The run-up to 3G reflected the anxieties of many in the telecoms sector: the nervous shuffling through 2.5G before the plunge was taken, the questioning over suitable applications.
Much less complicated is 4G, the technology of wireless broadband. Several companies have expressed their intention to pioneer 4G. But some analysts are not impressed, believing technologies such as WiMax can deliver the same results for much less cost.
But is WiMax the pathway to 4G or a 3.5G cul-de-sac? Its supporters are optimistic, as a recent international demonstration of interoperability by more than 20 companies showed.
Developing Telecoms is taking a look at progress in these overlapping fields with some pioneering case-studies and profiles of leading companies. And we will be looking at the impact ond value of these technologies to the developing world.
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By Michael Schwartz
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27 Feb 2007 14:24 GMT+1 |
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4G, WiMAX,
Broadband, Mobile, Global: Rohde &
Schwarz has been appointed RCT tester/developer for mobile WiMAX by the WiMAX
Forum. The electronics company introduced its R&S TS8970 to a broad public
for the first time at 3GSM Barcelona, after having previously presented it at various WiMAX conferences.
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By Michael Schwartz
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14 Feb 2007 21:46 GMT+1 |
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 4G, Testing, China: China is a market which
astounds observers with amazing regularity. On this occasion two sources of
surprise are almost in competition. The first is that China has just completed a 4G
trial in Shanghai and moved to full development - the surprise being
that it has achieved this before rolling out 3G. The second surprise is that
Chinese 3G has taken so long, as one of our own recent reports has noted...
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By Michael Schwartz
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09 Feb 2007 12:36 GMT+1 |
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WiMAX, Greece, CEE: The Hellenic
Telecommunications Organisation (OTE), Greece’s largest telecoms
operator, is now piloting Aperto's WiMAX solutions in Northern Greece.
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By Michael Schwartz
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30 Jan 2007 16:36 GMT+1 |
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WiMax,
Technology, Internet: Sprint Nextel is always watched very
closely by wireless broadband specialists because it has been committed since
last August to rolling out WiMax-based 4G across the USA. The target is 100
million customers by the end of next year. And it is as a product tied into the
Internet in particular that Sprint Nextel sees WiMax developing.
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By Alec Barton
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17 Jan 2007 12:10 GMT+1 |
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WiMax, Colombia, CLA: Colombia's communications ministry
Mincomunicaciones (MinCom) has assigned 55 departmental WiMAX licences for
3.5GHz spectrum.
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By Alec Barton
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16 Jan 2007 00:00 GMT+1 |
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WiMax / 4G,
Global: Sprint Nextel has named Nokia as a key infrastructure and consumer
electronic device provider for its WiMAX next generation mobility network.
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By Michael Schwartz
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03 Jan 2007 00:00 GMT+1 |
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WiMAX, India, Asia-Pacific: BSNL, India’s largest telecom service
provider will in the next few weeks deploy what it claims to be India's first certified WiMAX
network.
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By Michael Schwartz
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14 Dec 2006 00:00 GMT+1 |
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4G, WiMAX, HSDPA, Global: One of the companies most heavily involved in preparing for 4G is NTT DoCoMo. Its White Paper outlining the progress made towards a 4G
product which will download to required speeds, be available to any customer,
and be launched with the full confidence of its parent company forms the
substance of this article. It is not the full paper but is designed to bring
readers up to date with an enthusiastic participant.
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Date: 22 October 2008