Nortel Flips the Channel to 4G
In a booth outfitted to look like a comfy living room, replete with couch and streamed network TV showing on a widescreen IPTV, Nortel on Oct. 10 unveiled what it's calling the first end-to-end mobile MIMO-powered WiMax setup to deliver 4G mobile broadband content.
That includes Internet everywhere, mobile video, VOIP, streaming media, data applications and mobile electronic commerce. In Nortel's demonstration, an IP television service with a live, high-speed WiMax connection was used to view and download broadcast TV via a 4MB stream with an integrated electronic program guide.
Users will simultaneously be able to share instant messages and pictures captured on screen or from other devices.
Nortel also demonstrated click-to-call capability over VOIP using IMS. With IMS, users will be able to access personal files, including address book, calendar or buddy lists, and Web content using any IP-based device, with a single sign-on.
