Many innovations for the ifa launch

In berlin, deutsche telekom and vodafone gave the go-ahead to accelerate the roll-out of LTE networks so that they are available to everyone. Up to now, LTE has been used in this country primarily to eliminate the weak spots in internet broadband coverage in rural areas. This is what the politicians had prescribed for the mobile radio companies when they were awarded licenses in spring 2010. In the meantime this duty task is fulfilled. At the IFA, deutsche telekom presented the first LTE rate for its smartphone customers.
Several million people in germany are already covered by the turbo mobile network, at least in theory. Vodafone talks of "17 million households in germany" for which an LTE network is available. Telecom refers to "ten million people in rural areas". Of these households, however, only a fraction have an LTE contract. Therefore, telekom, vodafone& co. Now in the cities where current mobile networks are bursting at the seams. Vodafone announced a nationwide LTE network by 2015.