More LTE vendors join the 4G party (but no cake for Nortel!)
Posted by: Michael Morisy
Verzion, AT&T, Nortel, 4G, LTE, Alcatel-Lucent
Lately, 4G is starting to seem like (relatively) easy money for everyone … or rather, everyone but poor, beleaguered Nortel, which is starting to remind me of Milton from Office Space, never getting a piece of the cake even as they watch it distributed all around them:
Nina: Now Milton, don’t be greedy, let’s pass it along and make sure everyone gets a piece.
Milton Waddams: Yeah, but last time I didn’t receive a piece. And I was told…
Nina: Just pass.
[while the cake passes Milton mutters - eventually everybody but Milton gets a piece]
Milton Waddams: [muttering] I could set the building on fire.
Today, Verizon announced that Giesecke & Devrient will be the supplier of the telco’s LTE smart cards, one step closer in bringing its planned 4G juggernaut to the masses. It will be a long, long time until we see LTE phones, of course, but already G&D and other suppliers are starting to see the 4G stimulus roll in.
Verizon also announced today Gemalto would offer the company’s OTA platform for LTE.
Meanwhile, FierceWireless notes a UBS report that claims AT&T has shortlisted Continued »
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