Aicha Evans, VP, Mobile and Communications Group at Intel
Later this month, Intel is going to ship its XMM 7160 discrete LTE solution for mobile devices. With this new design, Intel will support 15 LTE bands (there are 30-40 bands, and growing), which is a good step in addressing the LTE band fragmentation that is currently causing difficulties in terms of network interoperability and worldwide compatibility for LTE devices. Unless carriers decide to use a common set of LTE bands, it will be very difficult, if not impossible (in the short term), to completely solve the LTE “fragmentation” problem, but handling 15 bands is a whole lot better than a handful, and it could allow device makers to improve coverage for a single device SKU (stock keeping unit, or “variant”). This is particularly difficult to do without increasing the board size, since additional frequencies normally requires more on-board components. (more…)
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