NTT DoCoMo's 4G Tests Hit 300Mbps 259
haunebu writes "'Your brand-spankin'-new 3G phone is nearing obsolesence: NTT DoCoMo reveals the results from a new 4G test system.' says TheFeature. While in a car moving at 30kph, DoCoMo engineers managed a peak throughput of 300Mbps and a sustained transfer rate of 135Mbps with their new variable spreading factor orthogonal frequency code division multiplexing (WSF-OFCDM) downstream technology. Who comes up with these names, and how does Japan manage to stay lightyears ahead of everyone else in wireless?"
Total area to cover (Score:5, Insightful)
Simple, smaller area to provide coverage = lower cost. That's why in places like South Korea you can get a LOT of bandwith a whole lot cheaper than here (U.S.).
How Japan is "lightyears" ahead of us... (Score:5, Insightful)
--Nerviswreck
why Japan is lightyears ahead is... (Score:5, Insightful)
Same story with Chine from a different perspective. Wiring the old buildings for phone communications is not feasible fianncially.
At the end, when alternative is very expensive, people tend to be more creative than what is expected of them. Can be applied to anything, not only wireless or technology...
Japan is not that large... (Score:2, Insightful)
Because Japan is densely populated on a mall landmass, it's not such a logistical nightmare to have almost all the area covered by high end wireless service. It also can offer a quick market turnaround and a stepping stone into the greater world market.
Re:Names (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Your brand-spankin'-new 3G phone (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:How Japan is "lightyears" ahead of us... (Score:1, Insightful)
why cant anyone admit that the japs are better?
THE JAPS ARE BETTER THAN AMERICANS IN MANY AREAS, INCLUDING TELECOMMUNICATION. ( - that was a period, cant write it UPPERCASE)
Well (Score:3, Insightful)
Maybe they don't have risk-averse, office-politics-obsessed middle managers more interested in shitting all over other people's careers than actually building something useful?
Maybe they have found a way to put capital to work employing people and building new products instead of sitting around a table whining that they might fail.
First it was cars, then electronics, now animation. So Japan is kicking our ass again? Well boo-fuckin-hoo.
Re:Your brand-spankin'-new 3G phone (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:their secret is... (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:Note: Requires L-O-S to the base station... (Score:1, Insightful)
MT
Re:why Japan is lightyears ahead is... (Score:1, Insightful)
It's not exactly difficult to wire these buildings. In Tokyo, you can get fiber to the home for an insanely low price (on Western standards). Claiming that the need to rewire buildings is an impetus for wireless is clearly invalid in this case.
Neither is Japan ahead because of the population density. It may be part of it, but take Finland for example. Their population density is about half that of USA, but even they are lightyears ahead in cell phone technology.
Re:Rehtorical question? (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:Simple, they want the best, we want the values. (Score:3, Insightful)
My GSM phone is going on 7 years old. I keep it because it is a mobile telephone, which works well and has a standby time of about 3 weeks or talk time of about 8 hours. Until I find a phone I can rely on to keep me contactable all day almost guaranteed or until it breaks, I will keep it.
I don't ever want to go back to the days of having a mobile that cuts out before the business day is over and I'm nowhere near a power outlet.
I see friends who have these super expensive mobiles that do-it-all, but don't last a day if they listen to some mp3's. Keep your old phone and buy an iPod!