The first test cases required for an LTE device certification scheme have been validated and approved by GCF, the Global Certification Forum. GCF's Certification scheme will embrace both FDD and TDD versions of LTE. Click here for more.

The Global Certification Forum (GCF) said it is on schedule to release an LTE device certification plan before the end of 2010. The GCF said the move comes in time for the expected release of a number of commercial LTE network launches. GCF said it will include both FDD and TDD version of LTE. Bringing LTE into the fold involves the selection, prioritization and validation of some 280 conformance ...

GCF, the Global Certification Forum, says that it is on schedule to release an LTE device certification scheme before the end of 2010 - in time for a wave of commercial LTE network launches expected towards the end of the year. GCF's unified scheme will embrace both FDD and TDD versions of LTE.

The GSMA endorsed a new 3GPP standard called Integrated Mobile Broadcast, saying the standard will allow operators to accelerate the adoption of mobile data and broadcast services. GSMA said IMB is a technology that enables spectrally efficient delivery of broadcast services, based on techniques that are aligned with existing FDD WCDMA but also allowing deployment in TDD spectrum. This allows...

Global trade group the GSM Association announced its endorsement of Integrated Mobile Broadcast, a new 3GPP standard that promises to accelerate adoption of mobile data and broadcast services worldwide. According to the GSMA, IMB enables spectrally-efficient delivery of broadcast services based on techniques aligned with existing FDD WCDMA but also allowing deployment in TDD spectrum--operators ca...

The GSM Association says that it has endorsed a new 3GPP standard, Integrated Mobile Broadcast (IMB), which should enable spectrally-efficient delivery of broadcast services, based on techniques that are aligned with existing FDD WCDMA but also allowing deployment in TDD spectrum.

Even though LTE is a global standard there are two different air interface flavors: The first one is FDD and pretty much destined to be used around the world. And then there is TDD, for the moment mostly foreseen to be used in China. However, many European operators have acquired TDD spectrum in the 2.1 GHz band during the 3G auctions back in 2000. So while I haven't heard anyone talking about thi...

Indeed on first thought, LTE will be the first global cellular standard in the future to which GSM, UMTS/HSPA, CDMA and potentially other cellular wireless technologies are likely to converge on. But does it really change anything? Being a global standard does not necessarily mean all LTE capable devices can communicate with all networks around the globe. There are two main issues: 1) FDD and TDD ...

I'm listening to a presentation on LTE-TDD, highlighting the close integration between FDD and TDD branches of the technology. The underlying assumption in the industry is that it's wonderful that we might have, for once, a single global standard for wireless networks, albeit in two "flavours". The subtext (or sometimes explicitly stated position) is that alternatives like WiMAX are thus...

Verizon supports LTE release 8 and FDD dual-channel in its first specs release for the proto-4G technology