Qualcomm to develop chip that supports 7 LTE bands

[ericdabbs]

This is good news for future LTE devices in late 2012 and 2013 phones. I don't know exactly the 7 LTE bands that it will support, but I guess that it will be the 700 MHz, 800 MHz ESMR, 850 MHz Cellular, 1700/2100 MHz AWS, 1900 MHz PCS, 2500 Mhz EBS/BRS and maybe 1800 MHz international band.

 

Manufacturers will start getting samples of the chip in July 2012.

 

http://www.slashgear.com/qualcomm-developing-lte-chip-that-supports-7-spectrum-bands-06232628/

 

http://www.intomobile.com/2012/06/06/qualcomm-has-figured-out-support-multiple-700-mhz-4g-lte-networks/

[pyroscott]

Qualcomm is really winning the LTE game with their chips. As much as I want to see competition drive innovation, Qualcomm certainly doesn't appear to be taking their foot off the gas and allowing the rest of the field to catch up.

 

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[jefbal99]

Holy crap, might LTE get the US carriers to the point the rest of the world is were I can take the same phone between carriers?

[digiblur]

Now they just need a way to pack all those antennas and other supporting components of each band in a handset.

 

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[jefbal99]

Now they just need a way to pack all those antennas and other supporting components of each band in a handset.

 

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Very good point, I forgot about the antenna for each different band. Next thing to develop is a tiny universal antenna that covers all bands

[S4GRU]

Some antennas can be doubled up for multiple bands. i.e. - USCC

 

[bigsnake49]

Some antennas can be doubled up for multiple bands. i.e. - USCC

 

 

But have they solved the pre-amp problem? Real estate on a handset being what it is.

[Fraydog]

I suspect the division of Band 12 and Band 17 will eventually be undone.

 

Either when AT&T realizes they need to work with USCC on rural LTE deployment, or when the FCC realizes Band 17 has just been a big bluff.

 

The issues of division on Band 12 and Band 13 are much more significant.

Edited June 7, 2012 by Fraydog

[dmchssc]

Why was Band 17 created separately from Band 12 anyway? Was it that much cheaper/efficient to drop support for the A Block, or was it mostly AT&T deciding it didn't want its phones to be interoperable with regional carriers' LTE?

[Fraydog]

Why was Band 17 created separately from Band 12 anyway? Was it that much cheaper/efficient to drop support for the A Block, or was it mostly AT&T deciding it didn't want its phones to be interoperable with regional carriers' LTE?

 

Some of it was that and some of it was interference in the A block which has been curtailed somewhat since the creation of that band.

[bigsnake49]

Why was Band 17 created separately from Band 12 anyway? Was it that much cheaper/efficient to drop support for the A Block, or was it mostly AT&T deciding it didn't want its phones to be interoperable with regional carriers' LTE?

 

All of it because AT&T did not want to pay more money to have basestations and handsets with steeper filter cutoffs. It would have been cheaper to purchase the channel 51 broadcasters and put them out of their misery. They just polute the airways with all that shlock and commercials!

[digiblur]

 

All of it because AT&T did not want to pay more money to have basestations and handsets with steeper filter cutoffs. It would have been cheaper to purchase the channel 51 broadcasters and put them out of their misery. They just polute the airways with all that shlock and commercials!

 

Gotta have those local channels though. Millions and millions of folks use them everyday.

 

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[S4GRU]

Gotta have those local channels though. Millions and millions of folks use them everyday.

 

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I personally don't know anyone who uses over the air television anymore. I know they exist. I just don't know them.

 

Robert

[marioc21]

 

I personally don't know anyone who uses over the air television anymore. I know they exist. I just don't know them.

 

Robert

 

We used an ota antenna for almost a year. My wife was grumbling the entire time. The final straw was after we rearranged the living room and we could no longer pick up the local NBC or PBS affiliates. I called verizon shortly thereafter and got fios TV back. But it was great not to pay for cable for a while.

[jefbal99]

 

I personally don't know anyone who uses over the air television anymore. I know they exist. I just don't know them.

 

Robert

 

We canceled DirecTV awhile back and are living on OTA & Roku (Netflix, Amazon prime, hulu).

 

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[digiblur]

 

I personally don't know anyone who uses over the air television anymore. I know they exist. I just don't know them.

 

Robert

 

Millions of satellite users and cable television users watch OTA signals everyday. Some never know it. It's much cheaper to throw up a couple of antennas at one site to capture all the local channels in full HD then pipe them via one fiber to wherever they need to go.

 

If you hook up an antenna and put it indoors, don't expect good results unless you live a few miles from the transmitter.

 

I use OTA with my satellite DVR as my outdoor antenna gets my locals on HD plus I get the locals from another market as well over satellite.

 

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[S4GRU]

Millions of satellite users and cable television users watch OTA signals everyday. Some never know it. It's much cheaper to throw up a couple of antennas at one site to capture all the local channels in full HD then pipe them via one fiber to wherever they need to go.

 

If you hook up an antenna and put it indoors, don't expect good results unless you live a few miles from the transmitter.

 

I use OTA with my satellite DVR as my outdoor antenna gets my locals on HD plus I get the locals from another market as well over satellite.

 

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There is no way in the world I could get a signal at my house. We are off the TV grid.

 

 

Robert

[4GHoward]

Dish Network recently invested in Qualcomm for Broadband Satellite Chipset in Mobile Devices.

 

Source: http://press.dishnet...aq-dish-0897618

[digiblur]

 

There is no way in the world I could get a signal at my house. We are off the TV grid.

 

 

Robert

 

Never say never. And I know better than that. If Sprint has a tower there then there is a signal to be had . OTA covers more than probably any cell carrier.

 

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[S4GRU]

Never say never. And I know better than that. If Sprint has a tower there then there is a signal to be had . OTA covers more than probably any cell carrier.

 

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Yeah, but I live in a steep valley. No signals are getting in unless they are broadcast here. There are two TV translators in Espanola, but they are pointed the wrong way for me...and there is a hill between us. Not that I would use it anyway.

 

Robert