Alcatel-Lucent will deliver the largest share of China Mobile's new TD-LTE trial rollout across three major Chinese cities
Shanghai, October 17, 2012 - Alcatel-Lucent's (Euronext Paris
and NYSE: ALU) Chinese flagship company, Alcatel-Lucent
Shanghai Bell, has won a major contract to deploy the largest
share of China Mobile's new TD-LTE trial network rollout as
it extends services to 10 cities. Following the new rollout
as well as upgrades to three existing networks, China
Mobile's trial TD-LTE network will cover a total of 13
cities.
Under the terms of the contract, Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell
will deliver approximately 3,000 base stations in the cities
of Shanghai, Nanjing and Qingdao, three major economic hubs
of China. Using Alcatel-Lucent's innovative TD-LTE
technology, China Mobile will extend its large scale trial to
launch new services in the cities early next
year.
China Mobile, the world's largest wireless operator,
withcurrently over 700 million subscribers, is fast-tracking
its TD-LTE deployment to match smartphone demand in China.
The country is now the world's largest market for
smartphones; in the first quarter of 2012, 22 percent of
global smartphone shipments were destined for China.
Soaring demand for mobile broadband access in China is being
fuelled by consumers accessing video, gaming and other
high-bandwidth applications. China is now the world's largest
market for mobile data services at an increasing rate of over
50% each year. To meet this demand in the dynamic economic
centers of Shanghai, Nanjing and Qingdao, the new TD-LTE
network deployed by Alcatel-Lucent will increase the speeds,
capacity and quality of China Mobile's network. It will also
give China Mobile the ability to operate with a smaller
footprint, lower power-consumption and even greater
efficiency.
Ben Verwaayen, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent said: "It is our honour
to be selected by China Mobile for the world's largest TD-LTE
network.With our industry leading LTE solutions and expertise
in deploying LTE networks worldwide, we will help China
Mobile dramatically reduce technical complexity, power
consumption and operating costs in the face of sharp traffic
growth."
The rollout follows a
comprehensive trial of TD-LTE technology and the signing
of a co-creation agreement between Alcatel-Lucent and China
Mobile in Shanghai. Since February 2012, Alcatel-Lucent
and China Mobile have been developing and testing a series of
lightRadioTM breakthrough technology elements. In
August 2012, the companies extended this agreement by signing
a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct joint nanocell
research in China. Nanocells are a type of radio access
technology that integrates wireless small cells with carrier
grade Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access points.
About Alcatel-Lucent's solution for China Mobile
Alcatel-Lucent is supplying China Mobile with a complete
end-to-end TD-LTE solution including radio access products -
the
Alcatel Lucent 9926 Digital 2U eNodeB, TD-LTE Remote
Radio Unit (RRU) for the multiple spectrum bands being
used by CMCC as well as core networking equipment and the
Alcatel-Lucent's 5620 Service Aware Manager (SAM) network
management tool.
With more than 25 LTE contracts for commercial deployments
including two of the largest LTE network roll-outs, and
engagement in more than 70 LTE trials worldwide,
Alcatel-Lucent has established a strong global leadership
position in 4G LTE.4G LTE solution.
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