As 4G LTE network starts to gain traction in India, Microsoft is
looking to make the most out of it. The company announces today that it
is pushing out a firmware update to select existing Windows Phone
handsets in the country to enable 4G connectivity option in them.
The handsets that are eligible to get the update are as follows: the
Lumia 1520, the Lumia 1320, the Lumia 1020, the Lumia 930, the Lumia
925, the Lumia 920, the Lumia 830, and the Lumia 625. A Microsoft
spokesperson tells me that these handsets always had the 4G radio in
them, but back at the time of their launch -- due to the unavailability
of LTE networks -- the company had disabled this connectivity option.
There's one issue; however, the said handsets will only support the FDD-LTE (1,800 MHz) network in the country, and will miss out on TDD-LTE (2,300 MHz) due to hardware limitation. The company assures that its future devices will be able to tap both types of LTE networks out of the box.
source:betanews