LTE is the Network of the Future; HSPA+ is the Bridge
Operators can still rely on their HSPA (high speed packet access) and HSPA+ networks to satisfy customers’ bandwidth needs even as Long Term Evolution gets rolled out globally, said Ronny Haraldsvik, SpiderCloud VP, at a Communicasia panel (Accedian is at the show).
The device ecosystem has to ramp up even after spectrum has been awarded and the networks are built, he said. Furthermore, LTE coverage will only be available in pockets, with operators unlikely to offer nationwide coverage all at once.
Ovum analyst Nathan Burley concurs. “We have to remember that coverage won’t be everywhere from day one,” he said.
Voice support is another issue that complicates matters, as LTE originally was designed as a high-speed, high-bandwidth data enabler, not a voice network. Burley said voice will still contribute 47 percent of operator revenues into 2015.
That isn’t to suggest anybody thinks LTE is anything but the future. And there is simply some point where it will make sense to switch, said Dirk Wolter, Alcatel-Lucent CTO North and Southeast Asia.
While some observers had deemed LTE and WiMax as competing technologies, most now believe WiMax operators will eventually migrate to an LTE platform to stay commercially viable.
http://www.zdnetasia.com/hspa-still-viable-don-t-rush-into-lte-62200845.htm
Operators can still rely on their HSPA (high speed packet access) and HSPA+ networks to satisfy customers’ bandwidth needs even as Long Term Evolution gets rolled out globally, said Ronny Haraldsvik, SpiderCloud VP, at a Communicasia panel (Accedian is at the show).
The device ecosystem has to ramp up even after spectrum has been awarded and the networks are built, he said. Furthermore, LTE coverage will only be available in pockets, with operators unlikely to offer nationwide coverage all at once.
Ovum analyst Nathan Burley concurs. “We have to remember that coverage won’t be everywhere from day one,” he said.
Voice support is another issue that complicates matters, as LTE originally was designed as a high-speed, high-bandwidth data enabler, not a voice network. Burley said voice will still contribute 47 percent of operator revenues into 2015.
That isn’t to suggest anybody thinks LTE is anything but the future. And there is simply some point where it will make sense to switch, said Dirk Wolter, Alcatel-Lucent CTO North and Southeast Asia.
While some observers had deemed LTE and WiMax as competing technologies, most now believe WiMax operators will eventually migrate to an LTE platform to stay commercially viable.
http://www.zdnetasia.com/hspa-still-viable-don-t-rush-into-lte-62200845.htm
