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LTE trial deemed a success: 170Mbps downloads in a moving car

by Darren Murph, posted Sep 19th 2008 at 9:13AM


Controlled LTE trials have been going pretty well of late, but the first test "under everyday conditions" has just gone down in Germany. We're pleased to say that everything went off without a hitch, as a connection using the next-generation (4G) mobile communications standard was maintained while inside a moving car traveling at around 42mph. Aside from the thrill of not dropping in and out of Pidgin at random, experimenters were able to pull downloads of up to 170Mbps and upload at up to 50Mbps. According to Hamid Akhavan, head of T-Mobile, it will still be 2010 (at the very earliest) before any of its markets go live with LTE, but at least we're moving in the right direction, eh?

[Image courtesy of ChrisHarrison]

Filed under: T-Mobile, LTE

Tags: 4g, germany, Long-Term Evolution, Long-termEvolution, LTE, nortel, t-mobile, test, trial

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