4G Coming to Europe in 2010 By Priya Ganapati Wired News
January 15, 2009 | 6:25:09 PM http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/01/4g-coming-to-eu.html Tower Even as telecom carriers in North America work on rolling out their 3G networks nationwide, Europe seems to be ready to take the next step. European wireless service provider TeliaSonera says its plans to have commercial roll out of 4G in Stockholm and Oslo in 2010. TeliaSonera’s goal is to be one of the first operators in the world to launch 4G, says the company. TeliaSonera has chosen Ericsson for the initial 4G city network in Stockholm and Huawei for Oslo. "It will be a joy (through 4G) connecting to services demanding large data volumes or fast data traffic," says TeliaSonera in a statement. "4G will be suitable for media and interactive services for which timing on the second is essential." 3G networks can provide speeds theoretically ranging from 2.2 Mbps to 14.4 Mbps, compared to 4G which can range from 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps. -- ================================ George Antunes, Political Science Dept University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204 Voice: 713-743-3923 Fax: 713-743-3927 Mail: antunes at uh dot edu *********************************** * POST TO [email protected] * *********************************** Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
