Vodafone CEO, Vittorio Colao, let slip that the company saw HSPA+ as meeting its needs over the next two to three years and would focus its investment in further deploying the technology. Under these conditions, the CEO admitted that LTE was unlikely to be needed until late 2011 or possibly 2012. Article [1]
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[1] http://www.fiercewireless.com/europe/story/lte-can-wait-hspa-good-next-2-years-says-voda-ceo/2009-11-11