[opendtv] Re: AT&T and Verizon Plans for the 700 MHz spectrum
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 19:00:35 -0400
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> Good articles, but it looks like Bert got a bit confused in
> reporting what they say...
That's certainly a possibility, although the AT&T article is ambiguous.
You seem to have missed the ambuguity.
> AT&T plans fast 4G wireless rollout
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=GW53B4ZA
N3QNAQSNDLSCKHA?articleID=207001915
Read down to the bottom of the article. There, you will find:
"AT&T said it expects to deliver AT&T 3G services to nearly 350 major
U.S. markets by the end of the year."
Now, here are the possibilties:
1. That comment contains a typo.
2. That comment is completely irrelevant to the rest of the article.
3. They are indeed using the new spectrum to expand 3G service, but
doing 3G on an LTE infrastructure rather than wideband CDMA.
All of those are possibilities. There is nothing in principle to prevent
building a 3G system on LTE, and there's nothing in the article that
describes a 4G service from AT&T. Meaning, packet switched entirely, not
cuircuit-based.
Then again, it is equally likely that this was a typo or that the
journalist got confused.
In any event, it appears that this 700 MHz spectrum is in fact going to
be used to expand on cell phone services, rather than something
unrelated.
Bert
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