The mobile phone industry has been evolving quickly in the past few years due to a huge demand of higher quality web browsing. Third generation or 3G telecommunications technology, was known to be one of the best technology upgrades because it presented the notion of having very quick internet with Wifi. Once more, technology is going to take another leap forward with the next. Many people in the UK are now awaiting the much anticipated 4G.
News of this technological advancement has been spreading very fast even when it was in its early stages. Now, many countries have been attempting to get their hands on this development so that they can meet the increasing demands of their consumers. Even though many are rushing to obtain this next generation technology, the UK seems to be doing things slowly by attempting to perfect it first so that it is less susceptible to flaws.
Naturally, with this new piece of technology, uploads, downloads and website browsing will become much faster than before. One will also be able to expect high definition movie viewing along with audio due to the faster mobile internet connection. So if watching a movie online takes too much time because it is loading and buffering, then this new technology will resolve these problems.
Another great thing about the fourth generation mobile technology is that its signal can reach even further than the 3G can. If the signal of the 3G internet connection can reach around ten miles, then the typical 4G internet can reach up to thirty miles or maybe beyond. It is achievable for this to happen because of the stronger frequency that the new generation provides.
Certainly, security is another issue that the third generation had a number of problems with. If one is able to use Wi-fi to tap into the connection of another person, it is possible for their personal information to get taken by the user. With the new technology of the fourth generation, it is possible to safeguard any sort of information from being taken.
Weather conditions will also not be able to crush the power of 4G. Everyone has likely had intermittent internet connection when it is very windy or a huge blizzard. With this new type of broadband it is possible to still have a good connection even if there is extremely harsh weather.
One can clearly see that the future is bright for the next generation of technological advancements in mobile technology. One very important thing to know before the official adaption of fourth generation technology is that the US and the UK do not use the same operators. The problem with having different operators is that there are features in the United States version that the UK version does not have and vice versa. In the UK, the operator for 4G is LTE while in the US, it is Wimax. The only difference between the two is that LTE has more options to limit bandwidth than Wimax.
All the UK's main mobile phone operators - EE, Vodafone, O2 (Telefonica) and 3 have won a piece of the 4G Spectrum, with Vodafone paying the highest price for the largest share 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 totalled 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 said 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".
News of this technological advancement has been spreading very fast even when it was in its early stages. Now, many countries have been attempting to get their hands on this development so that they can meet the increasing demands of their consumers. Even though many are rushing to obtain this next generation technology, the UK seems to be doing things slowly by attempting to perfect it first so that it is less susceptible to flaws.
Naturally, with this new piece of technology, uploads, downloads and website browsing will become much faster than before. One will also be able to expect high definition movie viewing along with audio due to the faster mobile internet connection. So if watching a movie online takes too much time because it is loading and buffering, then this new technology will resolve these problems.
Another great thing about the fourth generation mobile technology is that its signal can reach even further than the 3G can. If the signal of the 3G internet connection can reach around ten miles, then the typical 4G internet can reach up to thirty miles or maybe beyond. It is achievable for this to happen because of the stronger frequency that the new generation provides.
Certainly, security is another issue that the third generation had a number of problems with. If one is able to use Wi-fi to tap into the connection of another person, it is possible for their personal information to get taken by the user. With the new technology of the fourth generation, it is possible to safeguard any sort of information from being taken.
Weather conditions will also not be able to crush the power of 4G. Everyone has likely had intermittent internet connection when it is very windy or a huge blizzard. With this new type of broadband it is possible to still have a good connection even if there is extremely harsh weather.
One can clearly see that the future is bright for the next generation of technological advancements in mobile technology. One very important thing to know before the official adaption of fourth generation technology is that the US and the UK do not use the same operators. The problem with having different operators is that there are features in the United States version that the UK version does not have and vice versa. In the UK, the operator for 4G is LTE while in the US, it is Wimax. The only difference between the two is that LTE has more options to limit bandwidth than Wimax.
All the UK's main mobile phone operators - EE, Vodafone, O2 (Telefonica) and 3 have won a piece of the 4G Spectrum, with Vodafone paying the highest price for the largest share 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 totalled 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 said 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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