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Martyn Williams, IDG News Service, says that Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo will show off the world’s first LTE enabled mobile handset at Mobile World Congress later this month. NTT DoCoMo is spending roughly $4 billion on their LTE network and how to commercially launch it this year, but only for data devices.
Why should you care about this? It’s proof that LTE can be shrunken down into something that can fit into your pocket, and the battery life, if they’re silly enough to disclose real world figures, should be an indication of what to expect in terms of how many times you’re going to have charge your device in the course of a full working day.
Note that NTT DoCoMo wanted to be the first to launch a commercial LTE network, but the Swedes beat them to it. TeliaSonera launched in December 2009 and are offering unlimited LTE data for $85/month.
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
