Mobile speed: Ericsson LTE demo photos
Summary: Everyone's talking about mobile. They want to access the internet while they're on the go, and they want it to be fast. Ericsson is one of a swathe of vendors conducting trials for the next generation of mobile technology — Long Term Evolution (LTE).
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Here, Murphy demonstrates the use of LTE to support live news gathering. One or more cameras can be set up in the field, then wirelessly connected to — and controlled from — the broadcast centre, from which studio technicians can monitor and control multiple cameras. Strong connectivity and ease of control would allow one-man news teams to cover complex events with minimal on-the-ground assistance.
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The market will speak and it won't be saying fixed fibre services, which will be superseded for residential use even before it takes off.
So let's just put the NBN off until LTE is ready then eh? Even if it's a couple more years than that couple of years and the couple of years previous to those couple...!
Ah but wait, by then RLTE (Really long term evolution) will be available in a couple of years, so we'll wait for that too, it may be a couple of more years though? And then RELTE (really extra....) seriously...!
Singtel Optus, Telstra and VHA are all testing now, so there will be plenty of competition.