The mobile phone industry has been evolving rapidly in the last few years due to a huge demand of better quality web browsing. Third generation or 3G telecommunications technology, was thought to be one of the best technology upgrades as it presented the idea of having very fast broadband with Wifi. Once more, technology is about to take another leap forward with the fourth generation. Many people in the UK are now awaiting the much anticipated 4G.
Since many consumers still want faster internet speed, the technology industry has been working on this new generation for a while already. Many countries have been adapting this new wireless technology but the UK has taken its time in transitioning this change. So for those who are curious to what 4G will be like, here is an overview.
Indeed, with this new bit of technology, uploads, downloads and website browsing will become much faster than before. One will also be able to envisage high definition movie viewing along with audio due to the faster mobile internet connection. So if watching a movie online takes too long because it is loading and buffering, then this new technology will resolve these problems.
Of course one would also anticipate the signal of fourth generation internet connections would be considerably stronger than the previous one. The issue with the old one is that when a person goes away from a Wifi zone, they will automatically be disconnected from the internet. However, with 4G, consumers will no longer be disconnected even if they step out of a Wifi zone.
Another great worry for internet users is the security of their personal data like passwords, email and such. People usually connect to Wifi outside and do not need a password. What 4G internet can do is it can safeguard the user from having their personal information taken by the one who is controlling the Wifi network.
Another issue that most users suffer from is bad connection during harsh weather. 4G can remove this by having stronger connections that can stand up to even the harshest weather. So even if there is a blizzard, people may still browse the web or watch movies.
One can visibly see that the future is rosy for the next generation of technological developments in telecommunications. A very important thing to know before the official adaption of 4G is that the US and the United Kingdom do not use identical operators. The thing with having different operators is that there are functions in the United States version that the UK version does not have and vice versa. In the United Kingdom, the operator for 4G is LTE while in the US, it is Wimax. The only difference between them is that LTE has more choices to limit bandwidth than Wimax.
All the UK's main mobile phone operators - Vodafone, O2 (Telefonica), EE and 3 have acquired a share of the 4G Spectrum, with Vodafone paying the highest amount for the greatest piece of the spectrum. Of the seven applicants, the fifth and final successful bidder was BT, although they will not use it for mobile phones but as a local 4G wi-fi network. The spectrum's bids came to just 2.3billion, much lower than the Treasury's estimated 3.5billion and less than 20% of the 22.5billion raised in 2000 by the 3G auction.
Ofcom revealed that it was "planning now to support the release of further spectrum for possible future '5G' mobile services". It said that by 2030, demand for mobile data could be eighty times higher than it is in 2013. Future development of 5G would be needed to meet this demand and avoid a feared "capacity crunch".
Since many consumers still want faster internet speed, the technology industry has been working on this new generation for a while already. Many countries have been adapting this new wireless technology but the UK has taken its time in transitioning this change. So for those who are curious to what 4G will be like, here is an overview.
Indeed, with this new bit of technology, uploads, downloads and website browsing will become much faster than before. One will also be able to envisage high definition movie viewing along with audio due to the faster mobile internet connection. So if watching a movie online takes too long because it is loading and buffering, then this new technology will resolve these problems.
Of course one would also anticipate the signal of fourth generation internet connections would be considerably stronger than the previous one. The issue with the old one is that when a person goes away from a Wifi zone, they will automatically be disconnected from the internet. However, with 4G, consumers will no longer be disconnected even if they step out of a Wifi zone.
Another great worry for internet users is the security of their personal data like passwords, email and such. People usually connect to Wifi outside and do not need a password. What 4G internet can do is it can safeguard the user from having their personal information taken by the one who is controlling the Wifi network.
Another issue that most users suffer from is bad connection during harsh weather. 4G can remove this by having stronger connections that can stand up to even the harshest weather. So even if there is a blizzard, people may still browse the web or watch movies.
One can visibly see that the future is rosy for the next generation of technological developments in telecommunications. A very important thing to know before the official adaption of 4G is that the US and the United Kingdom do not use identical operators. The thing with having different operators is that there are functions in the United States version that the UK version does not have and vice versa. In the United Kingdom, the operator for 4G is LTE while in the US, it is Wimax. The only difference between them is that LTE has more choices to limit bandwidth than Wimax.
All the UK's main mobile phone operators - Vodafone, O2 (Telefonica), EE and 3 have acquired a share of the 4G Spectrum, with Vodafone paying the highest amount for the greatest piece of the spectrum. Of the seven applicants, the fifth and final successful bidder was BT, although they will not use it for mobile phones but as a local 4G wi-fi network. The spectrum's bids came to just 2.3billion, much lower than the Treasury's estimated 3.5billion and less than 20% of the 22.5billion raised in 2000 by the 3G auction.
Ofcom revealed that it was "planning now to support the release of further spectrum for possible future '5G' mobile services". It said that by 2030, demand for mobile data could be eighty times higher than it is in 2013. Future development of 5G would be needed to meet this demand and avoid a feared "capacity crunch".
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