August 1, 2009 | CedMagazine.com - Mobile WiMAX service is now commercially available, and major cellular companies are on the cusp of upgrading to LTE. Service providers looking to perform cellular backhaul for these 4G technologies will find that there are significant differences from today’s 3G networks, and they will have to prepare their networks accordingly.

With 4G networks, simple text messaging and slow e-mail downloads are being replaced by high-speed connections that support true mobile office applications, real-time video, streaming music and other rich multimedia applications. 4G wireless networks will approach the broadband speeds and user experience now provided by traditional DSL and cable modem wireline services.

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