AT&T Targeting LTE Multicast for 2015
Aug 14, 2014, 7:14 AM by Eric M. Zeman
AT&T recently indicated it plans to deploy LTE Multicast beginning next year. LTE Multicast is a technology that allows network operators to push video content to a large number of subscribers at a time, rather than broadcast individual streams to select users on demand. It is a more efficient way to deliver video content to a large number of devices over LTE. "You should expect that you'll see us begin to roll out Multicast capabilities as we move through next year," said AT&T Chief Strategy Officer John Stankey. "Initially, we'll be doing it on a targeted basis and we'll be doing it in some specific areas where we think there's immediate deployment." AT&T had earlier said it was exploring the possibility of LTE Multicast, but hadn't committed to any sort of timeline. AT&T is likely to use the 700MHz D and E blocks it purchased from Qualcomm for LTE Multicast. Verizon Wireless, too, said it plans to deploy LTE Multicast in 2015 and it will begin adding LTE Multicast capabilities to handsets beginning in the fourth quarter of this year.
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