Verizon Aims for LTE Deployment in 2009 Though substantive deployment will still be in 2010 or later... Wednesday Dec 10 2008 08:48 EDT Tipped by openupshop "We expect that LTE will actually be in service somewhere here in the U.S. probably this time next year," Verizon CTO Dick Lynch declared this week. While I see the announcement has many people hot and bothered, the late 2009 launch will be small, serious deployment still won't be seen for several years, and remember we're still waiting on Verizon's promise of true network openness -- a promise made back in 2007. The announcement of Verizon's LTE plans comes as the Clearwire and Sprint plan to deploy a mobile WiMax network gains traction in the media. In lab tests, LTE technology has been showing downstream speeds that exceed 100Mbps -- while moving. Original predictions for LTE had the technology not seeing serious deployment until 2010 and 2011. That's probably still a reasonable projection, given that even if this prediction by Verizon is accurate -- -- Verizon's first deployment won't be until late 2009 (usually code for mid-2010 in telecom) and likely rather small. That said, they will be quicker to migrate (from EVDO) than AT&T will be. AT&T has declared that they plan to milk HSDPA and HSPA+ for a few years before migrating to the speedier 4G technology. AT&T’s Hank Kafka, VP of Architecture, recently proclaimed that HSPA had "plenty of runway left," and that serious LTE deployment was still three to five years off. AT&T boss Ralph de la Vega says AT&T already has 7.2Mbps HSDPA working in the labs, and will deploy 20Mbps HSPA release 7 sometime in 2009. There's a lot of moving parts involved in getting LTE up and running, not least of which is unfinished standards and a lot of elbow grease. All in all, 2011 or later remain viable prediction dates for serious LTE availability. |
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great newsfor people looking for those faster speeds, but one has to assume it is going to cost an arm and a leg. | |
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Mike_
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2008-Dec-10 9:01 am
Pfft, Verizon...Lmao, highspeed LTE on Verizon Wireless... They'll probably still be so restrictive that all you can do is visit their "approved" sites and check your email faster. | |
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FFH5
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2008-Dec-10 9:04 am
Wimax rollout pushing LTE to rollout sooner ??I guess they see Wimax rolling out and don't want to give them too big a head start. | |
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Re: Wimax rollout pushing LTE to rollout sooner ??According to this dude LTE and Wimax are complimentary technologies....
Motorola has started testing a LTE deployment in the USA with Verizon Wireless, according to Ray Owen, general director of Motorola Vietnam and Motorola's head of technology, Asia. He added that the company is also testing with other network operators worldwide.
Speaking to the Taiwan based publication, DigiTimes he said that the company expects commercial products to start hitting the market next year.
He also insisted that LTE and WiMAX are complimentary technologies - not competitors as the core technology underpinning both platforms is broadly similar. | |
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Could care lessI don't have a smart phone. In fact, I'm still on 1x, what does it matter? I use my phone as a phone, nothing more. LTE can take as long as it takes to be implemented, I am in no rush. | |
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jgkolt
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2008-Dec-10 10:18 am
Re: Could care lessthen lte is not for you. You don't have a need for the technology but for the people that use the internet on their phones this enhancement is a good thing.
Now if they upped the quality of your voice quality on the verizon network theoretically i bet you could be happy too. (spare me the technicals this is just a simple comparison).
there is a market for mobile voice and mobile data services. I am happy to see the mobile data network become more robust. | |
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2008-Dec-10 10:17 am
As long as they have 5 GB monthly capswhat's the point? | |
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Re: As long as they have 5 GB monthly capsBF69 how much do you know about the caps??? Apparently not much. The 5GB caps are on Modem cards and not Phones. I am free to use my Blackberry Storm to well over 5GB. This has been proven over and over. If you read the Terms and Condition on a smart phone it says nothing to the effect of a 5GB cap. Go to the Modem or tethering page and it does refer to a cap. Besides if I want to download a large file my home pc is for that. I have you favorite Cable Company Charter 16MB service. | |
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clickme99
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2008-Dec-10 2:17 pm
I believe LTE will make traction starting mid 2010Karl: Everyone keeps saying LTE will be "years," off as in 5,6.7 years....
But in reality, we may see decent buildout into 2010 with obvious buildout initiative by next year as the article claims. Handsets manufacturers may also take a while to offer multitudes of phones with the technlogy, but some, like LG are ready to go and Qualcomm seems committed to ease the transition too.
We probably won't see mass adoption of the service for a few years, but that's not to say the technology won't be ready and or available for consumer use.
LTE is not only going to be for "phones," either so I expect other hardware manufacturers to make some noise come next year. | |
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