BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- China Mobile announced
today that it is set to join LTE (Long Term Evolution) trials already being
carried out by Vodafone and Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon
Communications and Vodafone.
The resultant three-way operator trials will focus on LTE FDD (the
Frequency Division Duplex version of LTE) for use with paired spectrum
allocations and TD-LTE (the Time Division Duplex version of LTE) as an
evolution of current TD-SCDMA technology to enable the exploitation of
unpaired spectrum globally.
The trials are designed to explore the performance of LTE with
different spectrum types as a potential next generation mobile technology.
They will provide an opportunity to adopt a harmonised access platform with
global scale and high performance inter-working with the existing
technologies of all three companies.
The availability of LTE FDD and TD-LTE systems will enable an effective
and low cost solution for both paired and unpaired spectrum. Multi-mode
devices will create regional and global roaming opportunities. This also
raises the prospect of providing greater interoperability between different
global operators offering customers greater convenience and seamless global
roaming.
The LTE technology, which is still being tested and standardised is
designed to deliver mobile data networks with higher speeds and throughput
performance, lower latency, global roaming, and improved efficiencies. LTE
is an evolution of existing 3G (WCDMA, TD-SCDMA and CDMA) cellular networks
and has the advantage of offering inter-working with existing 3G
technologies.
"China Mobile is happy to work with Vodafone and Verizon Wireless to
explore TD-LTE together with FDD LTE as a high-performance and low cost
evolution option from our current networks. This will help to build an
ecosystem that could result in a win-win situation for the whole industry
to meet the growing customer demand for wireless broadband," said Mr. Sha
Yuejia, China Mobile's Vice President.
"Verizon looks upon LTE as a singular opportunity to align wireless
carriers on a 4G technology which will support the desires of customers to
have a common experience, with any device of their choosing, anywhere in
the world. We look forward to working closely with China Mobile and
Vodafone, sharing trial results, and ultimately planning compatible
networks with them, and all the other worldwide carriers who are
considering the deployment of LTE," said Richard Lynch, CTO for Verizon.
"Vodafone relishes the opportunity of working alongside China Mobile as
well as Verizon Wireless in the development of LTE FDD/TDD technology, and
we're looking forward to assessing the results of the trials. We fully
support China Mobile's efforts to explore LTE as a potential candidate for
its future wireless broadband needs," said Steve Pusey, Vodafone's Global
Chief Technology Officer.
About China Mobile
Officially established on April 20th, 2000, China Mobile Communications
Corporation (herein after called "China Mobile" or "the Company") has been
playing a leading role in the development of the mobile communications
industry in China and holds an important position in the international
arena as well. After over ten years of efforts, China Mobile has
established a comprehensive network with large coverage, high quality, rich
variety of businesses and first-class customer services. It ranks the first
in the world in terms of the network scale and the customer base. For more
information, please visit http://www.chinamobile.com .
About Vodafone
Vodafone is the world's leading international mobile communications
group with over 252 million proportionate customers as at 31st December
2007. Vodafone currently has equity interests in 25 countries across five
continents and a further 40 partner networks worldwide. For more
information, please visit http://www.vodafone.com .
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the most reliable wireless voice and data
network in the U.S., serving 63.7 million customers. The largest U.S.
wireless company and largest wireless data provider, based on revenues,
Verizon Wireless is headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 68,000
employees nationwide. The company is a joint venture of Verizon
Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). Find more
information on the Web at http://www.verizonwireless.com . To preview and
request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of
Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia
Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia .
For further information:
China Mobile
Media Relations
Email: lijun@chinamobile.com
Office Phone: +86-10-6600-6688
Research Institute
Email: xuzhaoji@chinamobile.com
Office Phone: +86-10-6600-6688
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