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Verizon Officially Launching 4G LTE Network On December 5th

Effie Tjhai — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:34:14 +0000

Verizon will officially launch their 4G LTE network live on Sunday, December 5th. Currently, there’s no mobile phones that capable to support the network. We might only be seeing those supported phones in CES 2011.

The 4G network will be applied to 38 cities and 60 airports. As for now, the only way to have access upon the 4G network are by using the USB LG VL600 LTE modem. For further details and map coverage on the 4G network, head to Verizon website.

You can also read the LG VL600 LTE Modem hands-on and unboxing from SlashGear here.

[via Android Community]

Nokia trials its first Long Term Evolution (LTE) modem

Kim Poh Liaw — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:58:08 +0000

Nokia has introduced its first ever Long Term Evolution (LTE) capable internet modem, which is based on Nokia’s own LTE modem technology development. The Nokia Internet Modem RD-3 is available to be used in LTE technology development together with various network vendors, measurement equipment manufacturers and operators.

“Nokia is committed to supporting industry activities aimed at maturing LTE technology to enable the first commercial networks to launch in 2010,” says Jani Mäenpää, Project Manager, LTE/SAE Interoperability and Trials, Nokia. “Nokia is a founding member in the LTE/SAE Trial Initiative (LSTI) and carries out interoperability testing with a number of network vendors, collaborates with measurement equipment manufacturers and is ready to support operators with their LTE deployment activities. The Nokia Internet Modem RD-3 is used in all these activities.”

The Nokia Internet Modem RD-3 supports interoperability with GSM/EDGE and WCDMA/HSPA to make the most out of the global GSM and WCDMA reach right from the start. The Nokia Internet Modem RD-3 also supports multiple LTE frequency bands so is able to meet operators’ deployment plans across many different countries and regions.

Samsung Electronics Develops First Commercial LTE Modem for Mobile Phones

Kim Poh Liaw — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:11:25 +0000

Samsung announced today that it has developed the first Long Term Evolution (LTE) modem that complies with the latest standards of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).

The modem, branded the Kalmia, supports download speed up to 100Mbps and upload speed of 50Mbps within the 20MHz frequency bandwidth. Users of a mobile device equipped with the LTE chipset can download a high-definition movie file (800MB) in one minute at speeds of 100Mbps, while simultaneously streaming four high-definition movies with no buffering.

Samsung also announced it has successfully developed a 3G baseband modem based on the Release 7 standard with an HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) Evolution platform. The modem allows download speeds of up to 28Mbps and upload speeds of 11.5 Mbps. This makes the Release 7 more than twice as fast as the Release 6 HSPA Service, which had a maximum download speed of 14.4Mbps. Because the LTE and all other HSPA evolution models share the same platform, the new LTE modem is fully compatible with earlier standards.

“Our latest LTE standard chip-set will help realize the world’s first commercial LTE device,” said JongKyun Shin, Executive Vice President and head of Mobile Communications Division, Samsung Electronics. “Currently, Samsung is partnering with LTE developers preparing for a LTE service launch in 2010 and will unveil a variety of LTE devices of different types and with diverse features and options, including memory cards, handheld devices and MID.”

[via koreanewswire]