Some recent reports claim that users taking advantage of wireless cellular modems to connect the Internet will be more common than users taking advantage of the current standard wired connections in a home. Before this will happen wireless broadband network coverage needs to become more robust and connections need to be faster.

To facilitate the faster connections NXP has launched what it claims to be the world’s fastest cellular modem called the PNX6910. The modem is powered by the Embedded Vector Processor digital signal processing core and can achieve downloads as fast as 150Mbits with uploads of 50Mbits.

The modem also supports multi-mode LTE/HSPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/GSM capability as well. NXP says that the new modem can download a full HD feature length movie in less than 7 minutes. That is a 20x improvement compared to current HSPA Cat 8 devices. NXP says that the PNX6910 will be available to customers in Q2 2009. At this time there appears to be no photo of the modem, merely a diagram which you see above. Pricing is unknown at this time.

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