Japan certifies its first LTE device, LG says 'whoa, ours?'

Courtesy Engadget  Wed, 02/03/2010 - 02:33

In a country whose carriers' phone lineups are dominated by domestic giants like NEC, Sony, Sharp, and Fujitsu, you wouldn't necessarily think that the road to 4G would begin elsewhere -- strangely, though, South Korea's LG has garnered the honor of becoming the first company to have an LTE device certified by Japan's TELEC, a necessary, FCC-like step to getting cellular equipment deployed in those parts.

NTT DoCoMo, which intends to launch commercial LTE service later...


 

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