Samsung LTE Dongle Is Now Available for TeliaSonera's World First Commercial 4G Service
Samsung Electronics has announced the commercial availability of its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) dongle in Sweden and Norway.
From today, TeliaSonera begins offering commercial Samsung LTE dongles (Model Name: GT-B3710) for customers in Stockholm, Sweden and in Oslo, Norway. The introduction of the commercial dongle follows the announcement in October about TeliaSonera鈥檚 selection of Samsung as its 4G device provider.
Customers in Sweden and Norway can now enjoy maximum download speeds of 100 Mbps in 4G, which is ten times faster than the speed of the current 鈥楾urbo 3G鈥� service. TeliaSonera鈥檚 LTE service is the world鈥檚 first commercialization and will open up new possibilities for customers to enjoy the benefits of high-speed data service on their laptops, such as advanced web TV broadcasting, online gaming and web conferencing.
鈥淲e are very excited to be part of the world鈥檚 first LTE commercial service from TeliaSonera. It is a truly historic step forward in the mobile industry,鈥� said JK Shin, executive vice president and head of the Mobile Communications Division at Samsung Electronics. 鈥淎s an industry leader and innovator, Samsung will continue to offer the most advanced mobile technology to satisfy consumers鈥� unmet needs.鈥�
鈥淲e are very proud to be the first operator in the world to offer our customers 4G services. Thanks to the successful cooperation with Samsung we can offer 4G to our customers in Sweden and Norway earlier than originally planned,鈥� says Kenneth Karlberg, President and Head of Mobility Services, TeliaSonera.
Samsung鈥檚 LTE dongle can be connected to a laptop computer or other portable devices via USB. The dongle incorporates Samsung鈥檚 in-house developed LTE modem chip, branded Kalmia, and supports 2.6GHz band for LTE service. Samsung鈥檚 LTE solution is fully compliant with the latest 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) LTE Release 8 (Rel-8) standard. Samsung will provide an updated version of USB dongle, which offers backward compatibility to LTE, HSPA, and EDGE service, in the first half of 2010.
Source: Samsung
