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Nokia, Ericsson And Others Ink LTE Deal
News Long-term evolution (LTE) promises to make everything from mobile-video sharing to music downloads speedier, but it may not show a visible boost in sales for the network equipment industry any time soon, as the first networks are not expected for...
[April 15, 2008, 8:16]
WiMax's Head Start Over LTE May Decide 4G Race
News Teresa Kellett, director of global development for telco Sprint Nextel, said during a panel discussion at this week's WiMax Forum Asia 2008 that WiMax's first-mover advantage over the long-term evolution of 3G (LTE) may eventually help the former...
[April 11, 2008, 8:13]
Five Years Ago: Compaq Shears Notebook Prices, Adds 150MHz Model
News Compaq sheared prices on its Armada 4100, Armada 1100 and LTE 5000 lines. In the LTE 5000 range, the 120MHz Pentium-based LTE 5280 with 16Mb RAM and 1.35Gb hard drive fell from £3,750 + VAT to £3,000 + VAT.
[November 27, 2001, 6:30]
Compaq Shears Notebook Prices, Adds 150MHz Model
News Compaq sheared prices on its Armada 4100, Armada 1100 and LTE 5000 lines. In the LTE 5000 range, the 120MHz Pentium-based LTE 5280 with 16Mb RAM and 1.35Gb hard drive fell from £3,750 + VAT to £3,000 + VAT.
[November 27, 1996, 14:17]
WiMAX Still Begins With A Why
Blog Comment I was talking to a consultant at MWC who's involved in network planning for LTE, and who's also deeply into that side of things on 3G. I asked him whether he thought LTE and WiMAX would merge. No", he said.
[February 15, 2008, 8:22]
4G Inches Closer After Nokia Siemens Tests
News Nokia Siemens Network's (NSN's) tests, announced on Wednesday, involved long-term evolution (LTE), the successor to 3G. Offering theoretical data rates of up to 173Mbps, LTE is in something of a race to market with mobile WiMax, which only promises...
[December 20, 2007, 11:08]
T-Mobile: 20Mbps 3G 'here By 2009'
News According to the operator, by 2009 mobile users will be able to get speeds of more than 20Mbps using 3G LTE technology. Industry watchers believe that LTE, which can potentially offer speeds of up to 100Mbps, will be able to make services such as...
[February 15, 2006, 15:10]
UK May Get New Mobile WiMax Operator
News Speaking to ZDNet.co.uk at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday, Motorola's director of LTE (the long-term evolution of 3G) market development, Kieren Ashlee, said a "new mobile WiMax operator" would make an appearance if the...
[February 11, 2008, 15:36]
Qualcomm Buys Into MIMO Wireless Technology
News MIMO — multiple input / multiple output — is central to upcoming technologies such as mobile WiMax and the 802.11n Wi-Fi standard, as well as the long-term evolution (LTE) of 3G technology. These are] two pillars of LTE and mobile WiMax.
[December 4, 2006, 16:36]
Next Incarnation Of Mobile Broadband Takes Shape
News On Tuesday, the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) announced that it welcomed the confirmation by 3GPP — the industry body behind the 3G standards — that the so-called "long-term evolution" (LTE) technology specifications for 3G had been...
[January 24, 2008, 12:25]
Operators Want Fewer New Mobile Masts
News NGMN is an alliance of mobile operators, academics and manufacturers trying to co-ordinate their progress towards future mobile technologies, such as the long-term evolution (LTE) of 3G. However, he suggested that new technologies such as LTE would...
[March 6, 2008, 14:38]
Vodafone Warns Of Threat From Google And Apple
News Sarin also called for an end to the competition between WiMax and LTE (the long-term evolution of 3G), saying WiMax could be happily accommodated under the LTE umbrella, rather than having "duelling standards".
[February 13, 2008, 9:15]
Photos: Mobile WiMax In Action
News Roese also claimed that mobile WiMax "may be the first manifestation" of 4G, but he acknowledged that the rival technology LTE (Long Term Evolution) might also qualify as 4G once its standards are ratified next year.
[July 30, 2007, 18:35]
WiMAX Still Begins With A Why
Blog LTE wasn´t even here yet. Mobile WiMAX is a different story - or will be - but then, LTE is firmly in that window too. If Bluetooth can grow to encompass multiple radio standards to do different jobs, then WiMAX can join with LTE and everyone can...
[February 12, 2008, 16:09]
WiMax Spectrum Row Heats Up
News This is complicated by the major debate regarding Long Term Evolution [LTE]," Senior added, referring to the next stage for 3G technology. One position is that LTE should be the only technology for IMT-Advanced, but LTE is extremely close to mobile...
[July 18, 2006, 16:50]
Mobile Broadband Working Group Replaced
Talkback LTE (Long Term Evolution) 4G is being defined and is agreed on the use of OFDMA for the downlink and SC-OFDM for the uplink. LTE looks very likely to use SC-OFDM (single carrier OFDM) on the uplink because this provides a way to spread energy to...
[September 22, 2006, 18:27]
Network-sharing Key To Driving 3G Services
News Emerging technologies such as femtocells and LTE (long-term evolution — the intended evolution of 3G) will require substantial investment in the near term. Dr Alastair Brydon, co-author of the report, said in a statement: "Mobile operators face...
[March 3, 2008, 8:52]
Ofcom Confirms 4G Spectrum Auction
News The two main contenders are mobile WiMax and the long-term evolution (LTE) of 3G. Although WiMax has gained a footprint in some parts of the world — particularly those where wired telecoms infrastructure is scarce — it seems unlikely that the...
[April 7, 2008, 11:59]
Mobile WiMax To Hit UK Mid-2007
News One lobby wants it to remain a so-called 3G-extension band, reserved only for the 3G-derived technologies that are becoming known as long-term evolution (LTE), but others want it kept technology-neutral.
[October 12, 2006, 13:05]
China To Launch Home-grown 3G By Olympics?
News Experiences and lessons from [the WCDMA-based UMTS standard used in Europe] will further shorten the learning curve of TD-SCDMA, enabling both technologies to address the Chinese market demand simultaneously with respective advantages after...
[November 6, 2006, 16:18]
