The New iPad: answer your questions
From 4G LTE at England to issue options and price, Karen Haslam
answers all questions about your third generation’s iPad.
Do I hear 4G? It is
so exciting.
Wait. It is 4G LTE. LTE
is the abbreviation of Long Term Evolution, and 4G which is a bit ‘buying a pig
in a poke’. In 2009, people determined that 4G standard would provide speed at
100Mbps when you are moving (in a car, for example), and 1Gbps, or 1 gigabyte
per second when you are not moving. 4G LTE (or fake G) of Apple just provides
73Mbps.
Ok. So, it is not 4G
but still faster than 3G that we have, right?
Basic 3G must provide
at least 200kbps (kilobyte/second – equivalent to 0.2Mbps). It is likely that
3G you receive is faster than that number. There are endless of standards with
3G ‘mark’ proving faster speed – in reality, Phil Schiller of Apple mentioned
some on his presentation, when he showed off that the new iPad has most of
wireless bandwidths of any device that has ever been announced.
EV-DO = 3.1Mbps
HSPA 7.2 = 7.2Mbps
HSPA+ = 21Mbps
DC-HSDPA = 42Mbps
LTG 4G = 73Mbps
Right! But I want
the best. Give me 4G LTE!
England is quite slow when talking about mobile network
upgrade. As Apple’s excitement about 4G LTE shows that the standard has been
used in the US. And not only does the US beat us on this field, Germany, Sweden, France, and Itali also outdistance us about 4G. It is really disappointing.
So, what caused the
delay?
Ofcom –
telecommunication supervision organization – is considered to auction parts of
radio frequency supporting 4G services. This auction was planned to be held at
the beginning of 2012, but Ofcom delayed it due to ‘strong reactions and
arguments’.
What are concerns?
Ofcom feels it is
necessary to have other consultancies since decisions ‘can fix mobile segment’s
future at England in the next decade or more’.
It is quite fair. But it was Oct. They have not finished thinking
yet, have not they?
