Long-Term Evolution (LTE) has taken another step toward long-term stability. Seven major telecommunications companies announced Monday that they have reached an agreement on a mutual framework for licensing intellectual-property rights relating to 3GPP LTE, the next step after 3G in the evolution of mobile-phone technology.
The vendors are Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, NEC, NextWave Wireless, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Sony Ericsson. The companies said their framework is based on the industry principle of "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing terms."
SPEEDS AROUND 100 MBPS
Notebooks with embedded LTE will pay a combined maximum royalty in the single digits. For handsets, the single-digit royalty will be a percentage of the sales price.
The agreement is important to LTE, because intellectual-property fights could stymie any growth. Its name might evoke some far-off technology that our grandchildren might see, but in fact LTE could be on the market as early as next year.
LTE offers wireless broadband speeds around 100 Mbps and scales well for huge amounts of traffic. Stephan Scholz, CTO of Nokia Siemens Networks, told news media that economies of scale are needed to connect an expected five billion people -- with a 100-fold increase in traffic -- while still offering "the lowest cost of ownership."
Ericsson Senior Vice President and CTO Hakan Eriksson added that this framework will "reassure operators of the early widespread adoption of LTE technology throughout the consumer electronics industry."
NO QUALCOMM YET
Peter Jarich, an analyst with industry research firm Current Analysis, agreed that operators will be happy to see this framework, because they want to see stability in their technological future. While noting the importance of the companies involved, he pointed out that industry heavyweight Qualcomm is not yet on board.
But he said this "souped-up version of 3G" is also being planned by Verizon Wireless, China Mobile, Vodafone, NTT DoCoMo, and others. Jarich said DoCoMo has a "very aggressive" time frame for LTE, with some releases by the end of next year, and he expects LTE to be offered in some markets by Verizon by the end of 2010.
Initial signs of LTE in the marketplace are already appearing. At the beginning of this month, for instance, Ericsson unveiled its M700 mobile platform, which it described as "the worlds first commercially available LTE-capable platform." The company said the platform could support downlink data rates up to 100 Mbps and uplinks up to 50 Mbps.
The first products based on the M700 will be laptop modems, ExpressCards and USB modems for notebooks, plus other small-form modems for consumer electronic devices.
Ericsson said the high-speed access could promote more elaborate versions of real-time mobile services like high-resolution video streaming and online games.
The vendors are Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, NEC, NextWave Wireless, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Sony Ericsson. The companies said their framework is based on the industry principle of "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing terms."
SPEEDS AROUND 100 MBPS
Notebooks with embedded LTE will pay a combined maximum royalty in the single digits. For handsets, the single-digit royalty will be a percentage of the sales price.
The agreement is important to LTE, because intellectual-property fights could stymie any growth. Its name might evoke some far-off technology that our grandchildren might see, but in fact LTE could be on the market as early as next year.
LTE offers wireless broadband speeds around 100 Mbps and scales well for huge amounts of traffic. Stephan Scholz, CTO of Nokia Siemens Networks, told news media that economies of scale are needed to connect an expected five billion people -- with a 100-fold increase in traffic -- while still offering "the lowest cost of ownership."
Ericsson Senior Vice President and CTO Hakan Eriksson added that this framework will "reassure operators of the early widespread adoption of LTE technology throughout the consumer electronics industry."
NO QUALCOMM YET
Peter Jarich, an analyst with industry research firm Current Analysis, agreed that operators will be happy to see this framework, because they want to see stability in their technological future. While noting the importance of the companies involved, he pointed out that industry heavyweight Qualcomm is not yet on board.
But he said this "souped-up version of 3G" is also being planned by Verizon Wireless, China Mobile, Vodafone, NTT DoCoMo, and others. Jarich said DoCoMo has a "very aggressive" time frame for LTE, with some releases by the end of next year, and he expects LTE to be offered in some markets by Verizon by the end of 2010.
Initial signs of LTE in the marketplace are already appearing. At the beginning of this month, for instance, Ericsson unveiled its M700 mobile platform, which it described as "the worlds first commercially available LTE-capable platform." The company said the platform could support downlink data rates up to 100 Mbps and uplinks up to 50 Mbps.
The first products based on the M700 will be laptop modems, ExpressCards and USB modems for notebooks, plus other small-form modems for consumer electronic devices.
Ericsson said the high-speed access could promote more elaborate versions of real-time mobile services like high-resolution video streaming and online games.
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