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Verizon's Bringing 4G Cellphones in Mid-2011
Fast Company
... its going to have Long Term Evolution (LTE) handsets ready for
mid-2011, for suitably equipped 4G (also known as 3GPP) mobile devices to
arrive. ...
...Looking at the disastrous PR that's hit AT&T thanks to the explosion
in mobile data traffic caused by Apple's invention of the iPhone, as
well as the trend toward ever-smarter mobile cellphone tech and
large-screen mobile Net devices like the iPad and its upcoming host of
competitors, this is inevitable. And it's even been echoed by other
industry players. The key reason is obvious: It's going to cost Verizon,
AT&T and all the other network providers around the world a huge pile of
cash to get 4G up and running, and the companies have to recoup that
cost somehow. What this does make clear, though, is that we're all going
to have to think differently about how we pay for our mobile calls and
data payment plans in the future--and we'll have to get our minds around
the matter sooner than we may have anticipated.