| he wait may have been excruciating for many | | | | you just stay in one place all the time (at least in |
| wireless enthusiasts, but it is finally over for such | | | | most lines of business), and that means that it is |
| folks in many cities across the country thanks to | | | | necessary to get around to different destinations |
| the fact that an increasing amount of | | | | to visit customers, suppliers, catch meetings, and |
| metropolitan areas are now completely on the 4G | | | | so on. While in the past this reality implied a lot |
| wireless map. The service was diligently tested | | | | of time in transit that couldn’t be used for |
| and deployed in a few initial markets, starting with | | | | any other purpose, with the revolutionarily |
| Baltimore, Maryland; now, however, developers | | | | comprehensive urban coverage areas afforded by |
| know that the service is completely operational | | | | 4G deployments, now every moment on the |
| and exceeds even their own wildest dreams and | | | | move will be turned into the most efficient and |
| it is therefore being rolled out in many more local | | | | effective possible. |
| markets across the US. Now, cities like Chicago | | | | It’s something that not only businesses will be |
| and Atlanta and many other urban centers are | | | | able to enjoy, of course. Individual users have |
| able to enjoy the best of wireless connectivity, | | | | been longing for such comprehensive wireless |
| and individuals as well as business customers are | | | | coverage areas for a long time, and finally 4G has |
| beginning to learn exactly what this could mean | | | | stepped in to fill that void. And unlike previous |
| for them. | | | | wireless systems that only allowed light |
| What we’re getting at here is the incredibly | | | | applications and uses—such as checking email |
| impact which using 4G wireless services can have | | | | and downloading very small files—now it is |
| on a person’s or a business’s way of | | | | possible to really make the most of your mobile |
| operating and capacity for success. It’s no | | | | connection. What does that mean in specific |
| surprise that these days in order to be successful | | | | terms? Think about fully functional mobile VoIP, |
| a person needs to be able to stay on top of the | | | | or making large movie or music downloads on the |
| ball at all times, no matter where they | | | | run, or a wide variety of other mobile applications |
| are—and that is precisely what fourth | | | | that require real broadband capabilities to take |
| generation networks are allowing users to do. | | | | place. And as more and more metropolitan |
| Such systems, with their seamless interoperability | | | | zones such as Chicago, Atlanta and many other |
| across various heterogeneous networks, are | | | | markets are brought onto the 4G map, and the |
| effectively eliminating the “down-time” | | | | spaces in between each of them are brought on |
| that many people begrudgingly have had to | | | | the map as well, soon it won’t just be a |
| endure as they commute across town or make | | | | matter of getting across a single city without |
| their way around the local geography for | | | | losing the signal—it’ll be a question of |
| whatever reason. It’s hard to remain | | | | traveling throughout various cities with a fully |
| competitive and relevant in today’s market if | | | | functional, high speed wireless service fully intact. |