There’s plenty of excitement surrounding 5G and the possibilities it brings, but let’s not forget that LTE has plenty of room for improvement. Qualcomm , in partnership with T-Mobile , showed folks what that improvement looks like during a recent event in San Jose in the form of gigabit LTE . According to the self-described Uncarrier, LTE Advanced is now available in over 920 markets, while gigabit LTE has gone live in 430 markets. As the name implies, LTE Advanced builds upon regular LTE with increased stability, bandwidth, and speeds, but be sure to swing by our write-up of the technology for a more thorough understanding. The event’s focus was clearly on gigabit LTE, which Qualcomm says is achieved when you put together carrier aggregation, 4X4 MIMO, and 256 QAM technologies. The acronyms might be weird, but the end result is a Samsung Galaxy S8, which supports gigabit LTE, demoed with download speeds of 611.33 Mbps and up...