WiMAX Competitor LTE Gets Industry Approval
1 February 20083GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) has approved specifications for Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology that will make it possible for mobile phone networks to offer theoretical peak speeds up to 326 Mbps down and 86 Mbps up.
Actual speeds are likely to be 100 Mbps down and 50 Mbps up.
Successful LTE trials in Finland recently showed download speeds of 173 Mbps.
Verizon Wireless is the only US mobile service that has publicly committed to LTE, which is considered a competitor to WiMAX.
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