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Germany sold out 4G frequencies

alexandra — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:29:48 +0000

The Federal Network Agency of Germany (Bundesnetzagentur) held an auction on distributing frequencies for 4G networks. During this auction the government received about €4.4 billion. Most frequencies went to the telecommunication holding Deutsche Telekom as well as the mobile operators Vodafone and O2. Two last mentioned companies paid €1.42 and €1.38 billion for 11 and 10 blocks of frequencies correspondingly.

The government sold out the frequencies which became free after Germany had moved from analogue TV to digital TV. However, the auctions can’t be called ‘very successful’. Let’s compare: in 2000 the government received about € 50 billion for licensing 3G networks.

Now it is supposed that LTE wireless broadband networks will be deployed at the new frequencies. Their testing and trial operation is already being conducted in Germany as well as in Norway and Sweden. In December 2009 in Oslo the first commercial 4G network in the world was launched. By the end of this year the biggest mobile operator in the USA – Verizon Wireless – will have launched its own LTE network.

Google netbook with WWAN and 3G and 4G modems

alexandra — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:22:38 +0000

: Google Netbook

A Google netbook based on Chrome OS may be as real as a much-talked-of Google smartphone based on Android OS. So this new gadget should be considered as the best product for support of the first PC operating system that was developed by Google programmers.

According to the rumors that appear in different online-communities of IT experts, Google plans to put its netbook on the market at the end of 2010. As expected, it will have embedded modules for broadband Internet connection (WWAN), 3G and 4G modems and flash memory instead of hard drive.

The first LTE-Network was deployed in the UK

alexandra — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:51:41 +0000

The O2 telecommunications company has deployed the first LTE (Long Term Evolution) network standard in Slough, Buckinghamshire.

The photo of Slough in 1950, quiet life without 4G and even 3G

Network deployment was put in charge of the Huawei Chinese company. Now inhabitants of Slough can enjoy high-speed mobile Internet. If the experiment is considered as successful, LTE-network will appear in other parts of the country.

4G-technology was developed to replace the networks of the third 3G generation. Theoretically, a system based on LTE can provide internet speed up to 326 Mbps downloads and to 86 Mbps uploads.

According to Matt Hatton’s words (an analyst from Analysys Mason), many companies are developing now phones with LTE support. Apple is working at its 4G iPhone, and Nokia, the Finnish mobile giant, does believe that LTE is the future of mobile communications.