ericdabbs Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 This is good news for future LTE devices in late 2012 and 2013 phones. I don't know exactly the 7 LTE bands that it will support, but I guess that it will be the 700 MHz, 800 MHz ESMR, 850 MHz Cellular, 1700/2100 MHz AWS, 1900 MHz PCS, 2500 Mhz EBS/BRS and maybe 1800 MHz international band. Manufacturers will start getting samples of the chip in July 2012. http://www.slashgear.com/qualcomm-developing-lte-chip-that-supports-7-spectrum-bands-06232628/ http://www.intomobile.com/2012/06/06/qualcomm-has-figured-out-support-multiple-700-mhz-4g-lte-networks/ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Qualcomm is really winning the LTE game with their chips. As much as I want to see competition drive innovation, Qualcomm certainly doesn't appear to be taking their foot off the gas and allowing the rest of the field to catch up. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefbal99 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Holy crap, might LTE get the US carriers to the point the rest of the world is were I can take the same phone between carriers? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digiblur Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Now they just need a way to pack all those antennas and other supporting components of each band in a handset. Sent from my C64 w/Epyx FastLoad cartridge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefbal99 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Now they just need a way to pack all those antennas and other supporting components of each band in a handset. Sent from my C64 w/Epyx FastLoad cartridge Very good point, I forgot about the antenna for each different band. Next thing to develop is a tiny universal antenna that covers all bands 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Some antennas can be doubled up for multiple bands. i.e. - USCC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnake49 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Some antennas can be doubled up for multiple bands. i.e. - USCC But have they solved the pre-amp problem? Real estate on a handset being what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraydog Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 (edited) I suspect the division of Band 12 and Band 17 will eventually be undone. Either when AT&T realizes they need to work with USCC on rural LTE deployment, or when the FCC realizes Band 17 has just been a big bluff. The issues of division on Band 12 and Band 13 are much more significant. Edited June 7, 2012 by Fraydog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmchssc Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Why was Band 17 created separately from Band 12 anyway? Was it that much cheaper/efficient to drop support for the A Block, or was it mostly AT&T deciding it didn't want its phones to be interoperable with regional carriers' LTE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraydog Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Why was Band 17 created separately from Band 12 anyway? Was it that much cheaper/efficient to drop support for the A Block, or was it mostly AT&T deciding it didn't want its phones to be interoperable with regional carriers' LTE? Some of it was that and some of it was interference in the A block which has been curtailed somewhat since the creation of that band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnake49 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Why was Band 17 created separately from Band 12 anyway? Was it that much cheaper/efficient to drop support for the A Block, or was it mostly AT&T deciding it didn't want its phones to be interoperable with regional carriers' LTE? All of it because AT&T did not want to pay more money to have basestations and handsets with steeper filter cutoffs. It would have been cheaper to purchase the channel 51 broadcasters and put them out of their misery. They just polute the airways with all that shlock and commercials! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digiblur Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 All of it because AT&T did not want to pay more money to have basestations and handsets with steeper filter cutoffs. It would have been cheaper to purchase the channel 51 broadcasters and put them out of their misery. They just polute the airways with all that shlock and commercials! Gotta have those local channels though. Millions and millions of folks use them everyday. Sent from my C64 w/Epyx FastLoad cartridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Gotta have those local channels though. Millions and millions of folks use them everyday. Sent from my C64 w/Epyx FastLoad cartridge I personally don't know anyone who uses over the air television anymore. I know they exist. I just don't know them. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioc21 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 I personally don't know anyone who uses over the air television anymore. I know they exist. I just don't know them. Robert We used an ota antenna for almost a year. My wife was grumbling the entire time. The final straw was after we rearranged the living room and we could no longer pick up the local NBC or PBS affiliates. I called verizon shortly thereafter and got fios TV back. But it was great not to pay for cable for a while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefbal99 Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 I personally don't know anyone who uses over the air television anymore. I know they exist. I just don't know them. Robert We canceled DirecTV awhile back and are living on OTA & Roku (Netflix, Amazon prime, hulu). Sent from my CM9 Epic 4g Touch using Forum Runner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digiblur Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 I personally don't know anyone who uses over the air television anymore. I know they exist. I just don't know them. Robert Millions of satellite users and cable television users watch OTA signals everyday. Some never know it. It's much cheaper to throw up a couple of antennas at one site to capture all the local channels in full HD then pipe them via one fiber to wherever they need to go. If you hook up an antenna and put it indoors, don't expect good results unless you live a few miles from the transmitter. I use OTA with my satellite DVR as my outdoor antenna gets my locals on HD plus I get the locals from another market as well over satellite. Sent from my C64 w/Epyx FastLoad cartridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Millions of satellite users and cable television users watch OTA signals everyday. Some never know it. It's much cheaper to throw up a couple of antennas at one site to capture all the local channels in full HD then pipe them via one fiber to wherever they need to go. If you hook up an antenna and put it indoors, don't expect good results unless you live a few miles from the transmitter. I use OTA with my satellite DVR as my outdoor antenna gets my locals on HD plus I get the locals from another market as well over satellite. Sent from my C64 w/Epyx FastLoad cartridge There is no way in the world I could get a signal at my house. We are off the TV grid. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4GHoward Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Dish Network recently invested in Qualcomm for Broadband Satellite Chipset in Mobile Devices. Source: http://press.dishnet...aq-dish-0897618 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digiblur Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 There is no way in the world I could get a signal at my house. We are off the TV grid. Robert Never say never. And I know better than that. If Sprint has a tower there then there is a signal to be had . OTA covers more than probably any cell carrier. Sent from my C64 w/Epyx FastLoad cartridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Never say never. And I know better than that. If Sprint has a tower there then there is a signal to be had . OTA covers more than probably any cell carrier. Sent from my C64 w/Epyx FastLoad cartridge Yeah, but I live in a steep valley. No signals are getting in unless they are broadcast here. There are two TV translators in Espanola, but they are pointed the wrong way for me...and there is a hill between us. Not that I would use it anyway. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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