LG developed LTE handset modem chip, reached 60 Mbps of download speed
Claimed as the world’s first, LG Electronics announced that has independently developed the first handset (user equipment) modem chip, based on 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology standards. The modem chip theoretically support wireless download speeds of 100 Mbps and upload speed of 50 Mbps. It is about 17 times faster than HSDPA technology.
It’s bridging the telecom technology towards 4G standard. Previously Japan’s KDDI, which works on CDMA spectrum, has announced its intention on using LTE for 4G standard. LTE probably will unify GSM and CDMA for one-single telecom technology standard.
LG demonstrated the chip today at its Mobile Communication Technology Research Lab in Anyang, Korea, achieving wireless download speeds of 60 Mbps and upload speeds of 20 Mbps. The fastest phones currently on the market use HSDPA technology and download at a maximum speed of 7.6 Mbps.
For the past three years, LG have been pursuing 3GPP LTE standardization, working to develop and test commercially viable LTE technology with approximately 250 of R&D staffs. The result is a 13 by 13 mm modem chip, perfectly sized for the next generation of slim-yet-powerful handsets. For its demonstration today, LG used a test terminal running Windows Mobile to play back high quality, on-demand video. In addition to this handset modem, LG is also developing the first preliminary LTE-based data card, which can replace the wireless cards currently used in computers.
December 11th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Wow the sound is good, the future is now.
Although… sometimes I ask to myself, “What kind of data which can download with my cellphone?”