In Saudi Arabia, Poland, the Philippines and Indonesia, there are 10 to 15 times as many 3G subscribers as broadband.
Sprint says 4G is up to 10 times quicker than 3G.
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Ernest Doku, telecoms expert at comparison site uSwitch.com, said with speeds now seven times faster than 3G, it could convince more mobile users to move to 4G.
Customers can expect a much snappier data and Internet experience, with download speeds averaging 5-12 mbps and upload speeds of 2-5 mbps -- or about 10 times faster than 3G.
Sprint says 4G technology can be up to 10 times faster than 3G, making it a good fit for bandwidth-intensive applications like streaming video, transmitting medical images and e-mailing training manuals.
The HTC First will be available exclusively in the UK on EE 4GEE plans, providing customers with download speeds approximately five times faster than 3G - so they enjoy an optimised Facebook experience.
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Sprint 4G, powered by WiMAX, delivers download speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G.1 Expanding across the country, Sprint offers 4G service in 27 markets today, with more markets to launch in 2010.
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By the end of 2013, customers in more than 3, 800 additional cities and towns will have access to 4G LTE speeds that are up to 10 times faster than 3G and similar to a cable Internet connection.
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Superfast 4G mobile is approximately five times faster than 3G. 4G mobile customers will be able to access the web on the go in an instant, download large email attachments quicker than ever, watch live TV on mobiles without buffering, make high quality video calls on the move and play live multiplayer games on the go.
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The 4G rollout, which offers customers speeds up to five times faster than 3G, is proving a huge success with UK businesses, including Addison Lee, Foxtons, Gatwick Airport, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Kier, Microsoft, Morrisons, Sony Music, TNT Post and Urban Outfitters, who are already reaping the benefits of increased efficiencies and productivity both in and out of the office.
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He estimates that 4G service is equivalent to four times the speed and efficiency of 3G while mobile data traffic, according to companies like Cisco, is expected to multiply by more than 20 times over the next few years.
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Most of the features and battery lives (ie, the different times using WiFi, 3G, talk time and so on) are the same or higher than earlier versions of the iPhone.
Over 20 cities in the Nordic countries have 4G with speeds up to ten times higher than in turbo 3G.
The Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network, launched in December 2010, is the fastest, most advanced 4G network in the United States, providing speeds up to 10 times faster than Verizon Wireless' 3G network.
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Verizon claims that laptop users on its 4G mobile broadband network will experience connectivity that's up to 10 times faster than the company's current 3G network.
It estimates that there is around 150MHz of unused spectrum in the UK, which is five times as much as Vodafone has for its 3G services.
With 4G, customers can use mobile broadband services with speeds up to ten times higher than with today's turbo 3G. 4G opens up new possibilities for customers to use and enjoy services on their laptops, requiring high transmission speed and capacity, such as web TV broadcasting, extensive online gaming, web conferences and advanced business solutions.
All models have the ability to upgrade to Garmin navigation via a special app (available on the Apple iTunes Store), which downloads the mapping database directly onto an iPhone 4 or 4s and allows for instantaneous routing and re-routing without the need for continuous 3G, 4G or LTE service, avoiding long download times and high data charges.
Lenovo's RapidCharge technology provides the industry's fastest charge times while the 8 hours of battery life and optional 3G connectivity ensures maximum productivity virtually anywhere.
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The 3G networks, by contrast, can upload and download such files about six times faster.
That's also more than three times what Amazon itself charges for cellular capability in the Kindle Paperwhite 3G (although, of course, that is a far less expensive radio being used to receive lightweight text-based products).
Although wireless might be perceived as a complement to wireline connections today, the new 4G mobile connections will afford consumers roughly seven times more speedy downloads as compared to the experience on prior generations (3G) of smartphones.
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The Third Generation (3G) networks which will follow in 2 to 3 years will deliver data transmission speeds 200 times faster than today.
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