Samsung announced LTE modem called Kalmia

Samsung has announced the first LTE chipset designed for use in mobile phones. The modem, branded the Kalmia, supports download speed up to 100Mbps and upload speed of 50Mbps within the 20MHz frequency bandwidth.

The Kalmia is compliant with the latest 3GPP specs for LTE and is “fully compatible with earlier standards.” Samsung’s LTE chipset will be used in the first commercial LTE device, according to JongKyun Shin, Executive Vice President and head of Samsung Electronics’ Mobile Communications Division. Currently, Samsung is partnering with LTE developers preparing for a LTE service launch in 2010 and will unveil a variety of LTE devices of different types and with diverse features and options, including memory cards, handheld devices and MID.”

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