Samsung and Nokia Siemens Networks have announced that they have conducted the world's first TD-LTE data call using a prototype end-user device. The trialing of TD-LTE data calls was conducted at Nokia Siemens Networks' R&D Center in Hangzhou, China. TD-LTE devices from Samsung were used proving the interoperability between them and the network.
TD-LTE is the variant of LTE for unpaired spectrum expected to be deployed by operators such as China Mobile.
"As the evolutionary path for China Mobile's 3G TD-SCDMA networks, as well as an option for other operators around the world who have available unpaired spectrum, TD-LTE is one of the important global standards. As a leader in next-generation mobile technology, we see it as a great growth opportunity," said Byung-Duck Cho, executive vice president of Samsung Electronics' R&D Center. "This demonstration ensures the cohesive development of our devices for the roll-out of TD-LTE technology at a quicker pace."
"This is an important milestone in building the TD-LTE ecosystem," said Marc Rouanne, head of Nokia Siemens Networks' Network Systems business unit. "This successful data call demonstrates the end-to-end interoperability of TD-LTE network and device equipment. It also shows our global commercial readiness for deployments of TD-LTE, expected in the second half of 2010."
In October 2009, Nokia Siemens Networks achieved the first TD-LTE data call on its Flexi Multiradio Base Station.
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