That's the word from the company's executive vice president of sales, Tom Kilroy, who promised LTE radios in his company's devices later this year. So, why is Intel having so much trouble competing in the smartphone market? Blame it on LTE. Speaking recently at Computex, Intel executive vice president of sales, Tom Kilroy, said that his company's troubles in the U.S. have everything to do with its processors' lack of LTE support. "Absence of LTE is the reason," Kilroy said, according to Engadget, which was in attendance at the event. "We can't get ranged by US carriers without LTE, so once we have multi-mode LTE coming to market later this year, we have an opportunity to compete in that business." Related stories Intel amps up horsepower, battery life with Haswell chip Toshiba updates its laptop line for back-to-school Intel's future Pentium chip does Windows and Android For Galaxy Tab, odd Samsung-Intel partnership emerges Intel currently offers mobile Atom chips, but they don't come with LTE radios. The company has promised that LTE support will be available later this year, and at Computex, showed off a Windows tablet at Computex that came with an LTE chip. LTE, or long term evolution, is the higher-speed data option U.S. carriers are delivering to customers at a rapid rate. ARM-based chips already have support for LTE built-in, making them the obvious choice for most vendors. Until Intel adds LTE, it'll continue to have a hard time wooing vendors from competitors using ARM-based chips.
That's the word from the company's executive vice president of sales, Tom Kilroy, who promised LTE radios in his company's devices later this year.
So, why is Intel having so much trouble competing in the smartphone market? Blame it on LTE.
Speaking recently at Computex, Intel executive vice president of sales, Tom Kilroy, said that his company's troubles in the U.S. have everything to do with its processors' lack of LTE support.
"Absence of LTE is the reason," Kilroy said, according to Engadget, which was in attendance at the event. "We can't get ranged by US carriers without LTE, so once we have multi-mode LTE coming to market later this year, we have an opportunity to compete in that business."
Related stories
- Intel amps up horsepower, battery life with Haswell chip
- Toshiba updates its laptop line for back-to-school
- Intel's future Pentium chip does Windows and Android
- For Galaxy Tab, odd Samsung-Intel partnership emerges
Intel currently offers mobile Atom chips, but they don't come with LTE radios. The company has promised that LTE support will be available later this year, and at Computex, showed off a Windows tablet at Computex that came with an LTE chip.
LTE, or long term evolution, is the higher-speed data option U.S. carriers are delivering to customers at a rapid rate. ARM-based chips already have support for LTE built-in, making them the obvious choice for most vendors. Until Intel adds LTE, it'll continue to have a hard time wooing vendors from competitors using ARM-based chips.
