Vodafone Germany and Huawei today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct a joint test gauging the performance of LTE (Long Term Evolution) in the Digital Dividend Band. This agreement marks a joint initiative to validate LTE’ s application within the Digital Dividend Band (790-862MHz) using Huawei’ s end-to-end LTE solution.

Huawei, a leading China based provider of next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today announced that it has launched the world’ s first LTE eNodeB ready for large-scale commercial deployment. This LTE eNodeB is able to fully support a downlink rate of up to 150 Mbps in commercial LTE networks.

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (“Huawei”), a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, recently launched a new end-user oriented Femtocell device at the Femtocell World Summit in London, United Kingdom. Dubbed “Femtocell 2.0″, the portable wireless access device allows users to connect directly to a standard broadband DSL or cable service and delivers in-door 3G network coverage for handsets.

Sonera continues its accelerated turbo 3G build-out program by introducing mobile broadband services in the 900 MHz frequency. Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei are the network vendors for the 3G expansion program in the following years.
“Our customers expect the traditional Sonera network quality where ever they are. By investing in the latest technology we can offer mobile broadband to a growing number of customers in a cost-efficient way”, says Esa Rautalinko, CEO of TeliaSonera Finland.
A significant part of the turbo 3G extension will be based on the 900 MHz frequency. …

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. (“Huawei”), today announced that it has signed a Global Framework Agreement?GFA?and Financing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Etisalat, the leading operator in Middle East and Africa, to further support its business expansion. His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Omran, Chairman of Etisalat, and Madam Sun Yafang, Chairperson of Huawei attended the signing ceremony at the Etisalat-Huawei Summit in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

In a recently published report by Dell’Oro Group, a trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, the worldwide mobile infrastructure market revenue contracted 9 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of 2009 despite a record number of 3G base station shipments. The GSM market experienced its largest year-over-year decline as Chinese mobile operators focused on 3G network deployments.