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Cellular Systems  Press Releases:

2/12/11
  • CSL build largest LTE trial network in UK for Telefónica O2
  • 29/6/11
  • CSL Announce New Office/Warehouse Expansion

  • Industry News:


    22/2/12
  • UK's 4G network could futz Freeview
  • 17/2/12
  • 45,000 Huawei Engineers Participate in the World's Largest Desktop Cloud
  • Two-Thirds of Brits Suffer from Nomophobia - the Fear of Being Without a Phone
  • 16/2/12
  • Deutsche Telekom Said to Weigh Exit Options for U.K. Venture
  • Sony completes acquisition of joint venture with Ericsson
  • Barclays launches mobile transfer service
  • Small cell maturity raises management issues
  • 15/2/12
  • Vodafone claims MTR ruling will damage customers and prepay
  • 14/2/12
  • Everything Everywhere and Three invest £25m in NI mobile network
  • 6/2/12
  • Growth in mobile internet to explode by 2015
  • 3/2/12
  • Report: Operators must reduce network costs by 50%
  • 30/1/12
  • London lagging behind UK's top 10 cities for 3G speeds
  • 25/1/12
  • UMTS Forum warns of need for more spectrum
  • Everything Everywhere and BT Wholesale extend 4G trial
  • 19/1/12
  • One percent of users 'consuming half of mobile data'
  • 16/1/12
  • Everything Everywhere seeks to refarm spectrum for 4G
  • 12/2/12
  • Vodafone welcomes Ofcom’s EE spectrum guarantee u-turn
  • Ofcom proposes extending 4G to 98% of UK and tackling "not spots"
  • Everything Everywhere in talks with advisors over spectrum sale
  • Virgin Media to double broadband speeds for its customers
  • 10/1/12
  • Interview: Rob Joyce, head of LTE, O2
  • O2 wins multimillion-pound Network Rail contract
  • Government ready to fork out for mobile coverage extension
  • 9/1/12
  • Is 2012 the year of 4G? A trip to Cornwall and Sweden reveals what the next generation of mobile networks will deliver.VIDEO*
  • Telefónica Digital to open London HQ
  • 6/1/12
  • O2 to build Europe’s largest free Wi-Fi zone
  • 4/1/12
  • Half a Million TD-LTE Base Stations Will Be Deployed by 2016
  • Everything Everywhere signs MVNO deal with China Telecom
  • 22/12/11
  • Frequency spread threatens LTE
  • 21/12/11
  • London Underground Wi-Fi rollout faces delays
  • 16/12/11
  • Rural communities 'face ruin' unless 4G auction is speeded up
  • LTE Spectrum Fragmentation Must Be Addressed
  • 14/12/11
  • Study: UK LTE auction could trigger change to operator landscape
  • 8/12/11
  • Everything Everywhere announces £1.5bn network investment programme
  • 7/12/11
  • Nokia Siemens Networks Launches TD-LTE '6 Pipes' Remote Radio Head
  • Everything Everywhere CEO outlines digital strategy
  • Last aerial dish from iconic BT Tower is removed
  • Virgin Media denies interest in LTE spectrum, femtocells
  • 6/12/11
  • Spectrum Auctions May Generate Revenues of Up to EUR20 Billion in Western Europe
  • Vodafone lobbies government to influence 4G auction 
  • Small cells still raising more questions than answers
  • 28/11/11
  • Ofcom Survey: Orange and O2 Best Mobile Phone Providers in UK
  • 24/11/11
  • Nokia Siemens Networks to axe 17,000 jobs worldwide
  • 3UK data payload reaches 137 TB - each day
  • China overtakes US as world’s biggest smartphone market
  • 22/11/11
  • Just 20% of UK Consumers Happy with Their Mobile Broadband Speeds
  • 18/11/11
  • Operators dismiss Ombudsman data concerns
  • Samsung skirts apple Galaxy Tab ban
  • 16/11/11
  • O2 UK launches LTE trial in London, with backhaul a key focus
  • 14/11/11
  • O2 begins London 4G trial
  • Unified comms, machine-to-machine and financial services to lead O2 into 2012
  • 11/11/11
  • eBay lobbies UK government for faster mobile broadband
  • Huawei to open London smartphone design centre
  • 9/11/11
  • EE boss Swantee urges roll-out of 4G networks
  • 4/11/11
  • MPs tell mobile operators to stop delaying 4G auction
  • 2/11/11
  • Voda to plug not-spots with mini-masts in boozers
  • 1/11/11
  • Ofcom maps reveal poor state of the UK's communications infrastructure
  • 97% of Three's network traffic is data
    26/10/11
  • What is holding the UK back on LTE?
  • 17/10/11
  • O2 targets electric vehicle charging
  • 14/10/11
  • Vodafone CEO lays into Three over spectrum
  • Sony Ericsson to go smartphone-only in 2012
  • 12/10/11
  • Report: Everything Everywhere bargains with EU over divested spectrum
  • Telefónica's O2 hits back with free Wi-Fi calls
  • 10/10/11
  • Everything Everywhere to enable cross-network 3G roaming
  • Ofcom delays 4G mobile spectrum auction until end of 2012
  • Orange and T-Mobile networks to share 3G
  • 6/5/11
  • Bouygues Telecom unveils 42Mbps 3G plans, warns of LTE delays
  • 5/10/11
  • O2 UK Moves to Rapidly Expand its FREE Wireless Internet WiFi Hotspot Service
  • Apple unveils iPhone 4S handset
  • 4/10/11
  • Small cell start-up challenges femto vendors
  • Introduction to the SmartCloud Cluster from SpiderCloud Wireless*VIDEO*
  • Gov to spread mobile masts to remote corners of Blighty
  • Cambridge Broadband Networks Demonstrates 40% Microwave Backhaul Efficiency Gain
  • 2011 Base Station Shipments Will Be Up 14% and 2012 Prognosis is Good
  • 3/10/11
  • Operators continue to mull the benefits of LTE in Europe
  • Italian operators bid €3.9B for LTE spectrum, double the reserve price
  • ZTE Completes Interoperability Test Between FDD-LTE/TD-LTE and GSM/UMTS
  • Government will invest £150m to improve mobile coverage in the UK
  • 30/9/11
  • NMT - The mother of it all
  • Europe slow to adopt 4G mobile: sector executives speak
  • 29/9/11
  • Picochip argues London LTE coverage needs 70,000 small cells
  • 28/9/11
  • Three faces network capacity issues by the end of 2012
  • London's mayor worries Olympics will stretch networks to breaking point
  • Amazon Shows Off Four New Kindle Tablets
  • 27/9/11
  • Nokia Siemens unveils three TD-LTE devices
  • “Today’s networks are not up to it” says Ericsson’s Wibergh
  • Upgrade to The Cloud Wi-Fi network will provide data traffic offload for mobile operators
  • Network Cloning Speeds Up Radio Network Controller Upgrades
  • 23/9/11
  • French LTE auction bids garner €936M, set European price benchmark
  • Wireless to backhaul 4G networks
  • 19/6/11
  • Ofcom refutes accusations of 'timidity' on 4G spectrum roll out
  • 16/9/11
  • Business lobby group attacks Ofcom over slow progress of 4G
  • 15/9/11
  • Don't delay 4G auction, Clegg tells MNOs
  • 2/9/11
  • UK gives go-ahead for £4.5B smart metering wide-area network
  • 18/8/11
  • Base Station RF Power Device Market to Double to Nearly One Billion Dollars in 2015
  • 17/8/11
  • Dunne vows to put some “excitement” back into mobile
  • 15/8/11
  • Google buys Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion
  • 11/8/11
  • Tracesaver app helps networks pinpoint mobile coverage problems
  • 1/8/11
  • DIDO promises wireless breakthroughs
  • 27/7/11
  • Ofcom urged to widen 4G mobile coverage in next year's spectrum auction
  • 26/7/11
  • ZTE selects QiComm for service integration in the UK
  • 19/7/11
  • BT brings back Buzby!
  • 18/7/11
  • BBC to survey UK mobile coverage
  • Tom Alexander resigns from Everything Everywhere
  • Who is new Everything Everywhere CEO Olaf Swantee?
  • 12/7/11
  • Fresh blow for Nokia as NSN stake sale abandoned
  • 4/7/11
  • ZTE claims world’s first commercial LTE micro base station
  • 29/6/11
  • CSL Announce New Office/Warehouse Expansion
  • 27/6/11
  • Microsoft leads industry heavyweights in UK white space trial
  • 22/6/11
  • Femtocells still on the sidelines, but new opportunities beckon
  • 20/6/11
  • Ofcom gives green light to spectrum trading
  • 16/6/11
  • Orange ramps up Signal Boost Wi-Fi service
  • 15/6/11
  • Operators wasting £313 million a year on base stations
  • 9/6/11
  • Nokia Siemens Networks Upgrade Doubles GSM Voice Capacity
  • Networks war over spectrum
  • 8/6/11
  • O2 accelerates 900MHZ spectrum refarming
  • 6/6/11
  • EE ready to fight court ruling
  • 4G mobile could affect digital TV, says Ofcom
  • 26/5/11
  • What is 4G?
  • Ofcom awards fastest 3G mobile-data crown to O2
  • 25/5/11
  • Volunteers sought for 4G LTE trial in Cornwall
  • O2 first operator to switch to new 3G 900MHz network
  • 19/4/11
  • Relief Ahead for Mobile Networks As Traffic Moves Onto WiFi and Femtocells
  • LTE could become available on 900/1800MHz by end of 2011
  • 15/4/11
  • Ethernet Europe: BT's Backhaul Boss update on Mobile backhaul *VIDEO*
  • 13/4/11
  • Chinese telecoms giant to create 500 UK jobs
  • 6/4/11
  • Irish Networks Agree to Share Network Infrastructure
  • Report: Femtocells gaining traction, but slowly
  • 5/4/11
  • Data offload will have to come, and quickly
  • Huawei Shortlisted for US Cellular's LTE Contract
  • 1/4/11
  • Plans for mobile network on the tube put on ice
  • 30/3/11
  • Three UK posts first profit
  • 28/3/11
  • Android to Drive Doubling of Smartphone Market by 2016
  • London Underground to Put Wi-Fi Hotspots in 120 Stations
  • 24/3/11
  • Ofcom gives Sitefinder Google Maps boost
  • 23/3/11
  • Ofcom imposes spectrum caps for LTE auction, splitting operators
  • O2 UK boosts network capacity 50% with new 3G 900MHz deployment
  • 17/3/11
  • ZTE 2010 revenues increase by 21pc
  • Android Tablets and Apple iPad Eating into the Computer Market
  • Nokia's Smartphone Recovery Begins While Samsung Growth Continues
  • 16/3/11
  • O2′s Dunne wants spectrum cooperation
  • Cutting Room:Three fighting for spectrum share
  • 15/3/11
  • Ofcom cuts termination rates by 80%
  • 14/3/11
  • Nokia Siemens, Cambridge Wireless plan UK 800 MHz LTE trial
  • 8/3/11
  • 3UK calls for LTE spectrum caps
  • Facebook plans to break up SMS cartel
  • 7/3/11
  • Women Spend More Time on the Phone and Send More Text Messages Than Men - Survey
  • Android Overtakes IPhone in the UK Smartphone Market
  • Apple to Return to Original iPhone Design for iPhone 5 Chassis - Report
  • 3/3/11
  • O2: 4G mobile broadband will allow data 'toll roads'
  • Thinner, lighter Apple iPad 2 available on March 25
  • UK Railway Switches On its First GSM-R Network
  • 2/3/11
  • Mobile infrastructure market rebounded to highest level since 2008 in Q4 - report
  • 1/3/11
  • O2 chief urges caution with 4G spectrum auctions
  • 28/2/11
  • HTC, Nokia and Samsung agree on standards for LTE-Advanced
  • When it comes to LTE, Europe drives in the slow lane
  • Vodafone network hit by break-in
  • 25/2/11
  • 76 per cent of Londoners against using mobiles on tube
  • Telefonica posts 30.8 per cent rise in profit for 2010
  • 24/2/11
  • Operators to get new SMS 999 obligation
  • 21/2/11
  • China's Huawei 'in London Underground phones bid'
  • BBC Click News report on the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. *VIDEO*
  • 18/2/11
  • Top 10 MWC moments: Nokia, Microsoft, HTC and all the mobile action from this year's event
  • Shocking truth behind smartphone use revealed!
  • Why Wi-Fi sucked at Mobile World Congress
  • MWC: Three promises network upgrades during 2011
  • MWC 2011: China's ZTE and Huawei target Europe
  • 17/2/11
  • Orange and T-Mobile launch ‘Big Switch On’ campaign for Everything Everywhere
  • MWC 2011: Google Android takes centre stage at Mobile World Congress
  • Smartphone boom hogs networks
  • No mobile gridlock, universal coverage, lightRadio saves the mobile industry billions
  • 16/2/11
  • MWC: LTE and HSPA defeating WiMax in 4G battle
  • MWC 2011: Telefonica Rises to Mobile Data Challenge :*VIDEO*
  • 15/2/11
  • MWC - ZTE announces C-RAN solution
  • MWC - HTC takes a flyer on tablets
  • MWC - NSN CEO: Our LTE technology is ‘just better’ than Ericsson’s
  • MWC - Microsoft polishes Windows Phone 7
  • MWC - ZTE Debuts World’s First LTE-A CoMP Prototype
  • 14/2/11
  • MWC 2011: LTE mobile testing for FDD or TDD
  • MWC - Ericsson, Verizon Wireless and Samsung demonstrate Voice over LTE
  • 11/2/11
  • FT Orange, Deutsche Telekom mull network sharing deal
  • Nokia and Microsoft form partnership
  • Orange UK to trial Alca-Lu's lightRadio mini base station
  • 9/2/11
  • Nokia Siemens claims seamless Wi-Fi offload via Smart WLAN technology
  • 7/2/11
  • Alcatel reveals new frequency technology
  • O2 UK, Orange and Vodafone conduct joint mobile broadcast test
  • 6/2/11
  • UK 'most digitally advanced' nation in Europe, says Vodafone
  • 4/2/11
  • Operators likely to pay £1bn for spectrum in 2012
  • 28/1/11
  • NSN starts O2's southern network upgrade
  • 27/1/11
  • Ericsson selected by Telefónica O2 UK as Northern vendor - 27/01/2011
  • 26/1/11
  • O2 launches free WiFi network
  • 25/1/11
  • 4G is years rather than months away, says O2
  • 22/1/11
  • O2 iPhone 4 and Dongle Customers Moving to 900MHz
  • 21/1/11
  • O2 doubles UK network spend
  • 20/1/11
  • T-Mobile Demos 42Mbit/s HSPA+
  • Man dies after fall from mobile base station
  • 17/1/11
  • 2G, 3G, 4G, and everything in between:
  • 14/1/11
  • Huawei: Enter the dragon
  • Femtocell design squeezed into USB dongle
  • 13/1/11
  • Huawei and Ericsson Win Norwegian LTE Contracts
  • 12/1/11
  • GSA confirms LTE as 'the fastest developing system in the history of mobile telecommunications'
  • T-Mobile slashes data usage rates
  • 4G networks can screw up cable TV
  • 11/1/11
  • Ofcom makes more frequencies available for 3G
  • 3UK threatens cutbacks over UK spectrum refarming decision
  • Nokia Siemens Networks CEO: 'Only room for 3 network suppliers'

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