There's a new speed record over a 4G LTE network

Verizon, Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies have managed to exceed the Gigabit speed barrier over LTE. Together the companies were able to reach download speeds of 1.07 Gbps during an Ericsson lab trial using the Qualcomm Snapdragon X20 LTE Modem which is the first modem to support Category 18 LTE speeds. Verizon recently announced that it had reached Gigabit LTE speeds earlier this month and the new milestone builds on the previous achievement. Ericsson provided the Radio System and LTE software that ran in conjunction with a mobile test device based on the Snapdragon X20 LTE modem. The speed of 1.07 Gbps was… [Continue Reading]