Monday
Dec192011
LTE’s big problem: spectrum fragmentation
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 11:02AM Forget the world phone. By 2015, LTE is forecast to be deployed in 38 different spectrum combinations.
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 11:02AM Monday
Dec052011
US telcos too broke, scared to come to China: ex-official
Monday, December 5, 2011 at 4:53PM If you thought foreign telcos were missing in China because the government didn't want them, you just haven't been gettng the MIIT memos.
Thursday
Nov242011
Anti-trust: another round in cable v telecom
Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 1:35PM The great thing about China is that just by an inquiry starting, you already know the outcome.
tagged China Telecom, China Unicom, MIIT, antiitrust, cable in Telecoms China
China Telecom, China Unicom, MIIT, antiitrust, cable in Telecoms China Wednesday
Nov232011
Looking back on the MAC
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 12:23PM The coming of TD-LTE, the great overflow buildout, and a paradox
tagged KDDI, MAC, NTT DoCoMo, TD-LTE, mobile data
KDDI, MAC, NTT DoCoMo, TD-LTE, mobile data Tuesday
Nov152011
TD and FDD-LTE must combine: GSMA
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 3:51PM The key to LTE success? The GSM Association view is it will be the availability of unified TD/FDD devices.
GSMA director-general Anne Bouverot says it's “encouraging” that products containing TD-LTE chipsets are already on the market.
“But that's not enough to drive the market to scale. The key requirement for success is dual mode chipsets for TD and FDD LTE,” she said at today’s GTI Summit in Hong Kong.
“I cannot emphasise enough that dual chipsets are absolutely critical for the success of this industry.”
The LTE devices will need to be capable of being sold in multiple markets and to enable roaming, she said.
“We can't allow the industry to split again between technologies as we saw in the past,” she said, citing GSM and CDMA in the 2G era and W-CDMA, cdma2000 and TD-SCDMA in 3G.