Samsung Galaxy Note 3 demos 300Mbps downloads at MWC ift.tt/1cmMfiZ A modified Samsung Galaxy Note 3 connecting at 300Mbps (Credit: Sarah Tew/ CNET) BARCELONA, Spain -- Qualcomm and KT have been giving delegates at Mobile World Congress a taste of the faster download speeds we can expect to see around the world soon. Tucked away in the corner of one exhibition hall is KT (formerly Korea Telecom) showing off a modified Samsung Galaxy Note 3 connected to a bunch of computers at its booth. It looks boring, but it represents the future: mobiles capable of downloading data at 300Mbps. Wander over to the Qualcomm stand and youll see something more visually impressive: a prototype phone streaming two 4K videos to a TV simultaneously. Both these demos are set up to promote a new technical standard called Cat 6, which Qualcomm says doubles the theoretical maximum speed of current 4G LTE phones to 300Mbps. Two pieces of 4K video being streamed using a prototype phone. (Credit: Sarah Tew/ CNET) The demo is happening at MWC in ideal conditions using equipment specially installed for the purpose. That means you wont see those sorts of speeds when the technology is deployed in the real world. But Qualcomm says that Cat 6, plus something called carrier aggregation, will mean most people will see a doubling of whatever ... [Read more]
Posted on: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:06:51 +0000
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