Jun 6 2012, 12:13 PM, updated 10y ago
Opening this thread for catering queries and discussion about LTE 4G technology in Malaysia soon.
Same as other countries in the world, Malaysia is going to embrace LTE true 4G next year 2013 onwards.
just 6 month to go from now, it will come very soon. so good to understand a bit now..
LTE - What about?
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LTE stands for (Long Term Evolution)
that going to replace 3G (WCDMA, HSDPA, HSPA+...) in due time.
LTE Speed:
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Technically LTE downloading speed can reaching 300Mbps max by using MIMO technology.
Malaysia initially should be running at 100Mbps ~ 150Mbps peak, this also if under ideal condition.
For practical result we can refers to other countries existing LTE users feedbacks, that will be more realistic.
LTE Frequency band:
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For Malaysia, LTE band will be running at:
a) 2600MHz (main band, confirmed)
+
b) 1800MHz (supplemantary band to be confirmed later time but this appeared in newspaper biz section)
note:
* Unlike 3G, LTE frequency band adoption is quite diversed by different country/region in the world.
There are 2600MHz, 2300MHz, 2100MHz, 1800MHz, 1700/2100MHz, 1700MHz, 1500MHz, 900MHz, 800MHz, 700MHz.
From Yahoo: Singapore Singtel & M1 also confirmed using 2600MHz + 1800MHz for their LTE (neighborhood countries mah, and telco here got partnership/share holding at there, Malaysia & Singapere always compatible, so this is strong indication of using both 2600MHz + 1800Mhz same here in Malaysia)
Malaysia LTE telco provider:
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MCMC already assigned spectrum of 2600MHz to 9 local telcos, ie next year there should be having 9 telco offering LTE plan (if no delayed like the wimax scenario)!
1) Maxis (getting 20MHz)
2) Celcom (getting 20MHz)
3) Digi (getting 20MHz)
4) U-mobile (getting 20MHz)
5) P1 (getting 20MHz)
6) YTL (getting 20MHz)
7) Redtone (getting 20MHz)
8) Asiaspace (getting 10MHz)
9) Puncak Semangat (new comer in mobile data field) (getting 30MHz)
P1 & YTL is going to run TDD-LTE, whilst the rest to run FDD-LTE.
Joint effort: telcos sharing base station or band spectrum
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9 telcos with fierce competition? That may not really happen.
It is known that some telcos 'tie up' already to share base station (RAN - radio access network) among them to reduce cost.
Maxis <> U-mobile
Celcom <> Digi
* The above 'alliance' quite the same line up as sharing 3G station now.
** Redtone, Asiaspace, and Puncak Semangat are expected to join either alliances.
updates:
(13/7/2012) Redtone announced joining Maxis for LTE infrastructure and spectrum sharing.
Which telcos will stand out in LTE war?
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This is unpredictable.
The above partnership apply to sharing infrastructure hardware among telcos to reduce operating cost, that having cost efficiency in pricing.
But when talk about performance (speed), if any alliance there also involve SHARING FREQUENCY SPECTRUM (bandwidth), that will be another story.
If merely based on technical data now, puncak semangat with 30MHz bandwidth should be the fastest LTE speed because got more bandwidth than 20MHz.
When getting started?
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Should be starting early next year after MCMC granting them the spectrum license.
Some telco already finished upgrading to LTE infrastructure station now, some are doing now like Digi. All is waiting green light by the authority.
E.g. Star Biz 5/6 just shown this:
Modem for LTE:
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Need to get new LTE modem. Existing 3G modem cannot be used for LTE.
However, LTE modem now usually come in 2 in 1 mode, ie they support LTE & 3G 42Mbps (backward compatibility)
On the contrary, pure 3G modem just support 3G no LTE.
** since LTE frequency band is diversed in different countries, so for frequent worldwide traveller one would need to bring at least 2 or 3 LTE modem. no more available universal modem like 3G modem.
*** LTE modem should also divided into FDD-LTE and TDD-LTE type.
Impact to 3G users
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New 3G plan subscription: if you are to sign up any 3G plan now that got binding contract period 1 year or more, need to think twice before acting.
Success of LTE Malaysia?
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same old question, always be the question of affordability.
and what volume quota for LTE plan since its so fast, a few gigabytes will be lapsed in a day.
Next thread will compose some data of LTE plan & cost available in other countries so we can compare to ours later see worth or not.
This post has been edited by coolstore: May 17 2014, 11:39 AM
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