tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366432152914834211.post8766663168260498791..comments2023-09-14T01:41:15.145+01:00Comments on Future of Mobile Broadband: LTE, WiMAX and the end of historyMatt Hattonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17137664125991234548noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366432152914834211.post-57808234005471813432009-06-17T13:21:00.148+01:002009-06-17T13:21:00.148+01:00And all the while that WiMAX tries to duke it out ...And all the while that WiMAX tries to duke it out with LTE, HSPA(+) will be the eventual winner. Look at the inxhorable growth of GSM while the focus of our industry remains on HSPA.<br /><br />For 3GPP operators, there is no more cost effctive path, it's here now and requires only minimal investment in (largly NodeB) HW and SW expansions. The spectrum is secured and is perfectly functional. <br /><br />Show me a business case that demonstrates that expanding baseband, and adding carriers (even refreshing nodeBs) will have a lower return than adding WiMAX infrastructure or eNodeBs then converting subs to brand-new multi-mode terminals?Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366432152914834211.post-54274279397210102592009-06-16T16:13:31.024+01:002009-06-16T16:13:31.024+01:00Very true. There's not much that's liberal...Very true. There's not much that's liberal about neo-liberalism.Matt Hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137664125991234548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366432152914834211.post-22335000688970971602009-06-15T21:42:20.289+01:002009-06-15T21:42:20.289+01:00I didn't interpret your post as saying that GS...I didn't interpret your post as saying that GSM was a product of capitalism. However, I was trying to suggest an irony in using LTE as an analogue of capitalim's triumph, given its background in GSM.<br /><br />'Liberal democracy' means so many different things that it's hard to be sure what we mean by its triumph. In the USA, plenty of people regard the governments of Sweden, France and the UK as socialist! Is the USA a liberal demoracy? There seems no greater insult than to call someone a liberal over there. A lot depends on whether we're talking about economic liberalism or social liberalism. The two don't always go together.Allan Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366432152914834211.post-61785714029469603392009-06-15T17:31:10.037+01:002009-06-15T17:31:10.037+01:00Perhaps this is rather too contrived. I wasn't...Perhaps this is rather too contrived. I wasn't really saying that GSM was a product of capitalism, more that the technology conflicts of the 1990s-2000s will converge on a single standard in the form of LTE in the same way that political economics converges on liberal democracy. Or at least that's the theory.Matt Hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17137664125991234548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6366432152914834211.post-28674336978488945912009-06-15T15:43:33.975+01:002009-06-15T15:43:33.975+01:00LTE is on a clear line of descent from GSM - but G...LTE is on a clear line of descent from GSM - but GSM was not a product of unfettered capitalism. It was a collaborative, state-pronoted, centrally imposed system. For the market-driven, minimally regulated solution, look to the USA, with its inconvenient mixture of 2G and 3G systems - and WiMAX, of course.Allan Jonesnoreply@blogger.com