The hottest topic today in the telecoms world is 4G. Several operators have publicly announce their plans to roll-out LTE in the next years while most are now implementing HSPA. On another side there's WiMAX, claimed by some quarters as real 4G. Both have their pros and cons but let's not be a party to that debate. Instead let's ask ourselves do we need 4G and its benefits of high speed data?
Look at at this way in some parts of the world they are just starting to implement 3G (UMTS) networks. Moving to 4G is being driven by the need to have something new, something better. Is it consumer driven? Absolutely not! So what is it then? I believe it is vendor driven. Any system vendor out there today will always go out their way to find the next big thing, the product that will bring in more revenue. It doesn't matter that consumer adaptation is slow, it just needs the right services, further marketing and promotion.
So going back to the question do we really need 4G. For the sake of the world's financial health, yes we do! Implementing 4G requires new talents, new developments and new investment.. this mean an additional driver to boost the world's economy... Its good for you an me :-)
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Yes we need 4G, faster data rates means more browsing....
4G who needs it? We have not even perfected 3G services yet.
There is no "need", there is only "good seller" or "bad seller"
Can a good seller sell something that no one buys?
If things are not sold, it means the seller is not good enough but not the buyer is...
Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo said Monday that it has successfully field tested LTE technology, claiming wireless transmissions in the range of 120Mbps in an urban environment.
http://www.telecoms.com/itmgcontent/tcoms/news/articles/20017628402.html;jsessionid=831DF2B15A7D1F844904985DE81F9623
too late... According to research released by the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GMSA), 26 operators have committed to Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology. Ten network operators are ready to launch their networks by 2010, according to the report. These include Verizon, MetroPCS and CenturyTel. In Europe, TeliaSonera in Sweden and Norway have announced plans, while Japanese operators NTT DoCoMo and KDDI or planning rollouts. Canada's Rogers Wireless, Telus and Bell Canada will roll out networks in 2010 as well. Sixteen more telecommunications companies will launch their LTE 4G services after 2010
See below:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10190218-94.html?tag=mncol;title
http://www.twice.com/index.asp?layout=talkbackCommentsFull&talk_back_header_id=6591320&articleid=CA6645564
New York — While many consumers don’t want to use a cellphone as a source for on-the-go entertainment, the consumer adoption of mobile multimedia services is growing slowly but surely, according to an Accenture survey of consumers.
In the survey, the research and management-consulting company also found that:
Baby boomers (people ages 45 and up) are swiftly adopting such Gen-Y habits as playing videogames on the go and listening to music on an MP3 player, through boomers are still far behind Gen Y in actual usage.
Baby boomers are also adopting new non-mobile technologies at a faster pace then Gen Y, although they’re still way behind. The endeavors include blog reading, tapping into social-networking sites and watching Internet videos.
In cellular, Accenture found that 79 percent of all respondents surveyed in December view cellphones primarily as a way to communicate by voice, text messages and email. The survey also indicated that 54 percent of respondents don’t need or want video and video streamingon their phone. A total of 14 percent called the services too expensive, and 9 percent said video-capable handsets are too expensive.
When asked if the availability of mobile content would drive them to upgrade a mobile plan to add video services, 70 percent replied “to a very little extent.”
Despite consumers’ overall lack of interest in wireless multimedia services, Accenture found increased adoption rates by consumers in the latest survey, conducted in the winter of 2008-2009, compared to a year ago. For example,
the percentage of people watching video on a mobile phone rose from 12 percent, to 14 percent;
the percentage of people using cellphones to access Web-enabled services rose from 8 percent, to 23 percent;
about a third indicated Web browsing was one of their top three mobile applications; and
almost 25 percent indicated listening to music on their mobile phone was a top-three application for them.
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