Dual-platform 4G Strategy Rewards Mobile Networks Operators, Chips and Device Makers

摘要

There's no question that in the long term LTE will become the mainstay 4G network technology, although its universal use is still in the future. Until then, says ABI Research, some service providers will benefit from a dual-platform strategy based on both LTE and WiMAX. According to Research Director Philip Solis, "Intel and others are pushing the idea of heterogeneous networks. This is not to deny LTE s long-term position as the leading 4G platform, but to recognize that a small part of the ecosystem will still be characterized by diversity for some time."