Motorola Shows LTE as Verizon Teases CTIA Show
Motorola used its spotlight at CTIA 2009 to debut its broadband technology Thursday. The mobile-phone maker presented its next-generation wireless broadband technology at the Las Vegas event held each year by the International Association for the Wireless Telecommunication Industry.
The 700-MHz Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology is based on a radio frequency with high efficiency and uses an all-IP architecture. LTE has gained attention because it has 10 times the capacity of today’s technology and provides greater options to use streaming video, video conferencing, and 3-D maps while also costing less.
Motorola has been testing LTE with operators in North America, Asia and Europe; at some of its labs in China and North America; and will conduct trials at its recently opened lab in the United Kingdom. The company said it’s on track to make available the first commercial release of its LTE solutions for 700 MHz and 2.6 GHz this year.
“Motorola has once again demonstrated the maturity of our LTE solution and our ability to quickly deploy a live mobile broadband network in a real-world environment,” said Fred Wright, senior vice president for Motorola Home & Networks Mobility. “As demand for mobile broadband continues to grow, we’re seeing great operator interest in LTE because it can deliver data at a lower cost per bit.”
Healthy Speculation
CTIA is not only a place to showcase new technology. For Verizon Wireless it was a place to tease the audience on what’s next.
Speculation swirled after President and CEO Lowell McAdam talked about existing Verizon Wireless services, including Get It Now and V CAST, and the company put out a press release announcing “new mobile Web games” and “App Store.”
The company also told reporters at the show that it has teamed up with Vodafone and SoftBank to create one platform for developers to use for mobile…
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