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Ddeere2 · 08-21-2008, 7:16 PM

At the moment, there's three front-runners for the fourth-generation wireless broadband crown: 3GPP LTE (Long Term Evolution), mobile WiMax and 3GPP2 UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband). All three standards will offer low latency and theoretical max speeds that will eventually make current US EVDO and HSDPA speeds (and even some home landline connections) seem anemic. However, while UMB is waning fast and WiMax has an early lead (dependent on Sprint's success), LTE is officially leading the 4G push.

According to the GSM Association (GSMA), the deployment of LTE technology should be able to deliver real world speeds of 100 Mbps in Japan and South Korea by 2010, Europe by 2012 and the U.S. by... well, later. "Tests show LTE can produce speeds up to 186 Mbps," said GSMA director Dan Warren. "But obviously you never get the top speed and they vary with distance from the base station and interference." Both AT&T and Verizon have decided to embrace LTE as their 4G wireless broadband flavor of choice, with trials starting this year. You can be fairly certain the speeds you see from either of those carriers at first won't be anywhere near 100Mbps.

100Mbps Wireless In Two Years? - Maybe, Just not for the United States... - dslreports.com

I forgot all about UMB. I would be surprised any US carrier would get close to 20 mbps on LTE because right now isn't UMTS/HSPA supposed to be a lot faster than what it is currently running at?

cheddar · 08-22-2008, 12:42 PM

I wish articles would stop mentioning UMB unless they can point to one person who's planning on deploying it or at least developing product.

Ddeere2 · 08-22-2008, 5:47 PM

Yeah, I haven't heard anyone mention UMB, the main ones are of course LTE and WiMAX. But I just hope the carriers here in the US get their act together with deploying their 4G technologies.

08-21-2008, 7:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ddeere2 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Laredo, Texas Posts: 386 Phone(s): Blackberry 8100 Pearl, Motorola Razr 2 V9, Nokia N75, LG C2000 Provider(s): AT&T Devices: XPS 1530 and a 80 gb iPod Classic Thanks: 6 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	4G Technology In Two Years Except the US At the moment, there's three front-runners for the fourth-generation wireless broadband crown: 3GPP LTE (Long Term Evolution), mobile WiMax and 3GPP2 UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband). All three standards will offer low latency and theoretical max speeds that will eventually make current US EVDO and HSDPA speeds (and even some home landline connections) seem anemic. However, while UMB is waning fast and WiMax has an early lead (dependent on Sprint's success), LTE is officially leading the 4G push. According to the GSM Association (GSMA), the deployment of LTE technology should be able to deliver real world speeds of 100 Mbps in Japan and South Korea by 2010, Europe by 2012 and the U.S. by... well, later. "Tests show LTE can produce speeds up to 186 Mbps," said GSMA director Dan Warren. "But obviously you never get the top speed and they vary with distance from the base station and interference." Both AT&T and Verizon have decided to embrace LTE as their 4G wireless broadband flavor of choice, with trials starting this year. You can be fairly certain the speeds you see from either of those carriers at first won't be anywhere near 100Mbps. 100Mbps Wireless In Two Years? - Maybe, Just not for the United States... - dslreports.com I forgot all about UMB. I would be surprised any US carrier would get close to 20 mbps on LTE because right now isn't UMTS/HSPA supposed to be a lot faster than what it is currently running at? __________________ "Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through walls topped by barbed wire; it wafts across the electrified borders." -Ronald Reagan

08-22-2008, 12:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
cheddar Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 213 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: 4G Technology In Two Years Except the US I wish articles would stop mentioning UMB unless they can point to one person who's planning on deploying it or at least developing product.

08-22-2008, 5:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ddeere2 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Laredo, Texas Posts: 386 Phone(s): Blackberry 8100 Pearl, Motorola Razr 2 V9, Nokia N75, LG C2000 Provider(s): AT&T Devices: XPS 1530 and a 80 gb iPod Classic Thanks: 6 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: 4G Technology In Two Years Except the US Yeah, I haven't heard anyone mention UMB, the main ones are of course LTE and WiMAX. But I just hope the carriers here in the US get their act together with deploying their 4G technologies. __________________ "Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through walls topped by barbed wire; it wafts across the electrified borders." -Ronald Reagan

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