AT&T expected to launch LTE 'within five years'
0. phoneArena posted on 01 Oct 2008, 13:36
Though LTE is a few years away, the carrier is confident that it can continue to build out its HSPA network...
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42. (unregistered) posted on 04 Oct 2008, 09:09 0 0
Yeah. That's the type of woman I want, so in five years she'll have half of everything....including the family plan. You fail.
9. (unregistered) posted on 01 Oct 2008, 17:57 0 0
why is verizon going to LTE and not staying with a CDMA base??
12. (unregistered) posted on 01 Oct 2008, 18:13 0 0
Because the rest of the world minus Sprint is going to LTE.
13. (unregistered) posted on 01 Oct 2008, 18:13 0 0
Verizon won't have LTE network wide in 2 years. It's a whole new technology, it'll require a lot of cash, and a lot of work.
18. (unregistered) posted on 01 Oct 2008, 19:40 0 0
Voda and Verizon are working on the technology. There is already field test doing handoff with 170mbps download. Verizon will already invest 5.5 Billion dollars into it's current network this year alone. So the money is there, the work is there.
14. (unregistered) posted on 01 Oct 2008, 18:16 0 0
So in 5 years ATT will have LTE, while Vzw hasn't made any announcement about when they plan to launch thier's. Wi Max is looking good
15. (unregistered) posted on 01 Oct 2008, 18:50 0 0
is LTE going to be faster then Wimax or w/e it is called?
19. (unregistered) posted on 01 Oct 2008, 19:46 0 0
Just so we have the right facts, the articles below speak of VZW starting trials in 2008 for LTE. Feel free to read at your leisure. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/20cdb8b6-9ead-11dc-b4e4-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1 http://news.vzw.com/news/2007/11/pr2007-11-29.html
25. (unregistered) posted on 01 Oct 2008, 23:52 0 0
There is a difference between lab trials and real-world trials, but I wouldn't expect a twit like you to understand. Here's a fact, most evolutionary technology are in the labs for YEARS before they even consider real-world trials...then real-world trials can take anywhere from a few months up to a couple years before they are released to the masses.
29. (unregistered) posted on 02 Oct 2008, 08:06 0 0
WRONG the testing sprint is doing right now is real-world, but it is being done from vehichles and test sites......so stupid for someone thinking they are so smart....and go to Trevose PA if you want to see VZW's newest speeds, thats where they have been doing REAL WORLD TESTING WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES !!
34. DV23 (unregistered) posted on 02 Oct 2008, 10:46 0 0
Actually, you too are incorrect with regards to what Sprint is doing, but I will refrain from name-calling. Sprint has WIMAX out as a consumer product in Baltimore. It is a TEST MARKET. The service has launched and is being marketed locally. That is VERY different from employees driving around, testing the technology.
27. (unregistered) posted on 02 Oct 2008, 01:58 0 0
does that mean Verizon will be using SIM card? i don't want to use a SIM card. what will happened to Verizon's EV-DO or CDMA?
28. GSM RULES THE WORLD (unregistered) posted on 02 Oct 2008, 03:26 0 0
I'm sorry, can you repeat that? You do not want to use a SIM card? Are you an ignorant? Or you like to have your phone company monopolize the sale, operating system and features on your phone... EV-DO and CDMA are both history. Look what's going arround the globe with wireless telecomunications. We are way behind. I don't even know why you even visited this site. Go stay and do your research at Verizon's site.
30. (unregistered) posted on 02 Oct 2008, 08:07 0 0
GSM is as OLD AS DIRT and is a thing of the past.....it has been around since the 1920's and is half the reason your network is trash and your data speeds are a joke.
41. (unregistered) posted on 03 Oct 2008, 19:50 0 0
yeah well people like you make everything worse because you vote for the crappy guy who doent know anything about technology, and thats why we cant get ahead cause of the fool. In Japan they are about 4 or 5 years ahead of us, because they take a focus on technology. If people stopped fighting and actually focused their time on a project they might actually get somewhere.
31. Tony Vincenti (unregistered) posted on 02 Oct 2008, 08:28 0 0
I can say calm down 32 but also he is sort of right. GSM is antiquitated technology. CDMA is supported in over 180 countries, I have no idea where 29 gets his info from, but China and Korea both support it and thats a HUGE base of cell phone users. GSM is being weeded out slowly but surey, and thats ok. I can still buy my phones unlocked in a CDMA netowork because VZW is open to any CDMA device ( i just took an instinct and put it on VZW network, couldnt get the TV service but everything else works awesome ).
32. (unregistered) posted on 02 Oct 2008, 08:56 0 0
so much anger... it is just a phone. was any one of you alive in the 80s?
35. (unregistered) posted on 02 Oct 2008, 13:15 0 0
An Instinct on vzw, I don't believe that but there is a guy saying he activated a enV on Sprint where only voice works
36. stuntz (unregistered) posted on 02 Oct 2008, 16:07 0 0
I dont know think that open handset on CDMA networks is 100% yet. As an employee I dont see people taking phones and cross with VZW and Sprint.
