Motorola demos EV-DO Rev. A to LTE handoffs

We try not to be an overly philosophical bunch, but we can't help but observe some interesting parallels between Motorola's industry-first demonstration of an EV-DO Rev. A to LTE handoff with the way the entire wireless world is progressing. Without a single major carrier win to its name, EV-DO's successor, UMB, seems poised to ride off into the sunset while current CDMA customers like Verizon plan migrations to the GSM-friendly LTE standard. Anyway, this little technical achievement will certainly set the minds of said CDMA customers at rest, knowing that its subscribers will one day be able to roam on data services between EV-DO Rev. A and LTE cells -- and considering that the transition period could last many years, that's an important capability to have. On an interesting side note, Alltel was on hand for the demo; they've not committed to any 4G technology, but we can say with certainty that they're at least considering LTE at this point.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2008 10:05PM]

I think Motorola should just get out of the cellphone game and just focus on advancing technology. This seems to be their best business. On a more on topic remark, this is quite encouraging news, but I hope they hurry up on LTE deployment in the first place. I believe Wimax will die away and most every carrier will use LTE, ushering in a new era of connectivity and compatibility with cellphone networks.

[yoyodude64 Posted Mar 27th 2008 11:26PM]

miss the announcement that motorola is splitting into 2 companies?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2008 8:25AM]

oh, wait, yeah actually

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2008 4:57PM]

I will buy this for Verizon