LTE Operator Commitments as of 2010

The following is a data of current operator commitments in LTE, across all regions. The chart is presented from fiercebroadbandwireless. Do read the corresponding article in ( http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/special-reports/mapping-it-out-operator-commitments-lte-2010?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal#ixzz0vkOv2AHV)

	Primary vendors
North America
AT&T	Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson	Deployment scheduled for 2011
LightSquared	Nokia Siemens Networks	Deployment scheduled for second half 2011
MetroPCS	Ericsson	Major metro markets planned for year-end 2010
Shaw Communications	Nokia Siemens Networks	Deployment scheduled for late 2011 in Canada
Verizon Wireless	Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson	25-30 markets commercially launched by year-end 2010
Europe	-	-
Cosmote (Greece)	N/A	Pilot network launched this year
Net4Mobility	Huawei	100 cities in Sweden by year-end 2011
TDC (Denmark)	N/A	Commercial plans for 2010
Telekom Austria	Huawei	Running LTE pilot network
Telenor Denmark	Nokia Siemens Networks	N/A
TeliaSonera	Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Huawei	Offering commercial services in Oslo, Norway; Stockholm, Sweden. Expanding coverage to 29 markets in Norway and Sweden
VivaCell-MTS	N/A	Commercial service planned in Armenia in 2010
Vodafone Germany	Ericsson, Huawei	Deployments targeted at rural areas by 2011
Wind (Italy)	Huawei	N/A
Euroasia	-	-
MegaFon (Russia)	N/A	LTE tests beginning this year
Rostelecom (Russia)	N/A	Commercial availability in existing licenses by mid-2011
Yota (Russia)	N/A	Five networks going live by year-end 2010
Asia	-	-
China Mobile	N/A	Completed testing of TD-LTE with plans for trials networks in three cities
Chunghwa Telecom	Ericsson	Completed Taiwan's first field trials
CSL Hong Kong	ZTE	N/A
KDDI	Motorola, NEC	Commercial network in 2012
NTT DoCoMo	Nokia Siemens Networks, Fujitsu, Panasonic	Commercial launch scheduled for year-end 2010
SingTel	NEC	Trials slated for Indonesia, Australia and the Philippines
SK Telecom	N/A	Commercial deployment in Seoul by 2011
Telstra	Huawei	Conducting live trials in Australia
Middle East	-	-
Etisalat	Huawei	Completed field and lab testing
Omantel	N/A	Contract for TD-LTE
Zain Bahrain	Nokia Siemens Networks	N/A
Zain Saudi Arabia	Motorola	N/A
Africa	-	-
Vodacom	N/A	Africa's first live LTE trial
Latin America	-	-
Entel PCS	N/A	Engaged in trials with Rubberduck Media Lab in Chile for high speed mobile TV over LTE tests.
Vivo (Brazil)	N/A	Pilot test planned for 2010