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LTE-A
LTE-A is a mobile communication standard, also known as Long-Term Evolution Advanced. It is an improvement on the LTE standard, increasing speed, reliability, and fixing bugs. Like other forms of these telecommunication standards, LTE-A is backward compatible. Phones and other devices which work on LTE-A will also work on slower networks like LTE or 3G.
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About LTE-A
LTE-A is a mobile communication standard that is an improvement from the previous LTE generation. LTE was a 3G comminication standard, able to connect at a reasonable speed, however LTE-A offers faster speeds using a 4G standard. SMBs who utilize mobile communications may want to opt for an LTE-A due to its speedy delivery, data roaming, and operability with existing wireless standards.
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- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
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- Haptics
- WAN (Wide-Area Network)
- Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Service-Level Agreement (SLA)
- Scalability
- Data Center
- Authorization
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