Qualcomm and Intel were dealt a blow on Thursday when Verizon Wireless, the second largest US mobile phone operator, said it would start trials in 2008 of a rival fourth-generation network standard.
Verizon is backing the Long Term Evolution standard, which is being developed by suppliers including Ericsson, Sony-Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola, Nokia-Siemens and Nortel, dubbed the Third Generation Partnership Project. This grouping also includes mobile operators Vodafone, China Mobile, Orange and T-Mobile.
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TelecomView is tracking the market for technology and services that use broadband wireless in fixed and mobile applications. What is happening in the market? Which standards will succeed and why? How will WiMAX, WCDMA, LTE and CDMA compete with or complement each other? How will operators use the various broadband mobile wireless technologies to compete?
