LTE Advanced Roaming

Last week a new apple product was out in the market, the first one from the giant apple with LTE enabled on it. If you are in US, then you can access the 4G LTE from AT&T and Verizon from this gadget, Otherwise this 4G LTE enabling is of no use for you. Problem lies in the frequency of operation of this device to be at 700 MHz and 2100 MHz which is predominantly used in USA and Canada. But for Europe and Asia, where the frequency of 4G LTE is different like 800 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2600 MHz, this new Apple product has to rely on 3G or Wi-fi for broadband access and data roaming. This is of a big concern for the roaming feature to be available universally in all the networks. The unavailability of enough spectrum in same frequency all around the world hinders the universality among wireless carriers, though they are using the same technology. Thats a bigger crunch for the UE vendors to manufacture a device that can operate in all operators but with affordable price, which is a mission impossible thing for now to put 6 bands of operating frequency in a single device. A frequency spectrum in America for LTE is being used for television broadcasting in Europe, Africa and used for 3G in Asia or some other technology in other country. So It's high time global Telecommunication body like ITU (International Telecommunication Union) act on it for the global frequency re-farming for the broad acceptance of UE and new technology.

P.S: Huge expectations are in iPhone 5 that is believed to cater the universal access of LTE all around the world. Lets keep our fingers crossed.