| Soon you will have data speeds on your cell phone | | | | They will f.inst be able to provide advanced TV and |
| that will beat the dust of ordinary broad band in your | | | | video services for the consumers. |
| homes. | | | | For the customer the mobile broadband will have |
| We are still building the 3G network around the | | | | download speed of 100 Mbps which is in fiber optics |
| world, but this does not prohibit the industry to work | | | | class and will replace traditional broadband as we |
| on the 4th generation cell phone network. | | | | know it today. |
| The future network is called LTE or Long Term | | | | The potential is big, very big. Think of what LTE will |
| Evolution. The new network will enable us to have | | | | mean to the service spectrum and the merge of cell |
| speeds up to a theoretical limit of over 100 megabit | | | | phones and broadband technology. But to build the |
| per second (Mbps). | | | | network to handle the LTE is not done during one |
| This means that the cell phone based network will | | | | day. Several providers are in development of their 3G |
| have higher speed than your cabled network has | | | | service network, and we still do not have 100% |
| today. Then we talk about real cell phone based | | | | coverage in several countries where this technology |
| broadband network. | | | | already has taken off. |
| The producers of this equipment is already testing | | | | With Long Term Evolution-technology (LTE) we do |
| this equipment and around a year ago Nokia Siemens | | | | have the opportunity to offer broadband speeds up |
| Network could report that the first tests of LTE in | | | | to 300 Mbps, which is a gigantic leap in the cell phone |
| combination with a antenna technology called MIMO | | | | competition. |
| with speeds up to 160 Mbps, was successfully | | | | If we look at when the service providers will be able |
| performed. MIMO uses several antennas both on the | | | | to provide us with this broadband technology called |
| transmitter as well as the receiver to ensure optimal | | | | LTE in the consumer networks, we look at least at a |
| signal strength at the faster speeds. As a comparison | | | | time period up to 2010. The coverage will be as for |
| traditional service providers can reach speeds up to | | | | the 3G network we plan for today. |
| around 20 Mbps today. | | | | So what will happen with the cable based networks? |
| It was Ericsson that launched its first commercial | | | | We have networks that provide up to 26 Mbps |
| available platforms that can handle LTE. This system | | | | today. |
| is called MT700. | | | | They will increase their speed to at least up to 50 |
| Ericsson Mobile Platforms works on LTE as a | | | | Mbps in the short horizon. There are networks with a |
| platform in development. This technology will provide | | | | capacity of around 6GBps today, so there is a lot to |
| the service providers the opportunity to provide the | | | | go on in this network too. Already the cable based |
| consumers full broadband services anywhere at | | | | network can offer services in limited extent with lines |
| anytime.. | | | | between 200 and 300 Mbps on pure IP services. |