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Business Travelers Stay Connected Worldwide with Lenovo‘s ThinkPad Tablet with Qualcomm’s Gobi 3000 Technology

“More and more business users rely upon mobile broadband connectivity to enhance their productivity,” said Tom Butler, Director, ThinkPad Marketing, Lenovo.  “Qualcomm’s Gobi 3000 option on our ThinkPad Tablet lets users easily connect to mobile networks regardless of their location or underlying wireless technology, making their wireless experience truly flexible.”
“Our Gobi 3000 solution was designed to simplify 3G connectivity for mobile computing devices, like Lenovo’s ThinkPad Tablet,” said Fram Akiki, senior director of product management for Qualcomm.  “With Gobi, Enterprise IT departments have the flexibility to purchase 3G-enabled tablets, deploy to offices around the world, then allow each region to provision on an as-needed basis to their preferred carrier.”

Qualcomm’s Gobi 3000 technology is the only multiband embedded connectivity solution to provide connectivity on all major U.S. carriers and support global roaming on EVDO and HSPA networks. 

The Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet with the Gobi 3000 option will be available through www.lenovo.com and Lenovo business partners starting this month.  For more information, please visit http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/tablet/

For more information about Qualcomm’s line of Gobi embedded connectivity solutions, please visit http://www.qualcomm.com/products_services/chipsets/gobi.html.