The implication: One day no one will have to go through the hassle of designing a new "multimode" phone.

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As an option, Horizon offers a moveable and space-saving Horizon Multimode Table.

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Intel is currently shipping its single mode 4G LTE data solution and will begin multimode shipments later in the first half of this year.

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Qualcomm recently announced its fiscal year earnings and highlighted that the company will start commercial production of a multimode chipset that will enable mobile phone users to transition from 3G to LTE technology.

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Ericsson will take on the design, development and sales of the LTE multimode thin modem products, including 2G, 3G and 4G multimode, while ST will take on the existing ST-Ericsson products, other than LTE multimode thin modems, and related business as well as certain assembly and test facilities.

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