Is T-Mobile in the Same Camp as China Mobile, NTT DoCoMo and Verizon Wireless When it Comes to Urgently Developing LTE?

05/12/2008
With more and more telecom giants moving into LTE camp compared to WiMAX there seems to be a sense of urgency out there in regards to LTE development. Vendors and operators are pushing to the extent to get the technology out as soon as possible. ...
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Vodafone Demonstrates LTE to Journalists in New Zealand

17/09/2008
This was a clear indication of where Vodafone NZ is looking but perhaps more of a taster of what’s coming down the pipeline.
According to Vodafone NZ the demo went well - HDTV video conferencing over a mobile link was running at 30Mbit/s downstream. The picture was so clear you could read a newspaper over ...
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Will the Smaller Operators Deploy LTE?

27/08/2008
So far we have seen some of the biggest operators throw thir weight behind LTE and many expect others to follow the likes of NTT DoCoMo, Verizon and France Telecom. But what about the smaller operators? With WiMAX being chosen by many small operators who especially in emerging markets and TDD licences being much cheaper ...
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LTE vs WiMAX vs HSPA

12/05/2008
Which will be the technology of choice for operators over the next two years or so? With Mobilkom in Austria, demonstrating the worlds fastest I-HSPA/HSPA+ call with Nokia, LTE will have to wait its turn and a WiMAX deployment seems unlikely. But what are other operators likely to do? Is HSPA+ having a negative affect ...
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The Great IPR Debate

22/04/2008
With the industry giants Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, NEC, NextWave Wireless, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks and Sony Ericsson coming to a mutual agreement on keeping IPR patent royalties below 10%, what will this mean for other vendors? ...
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Spectrum dilemmas… where will it come from?

14/04/2008
Earlier today I was talking with Yves Bellago of France Telecom about spectrum availability and whether 20MHz channels are possible. It was interesting to hear that he thought that 20MHz channels might be available in the 21GHz band ...
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