NTT DoCoMo - going for 4G
We have mentioned it a couple of times already in our postings, that sooner or later, 4G will be coming and what would be the impact on the telecommunications landscape and 3G. Yesterday, we mentioned that India wants to leapfrog into 4G, without even considering 3G. And today, we can report that NTT DoCoMo is in a serious testing stage, so a launch date has yet to be announced.
The company said that the test they conducted achieved a maximum downstream data rate of 300 Mbps with an average of 135 Mbps in a car running at the speed of 30 km per hour in areas 800 to 1 km away from a 4G wireless base station.
They want to inrease the speed - the goal is to get a wireless data rate of as high as 1 Gbps, when not moving.
It gets a bit complicated in the article (http://neasia.nikkeibp.com/wcs/leaf/CID/onair/asabt/news/310782), with loads of appreviations, but basically, a new technology is moving forward - is it time to throw away your 3G handphonse? Or postpone the purchase? Well, the technology will take time to develop, that's for sure. And the companies that spent so much money on purchasing licenses will surely not support a new technology straight away, so here is a major impediment. But sooner or later, we will have some systems running side by side - 2.5, 3, and 4G - reminds me of the old AMPS, and GSM time - but one system will sooner of later dominate. So keep it coming, companies.
The company said that the test they conducted achieved a maximum downstream data rate of 300 Mbps with an average of 135 Mbps in a car running at the speed of 30 km per hour in areas 800 to 1 km away from a 4G wireless base station.
They want to inrease the speed - the goal is to get a wireless data rate of as high as 1 Gbps, when not moving.
It gets a bit complicated in the article (http://neasia.nikkeibp.com/wcs/leaf/CID/onair/asabt/news/310782), with loads of appreviations, but basically, a new technology is moving forward - is it time to throw away your 3G handphonse? Or postpone the purchase? Well, the technology will take time to develop, that's for sure. And the companies that spent so much money on purchasing licenses will surely not support a new technology straight away, so here is a major impediment. But sooner or later, we will have some systems running side by side - 2.5, 3, and 4G - reminds me of the old AMPS, and GSM time - but one system will sooner of later dominate. So keep it coming, companies.
posted by Andreas @ 1:55 pm
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