{"id":574691,"date":"2010-05-21T11:00:04","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=121463"},"modified":"2010-05-21T11:00:04","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T15:00:04","slug":"it%e2%80%99s-a-long-way-to-widespread-lte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/574691","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a Long Way to Widespread LTE"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s going to take almost 10 years for the sale of LTE devices<\/a> to overtake 3G devices, according to an analyst who follows the industry. Keith Mallinson, founder of WiseHarbor, estimates the tipping point between LTE and 3G<\/a> will occur in 2019 and said the U.S. will be an early leader when it comes to deploying the technology, in part because of the National Broadband Plan’s reliance on mobile. Mallinson also expects China to move quickly to LTE because its largest mobile operator, China Mobile, doesn’t like being forced to use Chinese developed 3G technology.<\/p>\n

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In the last few days, I’ve received several LTE reality checks<\/a>, such as the news that by 2014 there will only be 150 million LTE<\/a> subscriptions, or AT&T’s belief that true LTE handsets<\/a> that are as diverse in features as the current 3G handsets won’t even hit the market until 2014 (even though Verizon is bringing five LTE handsets<\/a> to market next year).<\/p>\n