SEOUL, Korea (AVING) -- <Visual News> Samsung Electronics announced a contract with TeliaSonera to provide Long Term Evolution (LTE) devices. LTE technology is one of the most anticipated technologies for 4th generation (4G) mobile service in the telecommunications industry.

According to the contract between Samsung and TeliaSonera, Samsung will provide mobile broadband devices for commercial service in Sweden and Norway next year.

The Samsung LTE device(model: GT-B3710) is expected to be the world's first LTE device. The device is a USB stick that can be connected to a laptop computer, or other portable devices. The USB stick incorporates Samsung's in-house developed LTE modem chip, branded Kalmia, and supports 2.6GHz band for LTE service.

With this contract, Samsung has again demonstrated its leadership in advanced mobile technology within the mobile industry and telecommunication standardization communities. Samsung's LTE solution is fully compliant with the latest 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) LTE Release 8 (Rel-8) standard. Based on its number of contributions, Samsung ranks as one of the top companies within the 3GPP, the association that specified the LTE standard. Samsung also has four seats on the wireless networking standardization working group executive board.

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