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Verizon Wireless announced that it will deploy Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology for what it calls its 4G network. Verizon and Vodafone, the co-owners of Verizon Wireless will coordinate a trial of LTE using equipment from Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia-Siemens and Nortel. The carrier is also in talks with handset makers like LG, Samsung, Motorola, Nokia and Sony Ericsson and other consumer electronics companies, which anticipate embedding wireless functionality in future products.

As fast as technology is changing some people wonder what ‘long term’ actually means. Current wireless deployments and product roadmaps suggest we’re destined to live with two global 3G standards in the near-term. What we are trying to clarify are those standards. One is EV-DO, and UTRAN LTE is the other. Convergence on one mobile technology would simplify global roaming and lead to greater scale efficiencies – driving device and network costs down. Sooner or later something might shake out in the wash.

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