Local telecom carriers say so at least, and they might be right

Jan 30, 2014 20:01 GMT  ·  By

The thing about wireless transmissions is that they all use the electromagnetic spectrum to send and receive data, and the spectrum needs to be partitioned rather specifically for transmissions to happen without interference. It looks like another partition will be used soon.

According to word from local telecom carriers from Taiwan, the country is thinking of using the 2.6 GHz frequency band for LTE.

Not clear if it's TD-LTE, TDD LTE or FDD LTE mobile communications services that will tackle it.

2.6 GHz is already used by Taiwan's four WiMAX operators, so doing this would imply negotiations with them.

FDD-LTE is standard for LTE networks around the world (a sort of proto-4G network), but FDD/TDD LTE dual-mode networks are becoming popular too.

For my part, I find it interesting that 2.6 GHz would be used, given that 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz are popular in Wi-Fi, short-range as it were, not country-range networks.