35 Mbps LTE service demonstrated

LTE Definition

LTE (Long Term Evolution) is the last step toward the 4th generation of radio technologies designed to increase the capacity and speed of mobile telephone networks. Where the current generation of mobile telecommunication networks are collectively known as 3G, LTE is marketed as and called 4G, although technically it is 3.9G. Most major mobile carriers in the United States and several worldwide carriers have announced plans to convert their networks to LTE beginning in 2009. LTE is a set of enhancements to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) which will be introduced in 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 8. Much of 3GPP Release 8 will focus on adopting 4G mobile communications technology, including an all-IP flat networking architecture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3GPP_Long_Term_Evolution
 
Kyei said that the first LTE chipsets are set to be ready for testing in mid-2010, and that mass produced chipsets should start filtering through in the last quarter of 2010. LTE embedded laptops and broadband dongles will however only be available in 2011/2012.

When it comes to Africa Kyei expects that a 2012/2013 commercial date is realistic
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That sums it all up! :)
 
I almost got exited, thinking ya finally something wireless that can overtake ADSL, but then I read this line:

While theoretical speeds of up to 173 Mbps are possible on LTE, Kyei said that a base station throughput of 40 Mbps is realistic and end users should expect a real-life experience of around 2 Mbps.
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What am I missing, if real life experience will be only 2 Mbps, then why bother...:confused:
 
MFour said:
I almost got exited, thinking ya finally something wireless that can overtake ADSL, but then I read this line:



What am I missing, if real life experience will be only 2 Mbps, then why bother...:confused:
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Umm, yeah, I often get over 2.6 Mbps on my voda hsdpa now :confused:
 
Why would you want more than 2 Mbps anyway, it's not like you are able to use it in South Africa.

O_O look 35Mbps, start download on 1GB cap and 3.8 minutes later your cap is up DOPE!
 
One of the advantages is broadcast services too. having said that.. 2mbps?? wtf, hsdpa goes up to 7mbs already :s
 
Just because you connect at 7Mbs on HSDPA, you don't get that kind of speed, you only get about 200K - 500K odd... Same with LTE. your connection says 35Mbs, but you only get about 2Mbs which is... lets say 1.5Mbs faster "Real World Speeds" That is what they're saying!

Same with Dialup. 64K on ISDN... you don't get that speed, you get about 10k.
 
nictron said:
Why would you want more than 2 Mbps anyway, it's not like you are able to use it in South Africa.

O_O look 35Mbps, start download on 1GB cap and 3.8 minutes later your cap is up DOPE!
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LMAO "Jy slaan die spyker op sy kop"
 
What Frequency ...........

What Frequency Band are they Using for the TesTs..........................


DXL - Team
 
rpm said:
Most major mobile carriers in the United States and several worldwide carriers have announced plans to convert their networks to LTE beginning in 2009.
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that means we can expect a watered down version of this technology to be launched here around 2020 that will cost 6000% more than it did anywhere else in the world.
 
so it won't be available for another few years and by that time we can expect a 2mbps speed? Yay I am excited.
 
LFX said:
that means we can expect a watered down version of this technology to be launched here around 2020 that will cost 6000% more than it did anywhere else in the world.
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optimistic! :rolleyes:
 
I think it's obvious that it should be 20Mbps. 2Mbps is already achievable on HSDPA.
Besides HD video streaming would hardly be handled with ease if 2Mbps were the real-world expectations.
 
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