Popularity of 4G

Description :

The benefits which 3G has not been able to deliver can be achieved with 4G. While current 3G services are working to enable transactional wireless communications like location-based services, wireless shopping, personal services, email and multimedia data transfer, these are at much lower speeds compared to the 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps of 4G. As demand builds for high-quality, streaming video and audio, only 4G systems will be able to accommodate growing consumer and business expectations

The other advantages of 4G are high speed, high capacity, low bit cost and completely IP based. Developing countries like India which have seen the failure of 3G are leapfrogging directly to 4G to gain benefits. 4G technology has also support from companies like Samsung, Nokia, DoCoMo who are planning to deploy 4G in the coming years.

Enablers :

• Need for multimedia applications like video streaming etc on the mobile phones
• Failure of 3G
• Higher speed
• Higher Quality
• Support from Samsung, DoCoMo and other big companies

Inhibitors :

• Popularity of Wireless technologies like Wimax
• High cost
• Less need for rich multmedia experience on mobile phones
• Spectrum limitations
• Government regulations

Paradigms :

• India planning to deploy 4G networks
• 4G tecnology development in Korea
• 4G compatible phones by Ericsson by 2008

Experts :

• 4G Forum
• Samsung, DoCoMo

Timing :

• 4G Phones by 2008
• 4G commercial services by 2010

Web Resources :

• http://www.4g.co.uk/
• http://www.ctr.kcl.ac.uk/Pages/4GForum/2004/root/files/4GForum.htm