4G networks launched in Oslo, Norway and Stockholm, Sweden.

The much awited 4G networks is launched in Oslo, Norway and Stockholm, Sweden.The speed of a 4G connection can be as much as 100 megabits a second, and 4G LTE has broad acceptance from the industry.

Earlier this year, Hermann Hauser, an industry expert on broadband, told TG Daily that: "There's no doubt that the next generation standard will be LTE."

He suggested that WiMAX, a standard for metropolitan broadband strongly backed by chip giant Intel, will cede victory to LTE. At the same conference, a senior executive from Texas Instruments said that chipsets for LTE are already shipping and in the next three years the technology, broadly accepted by the telcos, will be deployed in volume.

Some regions of the world, such as India, are still waiting for decent deployment of 3g network.

BSNL WiMAX 4G KERALA: Widened to Trichur , Malappuram, Palaghat, Alleppey, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam,Kollam

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BSNL has widened its WiMax wireless internet services in Kerala. The WiMax service will be now available at 348 base stations in the urban areas of Kerala Circle which includes Trichur , Malappuram, Palaghat, Alleppey, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam and Kollam districts.

Earlier this service was available at Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram , Calicut , Kannur , Kasargod, and Wayanad Districts .

Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, known as the WiMax for short, is an approved Broadband Wireless Access [BWA] technology in India. BSNL is the only operator who has the licensed spectrum to operate the same currently in the country.

This technology is a4G technology which offers speed upto 32 Mbps and is different from the current wireless technologies like EDGE, EVDO etc. The data transfer occurs via wireless modem which can be placed interior/exterior or via usb dongle.