With 4G/LTE underway, Nokia and NTT DoCoMo talk about 5G

In developed markets, LTE service has quickly become the norm. The data service has proven to be an improvement over the older “3G” networks in just about every way.



While we refer to LTE service as “4G,” there was controversy for a while as LTE, in its current form, does actually meet the standards that have been established as 4G. The ITU-R standards body later bowed to the marketing pressure, and that is why we saw WiMAX, LTE, and even HSPA+ referred to a 4G.



LTE-Advanced meets the true definition of 4G and as such, the insiders refer to LTE-A as “true 4G.” Since LTE-A is already ...



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