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How long is "long term" in LTE? China Mobile suggests it's sooner than we think
by Guy J Kewney | posted on 14 February 2008
China Mobile has joined Vodafone and Verizon Wireless in trialling the LTE technology that will take 3G through to 3.5G before the world finally looks at 4G - and in doing so, has shaken the established standards by adding its own Chinese-oriented technology to the LTE mix.
It announced that the three-way operator trials "will focus on the testing of LTE in the Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) paired spectrum, and the Time Division Duplex (TDD) unpaired spectrum - both technologies which are seen by some as an attempt to avoid payments of royalties to Western IP holders.
The news gives urgency to the joint venture announced by Alcatel-Lucent on LTE this week.
It also follows Vodafone boss Arun Sarin's call, earlier in the week, for "simplified" standards for LTE, and suggested including WiMAX as a possible additional solution to the TDD mixture.
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