Science and technology are witnessing such wonderful strides in every walk of life including the mobile field. Gone are the days when a mobile was just a device used to converse while on the move. You find that mobile devices offer so much more than just being a communication device these days. The 3G mobile technologies that are used in most smart phones, dongles and tablets have become the rage of today's generation. Now 4G has been launched into the market and although people are not really awed by this technology, the world will very soon progress to a condition where 4G will become quite inevitable.

4G also known as Long Term evolution or LTE for short is one of the innovative mobile services that have been devised keeping in mind the mobile internet and mobile broadband data instead of voice communication. The 4G will no doubt have a visible affect on people's usage of the mobile broadband.

More than fifty percent of the residents of the UK already connect to the internet through mobiles. This implies that the use of broadband through mobile services cannot be overlooked.

It is apparent that 4G services will any day be speedier and cheaper. This will enable service providers to put forward better bundles of data that will make it all the more convenient to connect to You Tube, iPlayer or On Live Video Games via their smart phone devices. This implies that a large number of people will start utilizing mobile services for getting online instead of depending on Wi-Fi or broadband networks.

The usage of mobile broadband is already growing by leaps and bonds. The growth has been doubling since some years and it was just some time back that Cisco predicted that there was going to be a 26 fold increase of mobile data traffic between 2010 and 2015. It has also been revealed that the overall global mobile data traffic during the previous year was unbelievably thrice the dimension of the total global internet in 2000.

Derek Mc Manus, the CTO of O2 UK stated that accessing a You Tube video via the mobile device equals to transmitting 500,000 text messages together. 4G technology is being built in such a way to enable it to meet this requirement.

There are numerous services in the US who have already launched 4G network services and Sweden and Germany also have this service while the UK is quite behind in this aspect. It was just a few days back that Ofcom revealed that they would be having some delay in conducting the 4G spectrum auction which implies that people will have to wait patiently till 2013 to get access to 4G networks.

The introduction of 4G will result in a complete alteration in the method of building networks and put a stop to the big phone towers that is generally linked to mobile services. Wireless technology is based on the concept of providing better services, the nearer you are located to its towers. The large masts of the current mobile service extend to large distances that are good enough to communicate sound but not enough for 4G. On the other hand, this innovative service will depend on a thick network of 'Small Cells" or 4G "access points" that resemble Wi-Fi networks that are positioned very close wherever necessary in places like shopping malls, public centres, offices and homes.

Isolated areas may also benefit from this similar technology. While these remote areas have very bad mobile range, the femtocells will rectify the problem. However, these areas do not have good broadband networks and in localities that are not densely populated, networks are reluctant to dole out huge amounts to cater to the people's requirements. Tiny cells are however more economical and simpler to set up compared to conventional bases that will introduce super fast wire free to a rural area to contend the issues of coverage and broadband in a lucrative and hassle free manner.

A survey was conducted by 4G CTO Dr Doug Pulley about the quantity of cells that would be required in the UK to provide excellent super fast 4G and it was found that London would require around 70,000 tiny cells inclusive of 12,000 in outside locations, offices, shopping malls and likewise areas and around 2,000 for underground. He is also designing for other town and he feel that Manchester and Birmingham may not require as much. The UK will require around 290,000 tiny cells in all.

Although these figures may seem extremely huge, these equipments are as small as a textbook and can be positioned at any place including a lamp post, other street furniture or even anywhere inside a building. Users will hardly be aware that this small device exists as you will not see any big towers like these days.

There is no doubt about the fact that working efficiency will improve and utilizing mobile broadband will be extremely easy and fast and no towers or other infrastructure will be seen. 4G mobile technology can be termed as "The vanishing mobile network". Hence 4G is soothing to be really thrilled about and it is extremely disappointing that the UK will take some more time to gain access to this wonderful technology.