You moron, LTE IS HSOPA. Currently the 3GPP is pusing for release 8 of UMTS to be the HSOPA standard itself. You're also ignorant to the fact that the government is holding back T-Mobile, because they have taken a long time to vacate the AWS spectrum T-Mobile won in the auction. Not to mention it takes more time to go from GSM-UMTS then it takes to go from CDMA-EVDO. It involves hardware swaps, although some hardware is shared. Going from UMTS-LTE will be a snap for companies like AT&T and T-Mobile because both share the same interface, so a simple swap of hardware in the transceivers will put LTE online.
LTE is going to IP based, like WiMAX, and uses OFDMA. The fact that more companies are supporting LTE (especially the no. 1 and 2 cellcos in the US) could push Sprint and WiMAX out of existence in the USA. Sprint is on a spiral path down, and lack of others jumping on the WiMAX bandwagon could leave them out to die.
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You moron, LTE IS HSOPA. Currently the 3GPP is pusing for release 8 of UMTS to be the HSOPA standard itself. You're also ignorant to the fact that the government is holding back T-Mobile, because they have taken a long time to vacate the AWS spectrum T-Mobile won in the auction. Not to mention it takes more time to go from GSM-UMTS then it takes to go from CDMA-EVDO. It involves hardware swaps, although some hardware is shared. Going from UMTS-LTE will be a snap for companies like AT&T and T-Mobile because both share the same interface, so a simple swap of hardware in the transceivers will put LTE online.
LTE is going to IP based, like WiMAX, and uses OFDMA. The fact that more companies are supporting LTE (especially the no. 1 and 2 cellcos in the US) could push Sprint and WiMAX out of existence in the USA. Sprint is on a spiral path down, and lack of others jumping on the WiMAX bandwagon could leave them out to die.