Archive for 'LTE' Category
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 […]
Verizon Wireless to Support Google’s Android
8 December 2007- An Open Access Cellular Network Followed by Selection of LTE for High-speed Wireless Broadband
- Integration of FiOS and LTE: Wireless Meets Wireline
- Verizon Could Offer Seamless High-speed Wired & Wireless Broadband Services
Last week Verizon Wireless said it would open its network to third-party devices and Internet applications and services. Then it said it would […]
Juniper Predicts 24m LTE Subscribers by 2012
8 December 2007Subscriber numbers for LTE wireless mobile network technology will approach 24 million by 2012, according to Juniper Research. That’s just two years after the early versions of the technology are expected to be deployed. The company warns that LTE, perhaps the single greatest competitor to WiMAX, needs to continually evolve to remain competitive in cost […]
Verizon Wireless to Open Its Network from 2008 - Ahead of All US Rivals
1 December 2007Verizon Wireless to Open Its Network from 2008 - Ahead of All US Rivals
The following analysis of the Verizon Wireless announcement comes from the Faultline newsletter.
We thought that the whole idea of companies like Google calling for open access networks was so that it would protect their customers from the likes of the major RBOCs […]
Verizon Wireless to Test WiMAX Competitor LTE and Open Access to Third-Party Devices and Web Sites
1 December 2007- Are WiMAX, Google, iPhone Accelerating Industry Trend to Faster, Open Wireless Networks?
In a surprising move Verizon Wireless this week said it will open its cellular network to “wireless devices, software and applications” by the end of 2008. The move follows months of industry activity and announcements about the deployment by Sprint and others of […]