New LTE network that is eight times faster than original LTE

SINGAPORE: South Korea's mobile carrier company LG Uplus has soucessfully demonstrated its new long-term evolution (LTE) network that is eight times faster than the original LTE.

The telecom company said the new network, LTE in Unlicensed spectrum, or LTE-U, is capable of transmitting data at up to 600 megabits-per-second (Mbps). This technology taps into the 5.8-gigahertz (GHz) unlicensed spectrum, which has been used for Wi-Fi, with the LTE network.

LG Uplus developed the technology for the first time anywhere in the world in October.

"We took a big step forward in the LTE technology race again by realizing the 600-Mbps, the fastest data transmission speed used in a commercial mobile network, following the world's first development and demonstration of a LTE-U network," said LG Uplus Service Development Division head Lee Sang-min. "We will come up with diverse LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) technology to raise network speed and quality for customers despite increasing data traffic."