On the floor of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Verizon Wireless and Alcatel-Lucent have demonstrated high-speed, real-time gaming over a commercial 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network between a player in Spain and the other in a moving vehicle somewhere in the United States. Essentially, multiple players can participate in mainstream video games, i.e., Trendy’s “Dungeon Defenders” and Gameloft’s “Asphalt 6,” between Verizon’s and Alcatel-Lucent’s show booths and with passengers in a 4G LTE-enabled vehicle traveling U.S. highways. Live audio/video apps stream over Verizon’s 4G LTE network in the U.S. and an LTE demo network built by Alcatel-Lucent in Barcelona. Other companies also contributed to the demonstration. Dell and Acer provided the hardware including an LTE module from Novatel Wireless in the Dell machine and an LTE module by ZTE, a SkyCross T-Series LTE antenna, and an Nvidia Tegra 2 mobile super chip in the Acer tablet. Vidyo provided the video conferencing platform.

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