LTE-Advanced test in Korea shows what 4G is all about (600Mbps download)
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This news certainly had "a wow effect" on many of us back then, but it doesn't sound that impressive now, as researchers from Korea's Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) put a demonstration of LTE-Advanced.
And it didn't disappoint, downloading a 700MB file for 9.3 seconds. This leaves little doubt that when LTE-Advanced becomes widely available (its deployment in South Korea is expected to take place in 2014), it may achieve the legen-wait-for-it-dary maximum of 600Mbps download speed, which doesn't sound too bad to us.
If we put aside all the hype what's 4G and what's not 4G, the bottom end is that this is the kind of speed we want to see.
source: Telecoms Korea via Engadget
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12 Comments
1. protozeloz posted on 27 Jan 2011, 05:40 1 0
LTE is the future! all companies should use this technology and help it improve
2. daniel_bargs posted on 27 Jan 2011, 08:29 4 2
THIS IS 4G! damn you verizon at&t t-mobile and sprint!!
6. Gcombs (unregistered) posted on 27 Jan 2011, 10:36 0 2
Is the current LTE upgradeable to LTE Advance? If so that would be the way to go. I'm sure U.S carriers wont adopt this technology for years to come. T-Mobile may have made the right move not to deploy their LTE yet as they said their waiting a few years. Time they can use to test LTE Advance if they have the money.
8. Ultimatephonefreak posted on 27 Jan 2011, 10:54 2 1
T-Mobile doesn't have the money to invest in LTE so I doubt they'll invest in LTE Advanced anytime soon
12. JeffdaBeat posted on 27 Jan 2011, 13:46 0 0
They have the money...they don't have the spectrum...
7. cellgeek82 posted on 27 Jan 2011, 10:40 2 0
Once again we're letting our Asian neighbors show us how it's done. Our country is always falling behind in the wireless industry. We should be dominating it. Why is our LTE so slow? Heck, the carriers can't even agree on what's real 4G! How embarrassing.
9. BigFatty (unregistered) posted on 27 Jan 2011, 11:01 0 1
I think you fail to realize One VERY important difference, the physical size of the US versus our asian counter parts~ it takes much longer and much more money to implement anything in the US verse there!
10. btbotimtim posted on 27 Jan 2011, 12:46 0 0
you are right. size of south korea is smaller than half of california. it will take a long time to implement anything in the US. still lte in the us is not bad when surfing the web. i guess we don't need 600mbps if we don't download movies on the phone. multi-tasking and long battery life is necessary and most of smart phones nowadays have it.
11. skymitch89 posted on 27 Jan 2011, 12:50 0 0
HOLY CRAP!!! Sooo cannot wait for this to hit the US!! I doubt that any phones will be able to access the full power, but I'm sure that there would be USB modems/routers to do it.
