Wednesday, January 5, 2011

AT&T: both HSPA+ and LTE are '4G,' 20 such devices planned for this year

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AT&T Mobility boss Ralph de la Vega said at the carrier's
Developer Summit in Vegas today that he considers both LTE and HSPA+
to be 4G technologies -- the same philosophy expounded by T-Mobile
that's heavy on marketing and light on facts -- and that they'll be
launching 20 such devices in 2011. The first half of the year looks to
be heavy on HSPA+ fare, while the second half -- following AT&T's
initial LTE launch in mid-2011 -- will start to see the LTE stuff come
online. A confusing message to be sure -- but hey, as long as those 20
devices are fast and awesome, we'll let it slide.

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