请前辈给予纠正指教，感谢~ Intel on Wednesday announced the commercial availability of its long-awaited LTE modem targeted at smartphones and tablets - the first step in making it a credible challenger to dominant 4G chipmaker Qualcomm. This isn't Intel's first LTE silicon. It launched an LTE modem last year, but it was a bit of a one-trick pony, supporting 4G networking but none of the 3G and 2G technologies mobile devices need to fall back on when LTE is unavailable. The new XMM 7160 fills that gap, linking to not only 15 global LTE bands but also HSPA and GSM networks. It even supports new voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) services. The radio chip is already supplying the wireless connectivity inside of theEuropean and Asian editions of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 3 (which also happens to sport an Intel Atom processor), and starting today the modem will begin shipping worldwide to device makers. 英特尔（Intel）於周三宣布，世人期盼已久的LTE数据机(modem)将针对智慧型手机及平 板电脑提供服务，促进民众的普及使用。此举可视为该公司为抢攻全球最大手机晶片制造 商高通（Qualcomm），并可和其相抗衡所跨出的第一步。 早在去年，英特尔就推出首款LTE数据机，因此这并非其首次制造数据机晶片，但也未能 让人有耳目一新之感；虽然有支援4G网路，但在LTE技术尚未普及化之前，2G和3G网路并 不需要仰赖4G网路。英特尔最新XMM 7160晶片不仅可以连结到全球15个 LTE频段，同时还 支援GSM和HSPA网路，甚至也支援了LTE网路语音电话（voice-over-LTE）。支援欧亚频段 的三星平板电脑产品Galaxy Tab 3除了采用微型射频晶片（radio chip），同时也搭载英 特尔Atom晶片，提供无线连接的服务。即日起，LTE数据机将销往全球装置制造商的手中 。 This also isn't Intel's first trip to mobile broadband rodeo. In the last decade it tried to spearhead WiMAX as the successor to 3G, but the initially promising technology failed to gain traction among global carriers. That sent Intel back to the drawing board. It bought Infineon back in 2010, making it an instant force in the 2G and 3G radio market, but it was still far behind Qualcomm when it came to LTE. Qualcomm modems powered the first LTE smartphones back in 2011, and it's been on a roll ever since. "Late", however, is a relative term, according to Aicha Evans, Intel VP of wireless. Qualcomm may have established early dominance, but Intel has basically built an LTE business from scratch since it acquired Infineon, Evans said. "We did in three and a half years what some couldn't do in seven years," Evans said. 英特尔并非首次加入行动宽频的战局，过去十年还曾带头力推WiMax上网技术，以取代 3G 技术。不过，曾经前途看好的WiMax技术，民众未必买单，使该公司需重新来过，从头开 始。英特尔於2010年买下英飞凌（Infineon）的无线部门，给2G与3G无线通讯市场投下一 枚震撼弹；尽管如此，英特尔在LTE方面的技术仍追赶不上高通。高通於2011年推出的首 款LTE智慧型手机，在搭载数据机的加持下，自此便深受民众喜爱至今。 然而，对英特尔无线部门副总裁艾万斯（Aicha Evans）而言，"晚一步"却有不同的解释 。高通或许先占了上风，但英特尔自收购英飞凌後，便重新拚创LTE事业。艾万斯表示： 「别人花7年做不到的事，我们只花3年半就达成了！」 --

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