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• Mike Wright leaving Telstra after 38 years

  Telstra’s group managing director networks, Mike Wright is leaving the company he joined as a graduate in 1980. Brisbane-based Wright will leave the telco in September.

• The battle between LTE and Wi-Fi may have left LTE-U out in the cold

  After more than a year of rancor over whether it would hurt Wi-Fi, a technology that lets LTE networks use unlicensed spectrum may have already missed its window of opportunity.

• Networking company name change madness is upon us

  Tech companies LightSquared, Crittercism and ThinkingPhones are still around but no longer answer to those names.

• LTE-U’s cold war may be thawing, as field testing commences ahead of summit

  The FCC last week granted Verizon and Qualcomm permission to conduct limited tests of LTE-U technology in Raleigh, North Carolina and Oklahoma City, ahead of a planned summit meeting next week.

• San Jose gets SmartPoles with LTE, LED lights and energy meters

  San Jose, Calif. has begun installing 50 SmartPoles that integrate LTE wireless with LED street lighting.

• RadComms: Tech advances to be fueled by spectrum

  Access to high-bandwidth wireless broadband is critical for supporting drones, national defence and autonomous mining equipment, according to presenters from industry and government at the RadComms conference in Sydney today.
  

• Where is mobility heading in 2014?

  The mobile device as the controller of other devices, Agile app development, the rise of the chief mobility officer and telco network sharing is where mobility is heading next year, according to analysts.

• Huawei Australia’s revenue hits $368 million in 2012

  Chinese networking equipment giant Huawei appears to be gaining traction in the Australian market, reporting revenue of $368 million here in 2012, a 61 per cent jump over the previous year.
  

• Deloitte predicts worldwide spectrum shortage

  Deloitte has predicted a spectrum and broadband shortage around the world on the back of growth in smartphone shipments and global 4G rollouts.

• Early days for 4G in the enterprise

  Australian enterprises are slowly adopting 4G wireless, according to industry analysts. While operators are selling 4G service at the same price as 3G, service coverage and equipment costs constraints remain.

• Optus speeds 4G, 3G+ deployments

  Optus is preparing 4G launches early next year in Adelaide and Canberra while simultaneously making enhancements to its existing 3G network, according to Optus managing director of networks, Guenther Ottendorfer.

• Amaysim CEO says 4G no ‘slam dunk’

  Amaysim is testing 4G services but is not certain customer demand exists for the faster wireless network technology, according to Amaysim CEO Rolf Hansen.

• Apple's iPad mini is 4G for Australia, too

  Apple's new iPad mini will support the Australian 4G networks offered by Telstra and Optus, the company announced this morning.

• Verizon devours more spectrum with Cox deal

  While AT&amp;T's attempts to acquire T-Mobile are stuck in limbo, rival Verizon has been quietly gobbling up spectrum from cable companies like Cox Communications, which today sold Verizon $315 million in licenses for 20MHz of its Advanced <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/wireless.html">Wireless</a> Services (AWS) spectrum.

• Verizon LTE network back online

  Verizon says that it has restored its LTE data services less than a day <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/120811-verizon-wireless-reports-4g-lte-253863.html">after acknowledging some customers had been knocked down to 3G speeds</a>.