4G Mobile Network Looms Both Near and Far

摘要

In October 2009, Information Display published "The Approach of 4G," which looked at what the next generation in mobile networks had to offer and when it would become available. In short, 4G would be fast, as much as 3-5 times faster than what was currently available and would enable all the mobile Internet applications that carriers were sure end users wanted - seamless access to movies, web browsing, etc. At the time, consensus among industry experts was that, despite excited pronouncements from carriers, 4G was a long way off. Only about 25% of users were even taking advantage of the previous generation, 3G.