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When it comes to 4G mobile broadband, WiMAX has a time to market advantage, but LTE has the support of most major wireless operators. Which will win the 4G shooting match? Which has the potential to be more disruptive?…..

…out of 86 percent of mobile operators supporting GSM today, 0 percent of them will shift to WiMAX. Meanwhile, 100 percent of incumbents will end up with LTE, plus some CDMA operators like Verizon Wireless. Problems that WiMAX has a technology, Suter added, is the fact that it’s revolutionary not evolutionary technology, better suited for new builds. Meanwhile there’s a clear upgrade path for LTE. And, there’s no killer device, and there’s a lack of roaming to consider…….

http://www.von.com/news/wimax-vs-lte-a-false-idea.html

Well in a swich from past stance AT&T has announced that it’s 4G plans don’t include an upgrade to HSPA+, SVP Kris Rinne said at 4G World in Chicago this week. Instead, the carrier will continue its HSPA upgrades for the next two years and work toward a 2011 launch of its first LTE networks.

The operator’s moves are partially in response to network problems caused by data-hungry iPhone users, of course, but it’s also seen a surge in uptake from mobile broadband users and M2M services, Rinne said. And while M2M still represents a small fraction of overall traffic, it’s a space AT&T plans to strongly pursue, as evidenced by the carrier’s new agreement to provide wireless connectivity to Garmin’s new nuvi 1690.

But AT&T is well aware of the cost benefits of moving forward with LTE, too. Rinne said delivering a megabit per second of capacity over HSPA costs 14 percent of what it would to move that same megabit on an EDGE network. The cost of an LTE delivery, by comparison, is just 3 percent