Nation (26th January, 2012) - ITU DEVELOPS NEW MOBILE PHONE STANDARD
Global radio experts have approved radio standards that are to usher in a new mobile phone operating system to replace Third Generation (or 3G technology), the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has announced.
This next generation of mobile technology, ‘IMT Advanced Spectrum,’ according to the experts, would result in faster and better quality mobile services,eliminating the wait time between the tap of a finger and the appearance of a Web page.
ITU’s Secretary-General, Hamadoun Touré, while addressing the media on the closing day of the organisation’s Radiocommunication Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, hailed the announcement as a landmark development in mobile technology.
He said: “IMT-Advanced marks a huge leap forward in state-of-the-art technologies, which will make the present day smartphone feel like an old dial up Internet connection. Access to the Internet, streaming videos and data transfers anytime, anywhere will be better than most desktop connections today.”
