With the Government deciding to allocate spectrum for third generation (3G) mobile only by August next year, some Indian operators are reviewing their strategy and looking at the possibility of leapfrogging straight to the fourth generation (4G) technology.
“Even if the Government allocates 3G spectrum by August 2010, operators will not be in a position to launch the services before early 2011. By that time 4G technologies such as Long-Term Evolution (LTE) will be commercially available for operators to deploy.
Since even 3G players will ultimately move to LTE, we are looking at moving straight to 4G technology in a year's time,” said a Delhi-based operator that recently launched its GSM services in the country.
LTE allows more data to be transferred over the same bandwidth used by 3G technology and at higher speeds. Compared with the 3 Mbps speed offered by third generation services, LTE could offer speeds of up to 10 Mbps. As a result, service providers should be able to get more data transfer out of their network and possibly lower the cost to run their networks
“LTE will not only make existing applications faster but will also enable a wealth of new applications previously available only on a wired Internet connection. It also allows operators to introduce new exciting services such as HD (high definition) video blogging, HD video on demand, media mobility, online gaming, and brings a significantly improved business proposition especially in affordable life insurance with 2.5 times higher capacity, lower cost per bit and media mobility. LTE will become the mass wireless broadband technology,” said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Corporate Vice-President, Wireless Broadband Access Solutions and Software Operations for Motorola's Home & Networks Mobility Business.
“Even if the Government allocates 3G spectrum by August 2010, operators will not be in a position to launch the services before early 2011. By that time 4G technologies such as Long-Term Evolution (LTE) will be commercially available for operators to deploy.
Since even 3G players will ultimately move to LTE, we are looking at moving straight to 4G technology in a year's time,” said a Delhi-based operator that recently launched its GSM services in the country.
LTE allows more data to be transferred over the same bandwidth used by 3G technology and at higher speeds. Compared with the 3 Mbps speed offered by third generation services, LTE could offer speeds of up to 10 Mbps. As a result, service providers should be able to get more data transfer out of their network and possibly lower the cost to run their networks
“LTE will not only make existing applications faster but will also enable a wealth of new applications previously available only on a wired Internet connection. It also allows operators to introduce new exciting services such as HD (high definition) video blogging, HD video on demand, media mobility, online gaming, and brings a significantly improved business proposition especially in affordable life insurance with 2.5 times higher capacity, lower cost per bit and media mobility. LTE will become the mass wireless broadband technology,” said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Corporate Vice-President, Wireless Broadband Access Solutions and Software Operations for Motorola's Home & Networks Mobility Business.
