Comments on: Verizon Picks LTE for 4G Wireless Broadband

By: Japan’s KDDI Adds LTE to the 4G Mix - GigaOM

Japan’s KDDI Adds LTE to the 4G Mix - GigaOM — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:00:19 +0000

[...] will be operating by 2010. For those of you in the U.S. eager to see what the 4G future holds, Verizon is expected to start deploying LTE in 2010 as well. Vendors such as Ericsson expect LTE to be widely deployed in 2012. As a footnote, [...]

By: Motorola Sells LTE With Visions of Mobile Streaming Video - GigaOM

Motorola Sells LTE With Visions of Mobile Streaming Video - GigaOM — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:14:50 +0000

[...] speeds are about 20 Mbps downlink because of backhaul contraints. Likely first customers for the Motorola LTE equipment include Verizon, which has a block of 700 MHz spectrum and plans to move quickly to LTE. The other large buyer of [...]

By: Likeabite

Likeabite — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:16:00 +0000

The debate of WiMax vs.LTE will be nonexistent soon as only Sprint is pushing for WiMax at this moment in the states. Outside of the states, certain providers in India are deploying it as well but when the major carriers like Vodafone, Verizon and AT&T are all switching to LTE that will be the only platform to pay attention to. WiMax’s cost advantage is also disappearing with all of these adoptions by the top players.

By: Everything San Diego » Blog Archive » Qualcomm on 4G sidelines

Everything San Diego » Blog Archive » Qualcomm on 4G sidelines — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:50:09 +0000

[...] purchase of Flarion. But then it depends on how many Flarion patents are required to implement the OFDMA LTE. Here you can read the entire [...]

By: LTE Jumps Ahead in the Race to 4G - GigaOM

LTE Jumps Ahead in the Race to 4G - GigaOM — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:50:43 +0000

[...] Vodafone, the largest global carrier, has been an early champion of LTE. [...]

By: Ericsson Expects Mass LTE Deployment in 2012 - GigaOM

Ericsson Expects Mass LTE Deployment in 2012 - GigaOM — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:59:39 +0000

[...] noticing the limits of the 2.5G Edge network on the iPhone), it’s time to prep for 4G. Verizon and Vodafone are already testing 4G equipment that relies on the Long-Term Evolution [...]

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:14:46 +0000

Hi People,
The 100MBPS DL and 50MBPS UL means that if your a wireless operator with 20MHz of spectrum, your air-interface shared capacity is just that, the end user will get whatever is allocated per tier of service and of course, this is all contention based. I have seen an LTE demo and have seen DL streams at 14mbp/ UL of 9mbps for 1 CPE…and this was 2 years ago…..so much for WiMax.

By: Yuvamani

Yuvamani — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:52:35 +0000

"The LTE evolution negates the GSM vs. CDMA debate"

It introduces a new debate WiMax vs. LTE. What would we be without choices and the lack of standards !

By: Steve Haney

Steve Haney — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:59:04 +0000

It may take 3 to 5 years for all this to come about, but for mobile software developers, it feels like Christmas has come early this year. With most the world on one GSM-derived standard and truly open networks, all sorts of things are going to be possible that just weren’t before. Traditional device platform providers like Nokia, Apple and Microsoft will be able to create standardized, predictable eco-systems for app developers to build real businesses around. Right now, mobile development is just too dicey for many players because of the lack of transparency in the whole system. When these changes finally come about, the opportunities will become clearer and we’ll see lots more innovation.

By: StanfordCellGuru

StanfordCellGuru — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:26:06 +0000

Om,

I left a comment in your Verizon open devices post two days ago about this aspect, that the open devices initiative has to be seen as part of the big picture of Verizon shifting to LTE.

I am still surprised at the timing of the open devices announcement, given that LTE is not going to be deployed till 2010 or so.

Regarding royalty, since all 4G devices will have to be backward compatible to 3G for years to come, some form of royalty agreement will still be in place with Qualcomm.

In 4G, both LTE and UMB are very similar OFDMA systems. So,the biggies like Qualcomm, Nokia etc. will have good patent positions. It will be interesting to see how the 4G royalty structure evolves.

Also, this is going to be the first in a series of WiMax - meet LTE reality stories. Competing with LTE is going to be the big challenge for WiMax.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:36:50 +0000

Om, where does this leave Qualcomm and UMB?

Wouldnt LTE be totally Qualcomm royalty-free for both network equipment and handsets?

By: November 29, 2007 | next media update

November 29, 2007 | next media update — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:42:38 +0000

[...] Verizon Picks LTE For 4G Wireless Broadband GIGAOM Verizon Wireless, a division of Verizon is picking LTE - Long Term Evolution - as the 4G technology for wireless broadband, and will start trials sometime in 2008. LTE allows download rates of 100 Mbps and upload speeds of 50 Mbps for every 20 MHz of spectrum. It can handle 200 connections per 5 MHz. However, it is said to be spectrally more efficient and can handle IP connections better. LTE networks are based on the Internet Protocols. The traditional wireless vendors - Alcatel-Lucent (ALU), Nortel (NT), Motorola (MOT), Nokia-Siemens, and Ericsson (ERICY) - are going to be hardware suppliers, while the usual handset makers will make devices for this trial. Vodafone, joint owner of Verizon Wireless is also planning a LTE Trial for 2008. Source> [...]

By: Eric S

Eric S — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:12:24 +0000

Om,

After announcing a few days ago VZW would open their network to other phones and now the roll out of 4 G by next year. Finally some meaningful news from Verizon.

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:17:33 +0000

Om, why would Verizon pick LTE? I thought that many years out and not even a defined standard. What about WiMAX?

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:23:56 +0000

Rick,

Now that is mostly tech doublespeak - just like Internet Service Providers say, upto 8 megabits per second on your DSL. The fact is no one really knows how much you are going to get. The current HSDPA 3G is supposed to be like 3.6 megabit per second, though you barely get 600 kbps down. In this case, about 3-5 mbps download speeds is what we should expect!

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:16:07 +0000

So what does 100 up and 50 down mean to me. Is that my expected data rates? I don’t think so! Why do these rates get published everywhere when they don’t mean squat to the end user.