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I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Even in the US there are multiple carriers active in every market, and I assume that 3G is competing against LTE as pro
by com 14y ago
I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Even in the US there are multiple carriers active in every market, and I assume that 3G is competing against LTE as products for the same provider, in the same market. That should mean that LTE subscribers might turn off their LTE to get better call-connect speed, or simply choose a 3G subscription if that functions adequately enough for their general data needs.
That might mean that the big problem will be to convince people to jump to LTE (and the higher price) with slightly worse end-user voice experience. Some customers will, but perhaps many won't. Artificial quality degradation of 3G might be the answer for that, or limiting the 3G-only contract data limits to encourage LTE adoption.
- sneak 14y agoIn Germany (the largest economy in the EU, and a population of 80M people) there is exactly ONE (1) carrier whose LTE works with iPhone 5. There are zero (0) that work with the LTE chip/frequencies in the new iPad.
- jjtheblunt 14y agoWhich carrier is it? Which band do they use?
- sneak 14y agoDeutsche Telekom. They use 850MHz AFAIK. o2 and Vodafone use 800MHz (and I think maybe another band). http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/ http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/ The European iPhone 5 does 2100/1800/850. Deutsche Telekom does not offer LTE on prepaid plans. Their minimum contract length is 24 months, and auto-renews for another year at the end of the 24 months. It is not cancellable within the last 90 days of the 24 month period, so if you don't remember to cancel at or before 21 months, you are on the hook for 36 months. It's also something like 70€/mo for 2GB of LTE. :(
- cynicalkane 14y agoBeing the first mover is not the same as being a monopoly.
- sneak 14y agoThere are two other LTE networks here. iPhone 5 only supports one of them due to the frequencies in use. :(