GLOBAL – We don’t know what was said during what is believed to be the world’s first call made on a next generation 4G LTE network yesterday. It probably wasn’t somebody saying that “the future [is] calling”, but it should have been. I won’t go into the details of what LTE networks are here (read about 4G modems here instead to get some background) but the news reaching us this week of the first official call, using a real base station and standards-compliant software means the future is getting much closer.
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GLOBAL – Looking backwards is healthy and can be entertaining, but it’s no secret that the guiltiest vice of being immersed in the mobile world is looking forward and seeing our future relationships with devices come into focus. Over the past couple of years we’ve witnessed the reality of high-speed data and Internet connectivity on the move, triggering an explosion in mobile Internet services and encouraging innovations such as location based services. Recent developments with HSDPA and the emergence of 3.5G networks has helped cement this, but already the seeds of a 4G planet are being sewed.
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AUSTRIA – How fast is your broadband at home? On a good day, we get about 3Mbps, which is good enough for most activities, though downloading big files does take a little time. Now how about if we had 10Mbps? That’d be quick, certainly fast enough to do pretty much anything we want online. Now how about if you had 10Mbps on your phone? That’s just what Nokia Siemens managed in a recent test with mobilkom Austria.
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INTERNATIONAL – Getting broadband into remote rural locations is no easy task. Aside from the cost, the logistics can make solutions incredibly difficult to implement.
Now though, there’s a solution that’ll see 25,000 Indian villages get access to the Internet.
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