India and China to go 4G

LTE technology is in Asia guys, soon (that will take a year or two at least) we will be playing with 4G networks  (a new set of zu-zu ads :) as a bonus).

China and India, the world's biggest mobile phone markets, are building fourth-generation (4G) networks based on the long-term evolution (LTE) technology although it will be years before it takes off as both countries are still ramping up 3G services.

Since Asia's first commercial LTE network went live in Hong Kong in November last year, there are only a handful of operators in other Asian countries such as Japan and Singapore that have launched commercial 4G networks.

Many more in the region -- including China Mobile Ltd, India's Reliance Industries Ltd and Bharti Airtel Ltd -- are building high-speed networks to cash in on growing demand for mobile data that promises to lift margins as voice services become increasingly commoditised.

China and India were late in rolling out 3G networks, but are trying to catch up with Western peers in 4G rollouts.

Operators in both markets are planning networks based on the time division duplex (TDD) variant of LTE, which differs from frequency division duplex (FDD) technology used in many networks in the United States and Europe.

So I hope, this phase pass out quickly and without any hiccups and technology barrier in rollout.