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Originally Posted by jibi
First off, there is NO standard called G4 in the wireless industry. There is a VERY recent 4G technology standard, but that does not stand to be released into a production-ready market for another FOUR years (2010 for the math-impaired) - that is in Japan by NTT DoCoMo. If the North American market keeps pace the way it has for the last decade and a half, expect to see 4G in the United States by 2012 or 2013 (this is assuming that NTT actually has it released by that time).
What Sprint may actually be rolling out, and what Verizon already recently rolled out in their major markets, is the 'upgrade' to 1xEV-DO, called Rev A.
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Sorry, jibi, but Sprint CEO Gary Forsee begs to differ with you:
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Originally Posted by Gary Forsee, Sprint CEO
Sprint Nextel will build the first nationwide mobile WiMax network, giving 100 million Americans wireless Internet access four times faster than current high-speed networks by the end of 2008, Sprint CEO Gary Forsee said at a press conference today.
The "4G" (fourth-generation) network will launch by the end of 2007, Forsee said.
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And unless you're going to call the CEO of Sprint "math-impaired", note he says that rollout will launch in late 2007 and be completed in late 2008, not the 2012 or 2013 that you said. And he *did* refer to it as "4G", so don't fault posters here with calling it 4G and quoting dates much earlier than you argued.
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Sprint Nextel Goes To The WiMax