Nokia users who are
waiting to use the faster version of the mobile internet, 4G LTE, will have to
wait a little longer as the company’s flagship Lumia 920 will not be compatible
with India’s 4G network. The phone, which will reportedly hit Indian markets in
early 2013, will not support the ‘LTE 2300’ bandwidth which is used across the
country, despite the initial rollout of the high-speed broadband network by
telecom majors such as Bharti Airtel.
A company spokesperson
confirmed the development, and said that the initial version that will be sold
in this country would not operate on 2300 Mhz.
“The initial version,
which is expected to be launched very soon, will not be able to access 4G LTE
in India,” a company spokesperson said.
Reportedly, the 4G
network in India works at a 2300 MHz frequency band, which is not supported by
Nokia's latest device, despite the fact that it supports 9 other LTE frequency
bands. The Finnish cell phone giant has mentioned on its website that the
device is only compatible with data networks like HSUPA (3G), HSPA+ (3G),
EDGE/EGPRS (2G), GSM (2G), FDD-LTE (4G), WCDMA (3G), and HSDPA (3G). Hence,
Lumia 920 will not support 2300 MHz, which makes use of TD-LTE.
Nokia, which has
struggled with maintaining its position in the mobile handset market, has
concentrated on wooing the Indian market with its low-end ‘Asha’ smartphone
series. In India and China, the ‘time division duplex’ network is used for LTE,
but is not a commonly used format and hence is not compatible with most mobile
devices.
SOURCE: THE HINDU
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