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LinuxDevices: Linux Powers DoCoMo’s First 3.5G Phone

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 27, 2006

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“Japan’s largest mobile operator will power-up a 3.5G network
next week, and launch a Linux-based phone capable of using it. The
N902iX phone, supplied by NEC, offers features most U.S. and
European users can only dream of–such as 3.6Mbit/s peak download
speeds.

“HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) is based on the same
WCDMA technology used in DoCoMo’s currently available 3G network,
FOMA (‘Freedom of Mobile Access’). However, HSDPA offers peak
download speeds approximately 10 times greater than the 384Kbit/s
rates offered by FOMA…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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