Comments on: Verizon Picks LTE for 4G Wireless Broadband

By: Brendan

Brendan — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:32:29 +0000

I think that is the only good thats come from those scam artist. we just switched to vonage for home phone because verizon charged $125 for phone service so we got dry DSL from them and it was $115. I will switch to att for home phone and tv/internet. Because i am so happy with att wireless.

By: AT&T готовит запуск сети 4G к 2011 году | iPhone Rulez

AT&T готовит запуск сети 4G к 2011 году | iPhone Rulez — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:57:58 +0000

[...] GigaOm также сообщал, что телекоммуникационная компания Verizon начала тестирование сети LTE в прошлом год…, что означает потенциальную возможность обретения [...]

By: Verizon Will Have LTE Smartphones in 2011 | The Click

Verizon Will Have LTE Smartphones in 2011 | The Click — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:32:56 +0000

[...] and is reporting speeds of between 50 and 60 Mbps downlink in test markets. This leaves other vendors who participated in the trials — Nortel, Motorola and Nokia-Siemens — out in the cold so far. As far as speeds go, [...]

By: Kane’s Computing World » Blog Archive » Verizon to Roll Out 4G Wireless Service in 2010

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By: Verizon Will Have LTE Smartphones in 2011

Verizon Will Have LTE Smartphones in 2011 — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:30:47 +0000

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?