China to abandon UMB, snag LTE within 2 to 3 years
Fresh in the wake of China's massive wireless restructuring, execs are already on the offensive with fightin' words that suggest true, standards-based 4G could be coming sooner rather than later. Though he says EV-DO Rev. A is still in the cards for the short term, China Telecom's CEO says that GSM and CDMA networks alike will all converge to LTE in the country, thus signalling the abandonment of the CDMA-favored UMB migration path by yet another of the world's wireless juggernauts. All told, it's looking promising that the overwhelming majority of the world's countries will be on the same cellular technology page within the next decade or so -- but who would've thought the creator of TD-SCDMA would commit to being one of the first to flip the switch?[Via IntoMobile]
Filed under: China Unicom, LTE
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Pulsar @ Jun 19th 2008 4:51AM
Yeah, leap forward.
zephxiii @ Jun 19th 2008 8:50AM
Yes, everyone needs to be running LTE, and damnit, SIM Cards!
tom @ Jun 19th 2008 3:55PM
Did anyone ever think they would go UMB?
@zephxiii China Telecom uses Sim cards for their CDMA phones already (Technically they're called RUIM cards but they serve the same purpose)
FormerQEmployee @ Jun 19th 2008 10:07PM
Damn, the big Q is takin' a beating left right and center. It's good they snatched Flarion when they did. Massive dump of CDMA... I suppose it was only overdue when all you want is to racket royalties....