Asia Express - Mobile Communications
ZTE Launches LTE Trial Network for Telkomsel
September 24, 2010
Chinese telecom equipment supplier ZTE announced that the company has entered into a LTE (Long Term Evolution) trial agreement with Indonesian telecom operator Telkomsel, according to a September 21 press release by ZTE. Telkomsel is a major telecom operator in Indonesia, with a subscriber base of more than 92 million, accounting for more than half of the market share, according to the press release again. Pursuant to the agreement, ZTE's SDR (Software Defined Radio) technology is projected to be used to upgrade Telkomsel's 2G and 3G services to LTE. It is reported that ZTE has started providing its LTE solutions for Telkomsel's LTE trial network since August 2010.