Netcom open for 4G Mobile - Aftenposten

NetCom opens today for 4G surfing on mobile in Oslo and Bergen, and by the end of June, the entire network will be upgraded with functionality that allows you to surf with 4G speed on your smartphone, write Netcom in a statement.

Netcom who was first in the world to offer 4G/LTE already in 2009, has so far offered by 4G LTE routers, USB dongles and tablets.

Now it’s finally ready also for mobile phones that are compatible with Netcom’s LTE network. Telenor opened for general mobile phones in their LTE networks even before the July

– Mobile habits have changed radically since NetCom launched 4G in 2009. Then we need high speeds on your PC, now we have the same need on your smartphone. We use mobile phones more to social media, web browsing and music than calling and SMS. Our customers need high speed surfing and it is a pleasure to offer 4G speeds on mobile, says August Baumann, President of TeliaSonera Norway.

Switches between 3G and 4G

reason that Vodafone has decided to wait to release mobile phones loose in the 4G network is that it has worked to ensure the quality and put in place the so-called Circuit Switch Fallback.

4G network is in fact a clean computer networks, which in practice means that you connect to the Internet over 4G, but do not take regular phone calls here.

To make a call, the phone will switch over to 3G network, then switch back to the 4G network when you are done. Data traffic will continue as normal during the conversation, but when that is over the 3G network. It is this solution called Circuit Switch Fallback, and is now in place in Netcom’s network.

Over the next three weeks will NetCom customers get 4G enabled service on their subscriptions, so they need not do anything other than to have a phone that supports 4G. According Netcom covers now 44% of the population with its 4G network.

NetCom sells these smartphones with support for 4G:

– HTC One

– HTC One mini

– HTC One SW

– Huawei Ascend P2

– LG Optimus G

– Nokia Lumia 920

– Nokia Lumia 820

– Samsung Galaxy S4 (comes with 4G support in June)

– Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini

– Samsung Galaxy S4 Mega

– Samsung Galaxy SIII LTE

– Samsung Note II LTE

– Sony Xperia Z

– Sony Xperia V

– Sony Xperia ZR

– ZTE Grand ERA LTE

– iPhone 5 (Requires an update from Apple, and the timing of this is not available at present.)

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