Qualcomm Technologies Inc. is enabling the industry’s first LTE-Advanced smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE-A, with its Snapdragon 800 processor.
Qualcomm said that the new Galaxy S4 LTE-A will be launched on all three mobile operators’ LTE networks in Korea, starting with SK Telecom, and followed by KT and LGU+. The company added that the new Galaxy S4 LTE-A will be the first smartphone to utilize LTE carrier aggregation for data rates up to 150 Mbps, a significant improvement over current LTE speeds.
“LTE-Advanced represents a significant improvement over current standards and will only enhance these experiences on the Galaxy S4, and other future devices worldwide,” said Murthy Renduchintala, executive VP at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and co-president of Qualcomm mobile and computing
LTE carrier aggregation is one of the most highly anticipated features of LTE-Advanced, which allows mobile operators to combine radio channels within and across bands to increase network speeds. Qualcomm noted that while current LTE mobile devices support several LTE radio channels, they can only download on one channel at a time; carrier aggregation allows for simultaneous download on two or more LTE radio channels.
More details in this video from Qualcomm and in the company’s blog post:
