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Since it’ll be eons until we suffer the kind of 4G coverage which we’ve grown used to on 2G (and to a obtuse extent, 3G), manufacturers and carriers have been tough at work creation certain which we’ve got a arguable approach to interoperate for the foreseeable destiny — TeliaSonera, for instance, wants to barter out the customers’ modems for LTE / HSPA dual-mode versions once they’re accessible subsequent year. To which end, Ericsson and ST-Ericsson have been trumpeting which they’ve turn the initial to settle “LTE and HSPA mobility” in suitability with 3GPP’s Release 8 specification, which dictates this arrange of things in a approach everybody can determine on (that’s a great thing). Verizon’s of course some-more meddlesome in the CDMA handoffs which have already left down, but for AT&T and many of the rest of the world, this is sparkling headlines indeed.

The full story can be found on Engadget