CAT to be first to launch 4G LTE in Thailand.

P4A of today's (21 Dec 09) paper version of the Nation has news of CAT's announcement to be first to LTE in Thailand.

Just after the annoucement that it would soon launch BlackBerry services after finishing the merger of its two CDMA networks, the piece went on to say that CAT would evolve those CDMA networks to be the first 4G network in Thailand.

One wonders if anyone has told CAT that UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband, the OFDMA evolution of CDMA EV-DO) is dead and that all roads now lead to LTE for 4G.

One also wonders the logic of talking about 4G with a network that is still mainly 2G on the ground. Even if they think of leapfrogging a generation, just how many devices will be created that are CDMA 2000 / LTE dual-mode, if any?

That news is missing from the online version. Probably readers complained and pointed out that it's not a good idea to print the views of delusional and crazy people in a national newspaper.