DoCoMo Demos 56Mbps LTE Downloads

NTT DoCoMo demonstrated its new LTE data service for the first time on Monday, and it managed some impressive speeds. Japan's largest cellular carrier will start offering LTE from Dec. 24.

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DoCoMo Demos 56Mbps LTE Downloads Martin Williams: NTT DoCoMo demonstrated its new LTE data service for the first time on Monday and it managed some impressive speeds. Japan’s largest cellular carrier will start offering LTE from December 24th. LTE is a new packet data transmission technology that is based on IP. The same basic protocol is the internet. For users it promises a faster data speeds and for carriers it makes more efficient user spectrum Outdoor download speeds will be as fast as 37-1/2 megabytes per second and uploads up to 12-1/2 megabytes per second but in buildings that are fitted with LTE and equipment these speeds will be doubled. DoCoMo demonstrated the service in one such building. Streaming video and data speeds up to 56 megabytes per second were being realized. That’s about 10 times what’s possible on today’s 3G network. At launch the carrier will offer a USB modem from LG Electronics and express card modem from Fujitsu will be available from April both include to be G modems for use outside the LTE service area. It will cost 6,500 yen per month that’s about $80 for up to 5 gigabytes of data. NTT is investing several billion dollars in building the network which will cover only Tokyo at the beginning. It hopes to have LTE in all major cities in Japan within 3 years. In Tokyo, this is Martin Williams IDG News Service.