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Wide Area Wireless Access Technology : 3G and LTE

Wide Area Wireless Access Technology : 3G and LTE


Telecommunications companies have made enormous investments in so-called third-generation (3G) wireless, which provides packet-switched wide-area wireless Internet access at speeds in excess of 1 Mbps.

But even higher-speed wide-area access technologies—a fourth-generation (4G) of wide-area wireless networks—are already being deployed. LTE ( for “Long-Term Evolution”—a candidate for Bad Acronym of the Year Award) has its roots in 3G technology, and can potentially achieve rates in excess of 10 Mbps.

LTE downstream rates of many 10s of Mbps have been reported in commercial deployments.