Nokia Looks To 4G

April 16, 2008 | by Christopher Nickson

Nokia has signed up Sony Ericsson, NEC and Alacatel-Lucent for its 4G plans, called Long Term Evolution.

While many of us come to grips with 3G, handset maker Nokia is already looking ahead to 4G. In fact, it sees its 4G standard, Long Term Evolution (LTE) as the future, rather than Intel-backed competitor Wimax. And it’s signed up some big names - Sony Ericsson, NEC and Alacatel-Lucent – to create a licensing framework for their patents for LTE, according to the BBC.
 
LTE claims to cover a wider distance and be faster than Wimax, and it’s already being rolled out in China and the US. The group is touting LTE as the answer for cellphones, as well as a replacement for Wi-Fi connections, and have said they intend to keep LTE royalty payments low to help the emerging technology succeed.
 

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