Are the nation's LTE wireless carriers prepared for the video chat data crunch expected to come with the next-generation iPhone and other devices that are expected to launch this fall?
The answer: It depends on whom you ask.
"Bandwidth in 4G LTE networks initially is not going to be a problem, but over time, if you use it for interactive video or watching moves, yeah, it's going to be a problem," Hourihan said.
A common complaint with FaceTime even over Wi-Fi has been video freeze-ups and dropped calls that make the experience difficult. If LTE isn't available at the tower near a FaceTime user, 3G networks might offer a worse experience than Wi-Fi. //computerworld.com
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2012-08-23
UK will get 4G/LTE on dongles?
Everything Everywhere got permission to re-farm its 1800 MHz for LTE network. Kester Mann, senior analyst at CCS Insight, said that he believes it is unlikely that smartphones capable of offering LTE for the 1800 MHz spectrum will be available in 2012. More likely to wait them in 2013. Until that time it would be only LTE dongles available. That significally reduces the potential target market. \\telecoms.com
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