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  • Sprinting to LTE

    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…

  • LTE vs. WiMAX: What Will the Consumer Do?

    LTE vs. WiMAX: What Will the Consumer Do?

    LTE vs WiMAX? Will consumers care about these TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms) as they decide on a next generation wireless access plan.  If today is any indication, the battle among next generation wireless networks for consumer mind share is heating up and we may find out the answer to this question in 2011.    …

  • Viodi View – 11/24/10

    Viodi View – 11/24/10

    IPTV Takes Off at Internet Speed To date, the “I” in Internet Protocol Television has been about the protocol. If the 2010 TelcoTV Conference is an indication, IPTV may have caught up with the rapid pace of change associated with the Internet. Based on the demonstrations on the TelcoTV tradeshow floor, 2010 may be the…

  • LTE Market Forecasts Up as Operators Announce Deployment Plans

    LTE Market Forecasts Up as Operators Announce Deployment Plans

    Introduction There's no doubt that LTE (3GPP Release-8) is gaining traction among many wireless network operators.  Two market research firms increased their LTE forecasts this week, while U.S. Cellular announced its LTE roll out plans.  This December, Telia Sonera will turn on LTE data service in Finland, while NTT DoComo will make its LTE data…

  • Viodi View – 10/27/2010

    The October 27th issue of the Viodi View includes articles on LTE standards, mobile backhaul via Ethernet, hybrid fiber/wireless solutions for serving the unserved in Vermont and discussion of today being the honeymoon period for brands that use Facebook; but they have to use it correctly, before it loses its luster among consumers.

  • ITU-R Progresses LTE Advanced and WiMax 2.0 as 4G RAN standards

    Introduction: Did you think the version of LTE being deployed this year and next (3GPP Release-8) and Mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e-2005) were 4G technologies?  They're actually both 3G technologies which are included in ITU-R M.1457-9 Detailed specifications of the terrestrial radio interfaces of International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000). In reality, it's the ITU-R's IMT Advanced family of recommendations that…