That was more than offset by the 10 million unit hike in Asian W-CDMA unit projection for 2011.

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The new LTE technology boosts mobile data transfer speeds by 7-10 times over the performance of most W-CDMA networks.

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It's tri-band GSM, EDGE and W-CDMA, so you can stay connected from pretty much anywhere, as quickly as possible.

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The LTE slice of the market is now facing hyper-competition totally out of scale from what we witnessed with early W-CDMA launches a decade ago.

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The winning trio want to use a third-generation technology called W-CDMA "because it will be the standard for 80% of the world market, " says Lee Jung Sik, vice president for LG's bidding unit.

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W-CDMA can overcome its teething problems.

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TOKYO, JAPAN, November 16, 2012 --- NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that it has developed the world's first dual-mode small-cell base station, or femtocell, supporting 3G (W-CDMA) and LTE simultaneously for improved service coverage in indoor locations such as offices, shops and homes.

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