LTE conquers major cities
Date: 16/8/2011
German cities are entering the mobile high-speed data era with a big push on LTE network installations this year. By the end of 2011, it is expected that over 100 cities will have LTE networks. Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom were the first into this market and have already set up networks in Berlin and Cologne.
Theoretically LTE should allow data transfer speeds of up to 100Mb per second, unlikely in practice, but speeds will definitely be much faster than the current UMTS networks.
Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom are continuing network development at a steady pace and this is set to increase now that O2 have started LTE installations. Only E-Plus is holding back and just carrying out field tests. Their reasoning? 
There are still no decent LTE compatible devices on the market.
As it stands, Deutsche Telekom will only start to offer LTE through a USB stick for laptop. Also the high-speed offer isn't cheap. The use of LTE with full broadband will cost EUR 89.95 per month.
