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… or in slightly easier-to-understand terms, Vodafone in Germany and Huawei have agreed on LTE testing (in Germany, you won’t be surprised to hear!).
Vodafone Germany and Huawei today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct a joint test gauging the performance of LTE (Long Term Evolution) in the Digital Dividend Band. This agreement marks a joint initiative to validate LTE’s application within the Digital Dividend Band (790-862MHz) using Huawei’s end-to-end LTE solution.
From this summer the cooperation will see Vodafone Germany and Huawei not only demonstrate LTE’s ability to provide broadband coverage to rural and urban areas, effectively bridging the digital divide between those areas of Germany, but also to prove its compatibility with adjacent technologies such as Digital TV and Digital Radio. The test will be based on Huawei’s end-to-end solutions and both parties will form a joint working group for conducting the test.
Another case of LTE triumphing over WiMAX as the 4G solution of choice – with some good use-cases too – I’d be really interested (as I suspect a lot of people would be) to see the end-results of the tests, because we all want to know what sort of realistic data rates we are going to get out of LTE…
… one thing is for sure – at least the first two generations of devices that work with LTE will have shocking battery life – either than or we are going to be looking at monstrous Li-ion batteries!
[Via: Huawei]
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
