www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In order to  cater for anticipated demand for data intensive services, ‘4G’ Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology are under development by T-Mobile Hungary and Swedish equipment manufacturer Ericsson.

The trial of the LTE network is already under the process and ahead of a planned commercial launch. The date of the launch is still not revealed.

In October 2009, the LTE equipment was installed. A test system began in earnest in January this year, capable of providing voice and data services, with a goal of achieving download speeds of up to 100Mbps.

According to T-Mobile, since the introduction of HSPA technology, the number of people signing up to mobile internet packages has expanded dramatically and today, more than 90% of data generated by T-Mobile’s 430,000 broadband subscribers is related to its HSPA network.

Bulgaria’s Globul announced that it will offer a 5% reduction to mobile subscribers who also take out the Globul Landline service. also a 10% reduction will be offered to those who take the Mobile Internet Package as well.

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Mozambique’s National Institute for Communications (INCM) has delayed the tender to award the country’s third mobile licence. According to a local media report, the INCM based its decision on “financial and technical constraints”. The decision is likely to be influenced by the complaints of the two existing mobile service providers, Mcel and Vodacom.