"Today in South Korea, Samsung Electronics demonstrated new 4G mobile phone technology to the press. What's most impressive is that Samsung claims 4G can deliver speeds of up to100Mbps, which is already faster than most consumer high-speed Internet access connections.
The demonstration took place on a bus that was traveling roughly 37 miles per hour and streamed media such as high-definition TV and data network access. Samsung claims that this is even possible traveling at speeds of 70 miles per hour. President of Samsung's telecommunications network business division Lee Ki-Tai told reporters that "we hope to drive development and standardization of 4G mobile technology. Successful commercial launch of mobile WiMAX will lead to another success story of 4G communications."
Samsung along with Japanese company NTT DoCoMo are leaders in developing 4G technologies, the wireless successor to 3G. 3G, although popular around the world and specifically Europe and Japan, has been virtually ignored by the USA. Since 3G was over hyped and thought to deliver promising video-telephony (which it didn't) companies are eager to introduce 4G services that build on the successful music ring tone market with true high quality audio and video services. With capabilities of 100Mbps and low-latency data transmission, you can expect a real explosion in growth if consumers don't feel the bad taste in their mouths from 3G. WiMax is expected to be a major competitor to 4G when it debuts, but hopefully the real winners will be consumers as companies that offer competing services will keep prices low and reasonable enough in order to bring in customers that scoffed at 3G.