Lenovo/IBM Plans 3G-HSDPA ThinkPad Laptops
ThinkPad users will have built-in, immediate high-speed Internet access via the Cingular BroadbandConnect service without needing a separate PC card or additional hardware.
Through this agreement, ThinkPad notebooks will be preconfigured for BroadbandConnect, which delivers average mobile data connections between 400- 700Kbps on the downlink and bursts to more than a megabit per second using Cingular’s third-generation (3G) network based on UMTS/HSDPA technology.
Cingular-enabled ThinkPad notebooks are expected to be available beginning in the second quarter of this year.
"Cingular is working closely with Lenovo from a research and development standpoint to wirelessly enable its products with a technology that is based on a global 3G standard. We look forward to jointly offering to Lenovo notebook customers wireless broadband access on both a domestic and an international scale." Said Jeff Bradley from Cingular Wireless.
Cingular’s 3G network infrastructure is based on Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) technology, a global standard for 3G wireless services that are already offered by 95 commercial networks in 45 countries, with an additional 67 UMTS networks in deployment, planned or licensed.
In areas where UMTS/HSDPA is not available, ThinkPad owners will be able to use their notebooks seamlessly on an EDGE service.
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