Toward 4G Phones: LG Develops World's First LTE Handset Modem Chip

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 - 15:08 in Mathematics & Economics

LG Electronics announced today that it has independently developed the first handset (user equipment) modem chip based on 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)technology standards. The modem chip can theoretically support wireless download speeds of 100Mbps (megabits per second) and upload speeds of 50Mbps. This represents a significant step toward creating a market-ready 4G phone.

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