CenturyTel eyes 2010 LTE rollout

The choice of LTE technology for 700 MHz spectrum is notsurprising. Of the major 700 MHz license holders, Verizon Wireless,AT&T, US Cellular and MetroPCS have all staked out LTE. TheWiMax Forum has said it will certify products at 700 MHz, but suchproducts have yet to emerge. And the only other...

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Published in:Telephony 2009-02
Main Authors: Gubbins, Ed, Fitchard, Kevin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Broadband transmission
Communications industry
Planning
Rural areas
Service introduction
Services
Technology application
Telecommunications services industry
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Summary:The choice of LTE technology for 700 MHz spectrum is notsurprising. Of the major 700 MHz license holders, Verizon Wireless,AT&T, US Cellular and MetroPCS have all staked out LTE. TheWiMax Forum has said it will certify products at 700 MHz, but suchproducts have yet to emerge. And the only other technology beingused in the band is Qualcomm's MediaFLO mobile TV technology,which has no broadband component. At a Telephony event held lastsummer, Vanu Bose, chief executive officer of equipment vendorVanu, put it this way: "If anyone owns 700 MHz spectrum andis thinking of doing something other than LTE, with all duerespect, I think you're nuts. You'd be going off on yourown."
ISSN:0040-2656
2161-8690