On the inflation front, the latest Central Bank survey of economists has January inflation coming in at an expected 0.75 percent, some high-frequency price samples are already breaching 1 percent, being pressured by higher food and service prices.

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The LTE standard supports FDD (Frequency Division Duplexing) mode adopted by DOCOMO and TDD (Time Division Duplexing) mode expected to be adopted for LTE networks in China and other markets, which will help to further the development of advanced mobile devices by manufacturers worldwide.

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