (LTE) network at its Vienna Rennweg store.
“We present in this showcase two world premieres; for the first time a speed of over 130Mbps over the air interface has been reached, with four modems simultaneously active in a cell”, said T-Mobile.
The telco has asked the Austrian government to release 2.6GHz frequencies to allow it to run commercial 4G mobile phone services.
