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Reality Check: Maintaining LTE's momentum
RCR Wireless Dan Warren, Senior Director of Technology, GSMA 

...sustaining this momentum over the next few years depends on governments around the world releasing suitable spectrum in a timely and harmonized fashion. If they do that, then LTE will gain further economies of scale early in its lifespan, enabling equipment makers to bring down the cost of LTE hardware for consumers and mobile operators in the United States...

 ...In order to optimize the technology's performance, LTE operators will need contiguous chunks of spectrum in channels between 10 megahertz and 20 megahertz wide. Ideally, this spectrum should be in both a low-frequency (sub 1 GHz) band, offering good coverage characteristics for rural areas, and a higher-frequency band (above 1 GHz), providing high capacity levels. This combination will enable operators to cost-effectively meet demand for mobile broadband in both cities and less-populated areas.  ...