TeliaSonera announces the first LTE-based 4G network

20th December, 2009 by adina
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TeliaSonera, the Scandinavian carrier, has claimed to be the first company in the world to provide an active LTE (Long Term Evolution) network. The 4G service is currently limited to Stockholm and Oslo and provides speeds higher than 3G and also WiMAX. The LTE users can download files at up to 100Mbps when at its theoretical peak, while the speed of its predecessors was around 10Mbps.

Although current real speeds are slower, they are fast enough to support high definition video streaming. LTE’s latency is lower than most 3G and therefore allows multiplayer games, two-way video calls and other tasks that are time-sensitive.

The first device that will use the network will be the Samsung GT-B3710, the USB modem that supports only 4G service. An upgrade with EDGE 2G and HSPA 3G is planned in the first half of 2010. TeliaSonera plans to expand the network with a Finnish rollout next year. The plan also includes the network covering the largest 25 cities in Sweden and the 4 largest cities in Norway.

The first carrier that will adopt LTE is supposed to be Verizon. Its rollout would take place towards mid-2010 and would be followed by AT&T and T-Mobile in 2011.


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