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Mobile Devices & Apps

HTC EVO 4G – The World’s First 3G/4G Android Phone

HTC EVO 4G, claimed to be world’s first 3G/4G (WiMAX enabled) Android handset, featuring the Android 2.1 platform running on 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The important features are 8.0 MP camera, HD video capture, HDMI output, Mobile Hotspot capability and HTC Sense. Sprint 4G claims to offer a faster wireless experience than any other U.S. national wireless carrier. The HTC EVO 4G is available only in the US market because of the limited availability of WiMAX network in other parts of the world. The EVO 4G is priced at USD 199 along with a Sprint’s 2-year contract. […]

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Mobile News

4G to Overtake 3G services in India

Long-Term Evolution (LTE) standardised by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has emerged as the next generation wireless technology that will lead the growth of mobile broadband services later in this decade. PASS OVER 3G, the Fourth Generation mobile phone technology, better known as Long Term Evolution (LTE) is already here. “It is not why LTE, but when and how?” says Telecom Additional Secretary Subodh Kumar. […]

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Mobile News

4G Telecom Service in India, TRAI to Start the Process Soon

J S Sarma, Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authory of India (TRAI) said that, TRAI has started consultation for the 4G (fourth generation) telecom services. TRAI would look into the various aspects, including spectrum band to be allotted for 4G service and quantum and modes of allotment to the operators. TRAI will soon issue a consultation paper that would throw various questions for the industry and other stake holders to deliberate culminating into recommendations by the TRAI. […]

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Mobile News

Operators may Skip 3G to Adopt 4G (LTE) When It is Ready by 2011

With the Government deciding to allocate spectrum for 3G mobile only by August 2010, some Indian operators are reviewing their strategy and looking at the possibility of leapfrogging straight to the 4G technology. It has taken three years for the Government to come to some finality on the 3G spectrum allocation policy. 4G technologies could face the same fate. Even if the Government allocates 3G spectrum by August 2010, operators will not be in a position to launch the services before early 2011. By that time 4G technologies will be commercially available for operators to deploy. […]

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Internet

Long Term Evolution (LTE) – The 4G Mobile Broadband Standrard

Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the project name of a new high performance air interface for cellular mobile communication systems. LTE is marketed as 4th Generation (4G) of radio technologies designed to increase the capacity and speed of mobile telephone networks. LTE is the natural upgrade path for GSM to 4G. Long Term Evolution offers a superior user experience and simplified technology for next-generation mobile broadband.The LTE specification provides downlink peak rates of at least 100 Mbps, an uplink of at least 50 Mbps and Radio access network (RAN) round-trip times of less than 10 ms. LTE supports scalable carrier bandwidths, from 20 MHz down to 1.4 MHz. LTE will be available not only in next-generation mobile phones, but also notebooks, ultra-portables, cameras, camcorders, MBRs and other devices that benefit from mobile broadband. […]

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General

NTT DoCoMo – 4G Mobile Phones by 2010, Solar Handsets in Septemer

The world’s first 4G mobile phone network is on schedule to launch next year! Japan’s NTT DoCoMo is going head with plans for a 2010 launch of 4G (Long-Term Evolution – LTE) services on its own. LTE will play a significant role in quickly delivering movies and other media over connections expected to hit 300Mbps.

NTT DOCOMO also announced its development of the SOLAR HYBRID (docomo STYLE series SH-08A), a solar-powered, waterproof mobile phone that will go on sale at all DOCOMO sales channels in Japan from September. […]