Verizon preps LTE rollout for 2010 - The Register
Thu, Feb 19th, 2009
The ongoing battle over which technology will rule the future wireless-broadband world has tilted strongly in favor of Long Term Evolution (LTE), thanks to two announcements at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
On Monday, Alcatel-Lucent announced a "multi-industry initiative" called ng Connect, which will support the establishment of 4G technology for "mobile phones, computers, cars, gaming systems and more."
And on Wednesday, Verizon CTO Dick Lynch reported that Verizon Wireless has partnered with Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson to build the United States' first commercial LTE network, scheduled for deployment beginning in 2010.
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- rgruia: These include KDDI, T-Mobile, China Telecom, etc. Also there is some NT IP on LTE, including SONs (Self Organizing Networks) #Nortel #NSNSat, Jun 20th, 2009 2:04 PM EDT· Reply · View Tweet
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