EUROPE: Brussels backs new standard for latest wireless technology
September 1st, 2009
By Alan Osborn
Technology researchers will benefit from a new research investment of ?18 million from the European Commission, designed to reinforce its support for the LTE (Long Term Evolution) standard for the fourth generation of wireless telecommunications, in preference to the alternative WiMax technology. Brussels is already heavily engaged in promoting LTE, having provided Euro 25 million for research on optimisation and standardisation for future telecommunications between 2004 and 2007.
Both systems are competing to underpin the new fourth generation ...
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