As the rapid growth of high speed mobile communication service, broadband wireless communication technologies has become the trend in the telecommunication industry. Mobile operators play an important and fundamental role in the smart cities construction value chain. Mobile Operators are positioned to provide the fundamental infrastructure and advanced technology platform for future emerging services, and to deliver those end-to-end services direct to citizens. This article describes the development of smart cities demand for 4G mobile broadband networks, and how the heterogeneous networks can improve the network capacity and quality. Beyond 4G networks, the development of B4G/5G networks and new types of emerging services are introduced to meet the need for higher speed services and smart living.
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