LTE

Long-Term Evolution, or LTE, is a mobile phone network found in many countries around the world. More commonly called 4G LTE, it is a standard for wireless communications of data, primary for mobile phones, but also for mobile hotspots used by laptops and tablets. LTE increases the speed and capacity of the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA networks, upon which it is based.

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NTT DOCOMO first proposed the LTE technology in 2004 and research into the technology began in 2005. In December 2009, the first LTE service was made available by TeliaSonera in Oslo, Norway and Stockholm, Sweden. As of 2021, Japan had the largest penetration of LTE service at 100%, with South Korea at 99% and the United States at 97%.

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