Will LTE Turn Smartphones into High-Def Video Terminals?
“As growing numbers of people use smartphones, the main source of steep growth in wireless data traffic, industry experts warn that mobile data demand could outstrip network capacity as early as 2011 or 2012,” write Dow Jones Newswires’ Ruth Bender and Gustav Sandstrom.
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“Long Term Evolution, a fourth-generation wireless technology, is set to play a key role in boosting download speeds and easing network bottlenecks. Some say it will revolutionize mobile devices, transforming them into terminals for HD video streaming and a new generation of online games, while it could also boost operators as they look for new sources of revenue to offset the decline in income from traditional voice and text-messaging,” they write.
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