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How long will 4G LTE be available for?
When selecting technology for IoT deployments, enterprises need to know how long 4G LTE will be available, whether 5G will make 4G obsolete, and how to plan their investment. The answer is that there will be a long period of time when 4G and 5G will co-exist.
What’s the difference between 5g and 4G LTE?
While 5G may be on the horizon, 4G service remains the current standard, and 4G LTE is expected to be in service alongside the forthcoming 5G standard for years to come. All that said, you may be asking yourself a number of questions. What do terms like 4G and 5G really mean? What’s the meaning of LTE?
Which is better LTE or 4G upload speed?
To put it bluntly, yes. True 4G and LTE-A boast upload and download speeds 10 times faster than regular LTE. The upload speed of a real 4G network is at 500 Mbps, while its download speed is at 1000 Mbps. If you are using HSPA+ (a hybrid 3G network), you are operating at a speed even slower than normal LTE.
When is the transition from 4G to 5G?
Let’s consider three commercial examples where the 4G LTE to 5G transition will play out. Traffic: Autonomous vehicles need the extremely low latency of 5G with response times measured in milliseconds. Only 5G is capable of that.
Is the 4G network going to be replaced by 5G?
Therefore, the thing to remember is that 4G will not be going away anytime soon, regardless of how fast the 5G network grows. The plan is for existing 4G LTE networks to be used by carriers well into 2030. 5G networks are not being designed to replace 4G, rather they are designed to work in conjunction with 4G networks.
What do I need to do to activate 4G on my phone?
First, you’ll want to double check that your plan and phone do in fact support 4G. After you verify that your phone and network should be on 4G, there’s one other step you can take. Read more: What is 4G? While 4G LTE should automatically activate on its own, in some cases it doesn’t.
Fortunately, there is no danger of 4G LTE becoming unavailable for at least a decade. Nevertheless, there are use cases where 5G is a more desirable choice, and those are some of the top candidates for adopting the bleeding edge.