Motorola CEO: 4G Devices Arriving 'Early Next Year'
4G a lie?
nice link. very informative. maybe the they should call it 3.5 g or the itu should have something in between 1.5 mbps and 100 mbps.
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It's not a lie. By all technicalies this is the 4th generation (4G) of mobile technology. Just because the 'association' doesn't agree, doesn't change the facts. Misleading on a technological standpoint? Perhaps...but the average people with a life aren't going to give to ****s about the 'authentication' by the 'association'. 🙂
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Meh. So what?
One standards group says that. While they're an important and well-respected group with a role in setting certain standards, no one actually gave them the sole authority to determine what is 4G and what isn't.
In the meantime, LTE and WiMAX are major new technologies that are completely different and more advanced than 3G. They are the next generation after the third generation, so what else are we supposed to call them?
The fact is, while the ITU is just one standards organization (there are plenty of others,) a whole bunch of major companies have decided that LTE and WiMAX are 4G. In other words, there's the ITU shouting in the corner, and then there's the industry consensus. I'm fine with the industry consens...
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One standards group says that. While they're an important and well-respected group with a role in setting certain standards, no one actually gave them the sole authority to determine what is 4G and what isn't.
In the meantime, LTE and WiMAX are major new technologies that are completely different and more advanced than 3G. They are the next generation after the third generation, so what else are we supposed to call them?
The fact is, while the ITU is just one standards organization (there are plenty of others,) a whole bunch of major companies have decided that LTE and WiMAX are 4G. In other words, there's the ITU shouting in the corner, and then there's the industry consensus. I'm fine with the industry consens...
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That's not as clear-cut, but I'm generally okay with it.
While it means all sorts of things for carriers on the network side, the only tangible benefit for users is speed. Since HSPA+ is as fast as LTE and WiMAX (or in some cases faster,) I think it's only fair for T-Mobile to market HSPA+ as "4G".
It is really? Well... on a technical basis it should be called something like 3.9G. But good luck marketing that. There's a difference between technical details and what's marketable. Since the speeds really are comparable, it's not false advertising. They're not creating unrealistic expectations or misrepresenting the technology when they call it 4G. Therefore I'm fine with T-Mobile's 4G marketing.
While it means all sorts of things for carriers on the network side, the only tangible benefit for users is speed. Since HSPA+ is as fast as LTE and WiMAX (or in some cases faster,) I think it's only fair for T-Mobile to market HSPA+ as "4G".
It is really? Well... on a technical basis it should be called something like 3.9G. But good luck marketing that. There's a difference between technical details and what's marketable. Since the speeds really are comparable, it's not false advertising. They're not creating unrealistic expectations or misrepresenting the technology when they call it 4G. Therefore I'm fine with T-Mobile's 4G marketing.
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I suspect we'll also see some marketing ploys in the next year. Just like Sprint branded themselves as the first 4G network and Tmob says they're the largest 4G network, Verizon will say they're the "fastest" 4G network and ATT will say they're the "best" 4G network. You'll see a bunch of nebulous words like that for the better part of a year.
I also would like to know if there is a country out there that has a 4G network that can support 100mb/s.
I also would like to know if there is a country out there that has a 4G network that can support 100mb/s.
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