4G Live in Norway, Sweden
With technology taking huge leaps in some areas and yet tiny steps in others Scandinavian operator TeliaSonera have launched the world’s first commercial LTE mobile broadband service in Oslo and Stockholm. Speeds are being boasted at 100mbps but are more likely to be up to 80mbps. With HSDPA speeds being just a tenth of that is this a tiny step or a huge leap? Sim cards have been available for laptops (Integral or otherwise) for a number of years now yet developers still seem to be pushing bulky USB devices which tend to put people on edge or at least very conscious of a 4 inch device sticking out of a half inch port.
I do appreciate why they are bulky – mainly due to the fact they’re an aerial but surely there’s a better way? How about utilising PCMCIA/Express card ports on laptops? Possibly incorporating a thin copper antenna which could be stuck around the screens edge? Perhaps I’m shooting myself in the foot with a marketing opportunity. I know that you’d have to have a pretty ancient laptop now not to have a USB port and this is recognised at the standard connection type but come on tech gurus – stop putting useless slots on our laptops which will be the ‘Next big thing in connectivity’ more like the next biggest thing to collect dust…
“We are very proud to be the first operator in the world to offer our customers 4G services,” mobility chief of TeliaSonera Kenneth Karlberg said on Monday. “The use of mobile broadband in the Nordic countries is exploding, and customers need higher speeds and capacity. This is why we launch 4G services in both Stockholm and Oslo.” Sadly the UK slips yet further behind on internet speeds. It’s good to see technology progressing it would just be nice to see it on home turf first for a change.
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