There are two versions of Long Term Evolution :
- TD LTE
- FDD LTE
India has chose TD LTE, though equipment and device manufactures are currently aligned with FDD LTE. The US, Japan and some European nations have chosen FDD- LTE for their broad roll out. Now if China too selects TD LTE, India may not be in trouble. Otherwise India may face problem. China has invested in a home-grown technology TD- SCDMA.
Broadband Wireless Acess (BWA) has two major divisions —
WIMAX or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access for which Intel is at the forefront. It has two divisions — fixed wireless and mobile wireless.
LTE which is called Long Term Evolution. Companies like Qualcomm, Ericson and Huawei have adpoted LTE.