It has been announced recently that the US electronics retailer Best Buy is going to be offering LTE based 4G broadband services based on the LightSquared service.
High speed broadband is something that many people are keen to enjoy, and those that use mobile broadband services whilst out and about are eager to benefit from the next generation of mobile broadband networks known as 4G networks. It has now been announced that they could do this by going through the US electronics retailer Best Buy.
According to reports the US electronics retailer Best Buy is going to be offering LTE based 4G broadband services based on the LightSquared service. The retailer has formed a partnership with LightSquared, which was recently announced at the CTIA wireless industry conference in Orlando, Florida by Sanjiv Ahuja, LightSquared chief executive.
During a speech at the conference Ahuja stated: “Working together we are targeting a trial in the first quarter of 2012, and over the next few weeks, we will provide a lot more details on this.”
At present Best Buy offers a 3G broadband services that is thought the mobile and communications giant Sprint. However, the demand for mobile broadband means that more and more people are looking for 4G services, which will be more reliable, faster, and will provide more capacity.
Amongst the various other projects that have been announced by LightSquared recently is an agreement that has been signed with Open Range, which is a rural broadband and internet service provider. Open Range is using LightSquared to expand its services within the United States and to start offering 4G broadband services to those in rural areas.
Source – FT