Here’s a quick technical snapshot and reality check on what 4G means for business. When we talk 4G, we are referring to the fourth generation of cellular wireless standards. For business users, we are being promised new capabilities and faster speeds. For a number of reasons it will not happen overnight. The reality is that carriers haven’t all decided what they are going to standardize on and there are two main standards- LTE and WiMAX. Rogers has said they are trialing the technology and Bell says they’ll also do it. And ‘trialing’ is a long way from commercial deployment. Still, the promise is that 4G will offer a faster, more robust wireless experience than even the current wireline broadband access. For business users, these higher data speeds could make smartphones much more comparable to PCs to get needed information when you’re on the go:
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
What 4G Means for Business
Here’s a quick technical snapshot and reality check on what 4G means for business. When we talk 4G, we are referring to the fourth generation of cellular wireless standards. For business users, we are being promised new capabilities and faster speeds. For a number of reasons it will not happen overnight. The reality is that carriers haven’t all decided what they are going to standardize on and there are two main standards- LTE and WiMAX. Rogers has said they are trialing the technology and Bell says they’ll also do it. And ‘trialing’ is a long way from commercial deployment. Still, the promise is that 4G will offer a faster, more robust wireless experience than even the current wireline broadband access. For business users, these higher data speeds could make smartphones much more comparable to PCs to get needed information when you’re on the go:
