Ericsson trials HSPA-LTE interoperability, we count 7 Gs in total

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/12/ericsson-st-ericsson-sm.jpg (http://www.stericsson.com/press_releases/LTE_HSPA.jsp)Since it'll be eons until we enjoy the kind of 4G coverage that we've grown used to on 2G (and to a lesser extent, 3G), manufacturers and carriers are hard at work making sure that we've got a reliable way to interoperate for the foreseeable future -- TeliaSonera, for instance, wants to swap out (http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/12/15/teliasonera-prices-lte-service-offers-free-modem-upgrade-next-y/) its customers' modems for LTE / HSPA dual-mode versions once they're available next year. To that end, Ericsson and ST-Ericsson are trumpeting that they've become the first to establish "LTE and HSPA mobility" in accordance with 3GPP's Release 8 specification, which dictates this sort of stuff in a way everyone can agree on (that's a good thing). Verizon's naturally more interested in the CDMA handoffs (http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/08/25/lg-and-nortel-complete-first-lte-cdma-handover-verizon-swoons/) that have already gone down, but for AT&T and most of the rest of the world, this is exciting news indeed.Ericsson trials HSPA-LTE interoperability, we count 7 Gs in total (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/ericsson-trials-hspa-lte-interoperability-we-count-7-gs-in-tota/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).


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