The term “DNA” in the title of this paper has no relation to the double helix biochemical DNA, the fundamental building block of life. The DNA discussed in this paper stands for “desire, new vision, and action, ” the ingredients necessary for successful technological innovations. These ingredients are: desire to change from the current state of the technology, new vision of the desired state of technology or product(s), and an action plan for realizing the goals of the new vision [1].

During the eight years since the launch of International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000), and the standards specified as third-generation (3G) technologies, the growth of 3G networks has been tardy. However, the arrival of Apple’s iPhone has boosted the download speed of 3G networks, from 500 Kbps to 14.4 Mbps.

The goal of fourth-generation technology (4G), designed as part of the International Mobile Telecommunications-Advanced (IMT-A) standard, is one integrated, Internet protocol (IP) based environment for all telecommunications requirements, including voice, video, broadcasting media, and Internet over fixed as well as wireless networks. The author concludes that to support heterogeneous environments and services, IMT-A should have different radio interfaces and frequency bands for mobile access for the next-generation high-mobility users, while continuing to support the fixed wireless networks. Companies that want to play active roles in the emerging markets created by IMT-A should have the following skills: an openness to explore along new directions, the ability to experiment and learn quickly the dominant design, and the ability to fragment and resynthesize using different approaches.