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While most of the world still has to feel the real 3G speeds (not to mention HSDPA), always tech savvy folks at NTT DoCoMo have started testing their Super 3G network to achieve a downlink transmission rate of 300Mbps (yes, that’s three hundred megabits per second!). The technology behind Super 3G is highly advanced version of HSDPA and HSUPA, which have been evolved from W-CDMA packet transmission technologies standardized by the 3GPP, and is also known as Long Term Evolution (LTE) in 3GPP’s circles.
The Japanese carrier will begin with an indoor experiment to test transmission speed using one transmitting and one receiving antenna, and then expand it to examine downlink transmission by employing up to four Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) antennas for both the base station (transmission side) and mobile station (receiving side). DoCoMo will also examine the “handover function” – switching of the connection between two base stations, as well as functionality of applications for voice and image transmission, and games.
Finally the date — when can we expect to see the new kind of ultra-fast networks? According to DoCoMo not before 2009, when the carrier expects to complete development of Super 3G technology. And then, who knows when will the other carriers pick it up. 
[Via: MobileBurn]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
