Tag: 4g
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Sprinting to LTE
Alan Weissberger connects the dots regarding several different announcements from Sprint and Ericsson and infers that Sprint is building an LTE network. This is big news, as, to date, Sprint has relied on Clearwire and its WiMAX infrastructure for its next generation network build. Alan suggests, we may see a Sprint offering of an LTE Network…
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Viodi View – 11/09/10
It is back to where it all started for the Viodi View at this week’s TelcoTV conference. Innovation was a common theme at the first TelcoTV event eight years ago and, if the press releases that are flying around cyberspace are accurate, then innovation will be a good descriptor for this year’s event. A couple…
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Highlights of Sprint Developers Conference: Oct 26-28, 2010 Santa Clara, CA
Disclaimer: Unlike all other Viodi View articles, this one will refrain from the analysis, insight, inferences and comments that this author is noted for. Instead, that content is being provided exclusively on the IEEE ComSocSCV Discussion mail list. Instructions for IEEE members to join are at the bottom of www.comsocscv.org. We will not offer opinions here or…
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Motion Pictures at 4G World
The last half of the 1800s brought pictures "to life" with the zoopraxiscope, kinetoscope, and the vitascope. These were the early days of moving pictures and Cinematographe. The "Wheel of Life" Zoopraxiscope PD Image from Wikipedia – view synchronization by Roger Although simple and presumably unrelated, the photo flip book below made me realize how…
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Clearwire and Sprint ask 3GPP for TDD-LTE U.S. std in 2.6GHz band
Introduction Clearwire and Sprint are part of a group of operators and vendors that have asked the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards body to start work on specs that would allow TD-LTE to be deployed in the US in the 2.6GHz spectrum — which is now used for mobile WiMAX in the U.S. The actual 3GPP…
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AT&T Upgrades 3G Network while VZW On Track with LTE Buildout; IDC’s Market Forecast
Introduction On the eve of the CTIA WIRELESS 2010® show in Las Vegas this week, the two biggest U.S. wireless carriers are pursuing different paths to eliminate current 3G bandwidth congestion, provide higher speeds to users and achieve lower cost per bit transmitted. These initiatives are extremely important for the health of the wireless industry,…