Things that Need to Know About LTE

Telecommunications companies and mobile operators in developed countries are heavily LTE wireless network service offering. Likewise manufacturers of mobile devices, the more enterprising offer products that support LTE network.

LTE is touted as the fastest wireless network today, as the successor to the 3G network. LTE wireless network even claimed to be the fastest growing.

LTE networks has so far not available in Indonesia. Thus, not a few people who do not know what it is LTE.

Long Term Evolution, or LTE, is the new standard to increase the capacity and speed of current networks. LTE uses a different radio, but still use the basic GSM / EDGE and UMTS / HSPA. LTE is often referred to as 4G (fourth generation), to distinguish it from the 3G network.

LTE was first adopted by the mobile operator TeliaSonera in Stockholm and Oslo on December 14, 2009.

LTE speeds

LTE can reach a maximum speed 299.6Mbps to download and 75.4Mbps for the upload. However, mobile operators networks are available, there is still limited capacity and speed for its customers. Governance in a country also have different ways to set the allocation of the frequency band range.

Why LTE frequencies are different in every country?

Basically LTE could walk across frequencies. However, the implementation of LTE networks in each country, could be located at a different frequency spectrum. This is caused by the availability of frequency spectrum is set by the government and mobile operators are licensed LTE.

In addition, some frequencies have also been used for other services. In Indonesia, for example, the frequency of 700MHz is used for analog TV broadcasts, and the frequency of 2.600MHz, used for satellite television service subscription.

This is one reason why LTE frequencies in each country may not be the same. Thus, countries and mobile operators chose to conduct LTE on frequencies available.

Commonly used frequency for LTE

In Asia, the frequency of 1,800 MHz and 2,600 MHz to frequencies commonly used for the implementation of LTE. This frequency is used by Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea and several European countries.

In Japan and the United States, LTE runs on 700MHz or 2.100MHz frequency.

Just a note, some countries also use 800MHz and 850MHz frequencies for LTE.

LTE Smartphone can not be used globally

Frequently encountered a smartphone or tablet LTE can not activate its LTE network in the country.

Third-generation iPad tablet, for example, can not run LTE in Australia. This is due to the radio antenna chip generation iPad 3 does not support the LTE network at a particular frequency.

Not only the iPad, Apple is making the iPhone 5 model in two variants GSM frequency support LTE.

First, the iPhone 5 (GSM) Model A1429 supporting LTE networks in the frequency of 2.100MHz, 1800Hmz, and 850MHz. However, it does not support LTE in the 700MHz frequency.

Second, the iPhone 5 (GSM) Model A1428 supports LTE network in the 700MHz frequency. Apparently, Apple will ship the iPhone 5 model for the United States and Canada only.

However, as the number of mobile operators providing LTE network, not rule the smartphone and tablet manufacturers will provide a universal radio chip products that support LTE network at all frequencies.

Costs are still expensive

LTE service subscription price today is relatively more expensive. Naturally, LTE provides data access speed faster than 3G.

Not a few LTE subscribers in developed countries, are very concerned about the use of data capacity they use to charge their mobile cards are not swollen.

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