As the iPhone queues lengthen and governments reconsider licence auctions, perhaps the FT's Jonathan Guthrie was right in suggesting long-term evolution (4G or LTE) will be of as much use to Britons as "snuff and moustache wax".
Why are network service providers so excited? The answer is automotive potential. With download speeds already over 340Mbps, 4G not only enables passengers to watch live TV, but allows your car to broadcast its position to other vehicles, identifying all other LTE-enabled devices in its locality. Ultimately, all our cars will be driverless. Progress is astonishingly rapid (legislation allowing freeway usage has already been passed in the US and Google has driven its prototype cars over 480,000 miles without an accident), but autonomous cars will not be widespread soon. Automatic braki...
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