Many ads tend to instead promote "4G Speeds" -- and from the consumer standpoint -- if they can access the Net that they want when they want -- the rest is largely alphabet (and number) soup.
--Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator ----- Forwarded message from David Farber <[email protected]> ----- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:50:34 -0400 From: David Farber <[email protected]> Subject: [IP] Somebody sold you a 4G phone? No, they didn't Reply-To: [email protected] To: ip <[email protected]> 0FEADD02-E0FF-11DF-956B-DDC4CCB165BE: Begin forwarded message: From: Dewayne Hendricks <[email protected]> Date: October 25, 2010 5:38:18 PM EDT To: Multiple recipients of Dewayne-Net <[email protected]> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Somebody sold you a 4G phone? No, they didn't Reply-To: [email protected] [Note: This item comes from reader Randall. DLH] From: Randall Webmail <[email protected]> Date: October 25, 2010 2:35:36 PM PDT To: [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Somebody sold you a 4G phone? No, they didn't. "4G defined: WiMax and LTE don't qualify The ITU has given its stamp of approval only to the next versions of those technologies By Stephen Lawson | IDG News Service If someone is trying to sell you 4G wireless these days, don't believe them. The truth is, neither WiMax nor LTE (Long-Term Evolution) qualify as 4G (fourth-generation) technologies, according to the International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R). On Thursday, the group announced it had finished its assessment of submissions for the 4G standard, also called IMT-Advanced. Based on that group's decision, to really be selling 4G, carriers will have to get going with one of two future technologies, called LTE-Advanced and WirelessMAN-Advanced. The latter, also known as IEEE 802.16m, will form the basis of WiMax Release 2. However, it appears that's not going to stop service providers from advertising current and upcoming services as 4G. For WiMax operator Clearwire, the 4G label denotes an advancement beyond 3G networks, Clearwire spokesman Mike DiGioia said. "WiMax, and the LTE products that are coming out, are all sufficiently advanced past the 3G networks to indicate that they're moving forward," he said. "The ITU's current technical definition in no way affects our plans to launch the world's first large-scale LTE network later this year. We're all about real people using actual products and services," Verizon Wireless spokesman Jeffrey Nelson wrote in an e-mail message. It's no small thing to get Clearwire and Verizon to agree on something. In fact, proponents of mobile WiMax and LTE have often clashed over the question of standards and the "4G" label. Some LTE proponents have said WiMax isn't the true successor to 3G, which like LTE came about with strong backing from established cellular operators. WiMax came from the data networking world, backed enthusiastically by Intel. Now, neither one of those systems will get to be officially called 4G. [snip] <http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/4g-defined-wimax-and-lte-dont-qualify-683> <http://snipurl.com/1c9nn3> Dewayne-Net RSS Feed: <http://www.warpspeed.com/wordpress> ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/125750-544611b7 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=125750&id_secret=125750-5bb6cf56 Unsubscribe Now: https://www.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?member_id=125750&id_secret=125750-6876700a Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ----- End forwarded message -----
