Japanese NTT DoCoMo, NEC, Panasonic and Fujitsu recently announced that they have collaborated in the development of a new mobile terminal platform based on LTE (Long Term Evolution technology), namely LTE-PF, and have made significant progress, according to EE Times Asia on October 5. The LTE-PF platform consists of a baseband processing chipset and related software for use in mobile phone and data cards, allowing a maximum downlink transmission speed of over 100Mbps and an uplink speed of over 50Mbps. The baseband processing chipset prototype jointly developed by the abovementioned companies is to be exhibited at ITU Telecom World 2009 and at CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) Japan 2009 held from October 6 to 10.

Furthermore, the new platform will ensure a smooth switchover between LTE and 3G technologies, including WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) or GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications). Further details regarding which company will manufacture the chipset, however, were not yet disclosed. In the future, these four companies will license the LTE-PF to mobile phone makers and broadband communications chipset providers in and outside Japan.