Nokia Siemens Networks provides 7,000 LTE base stations to Telecom Italia
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Nokia Siemens Networks provides 7,000 LTE base stations to Telecom Italia
Nokia Siemens Networks will modernize Telecom Italia’s mobile infrastructure in several Italian regions with 7,000 base stations (BTS) able to offer 4G (LTE) mobile services. The Long Term Evolution (LTE)* technology has already been tested** by the two companies in some Turin city areas.
“This network modernization will enable exceptional voice quality and data speeds in addition to optimizing the performance and supporting the strong increase of smartphones,” said Massimo Mazzocchini, head of Telecom Italia customer team at Nokia Siemens Networks. “This technology will be able to offer a throughput of more than 140 megabits per second (Mbps) per cell with a latency of only 10 milliseconds, demonstrating the true value of a modern network for driving the growth of Italy’s economy.”
Nokia Siemens Networks will undertake the radio network modernization in some Italian regions in the 900-1800 and 2100 MHz frequency bands, supplying its future-proof single Radio Access Network*** Flexi Multiradio Base Stations. These base stations allow smooth implementation of LTE in the 2.6 GHz and 800 MHz bands.
With this implementation, subscribers of Telecom Italia will be able to enjoy advanced mobile broadband services including high-quality video calls, High Definition (HD) streaming and mobile gaming.
The radio network modernization will be implemented in some of the most developed, industrialized and economically vital Italian regions, including Veneto, Trentino Alto Adige, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Emilia Romagna, Marche and Umbria to further contribute to the country’s economy.
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Notes to editors
* Nokia Siemens Networks is leading the commercialization of Long Term Evolution (LTE) in terms of commercial references and live network performance according to a third party consultancy firm. LTE is the next-generation mobile broadband technology and the evolutionary step from GSM, WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, CDMA and WiMAX networks. It delivers the best broadband user experience and smart device services in an efficient way due to increased data rates, reduced latency and scalable flat all-IP network architecture. Nokia Siemens Networks has shipped its LTE ready Flexi Multiradio Base Station to over 200 operators. In addition, it was the first to make an LTE call using commercial hardware and standards-compliant software in 2009.
Nokia Siemens Networks is leading the commercialization of LTE in terms of commercial references and live network performance verified by an independent company, GSA.com. The independent company in its latest report on the global status of LTE operator commitments (dated January 12, 2011), states that 17 commercial LTE Networks have already been launched so far.
Among the Nokia Siemens Networks’ 31 commercial LTE deals are Agri-Valley Communications in the USA (radio, EPC); Deutsche Telekom in Germany (radio); Elisa Finland and Elisa Estonia (radio, EPC); LG U+ in South Korea (radio); LightSquared (national LTE network incl. 40,000 base stations) in the USA (radio, EPC); Mobily (Etisalat) in Saudi Arabia (radio, EPC); Mosaic Telecom in the USA (radio, EPC); NTT DOCOMO in Japan (radio, EPC); SK Telecom in South Korea (radio); Tele2 in Sweden (EPC); Telecom Italia (radio); Telefonica O2 in Germany (radio); Telenor Denmark (radio);Telia in Sweden, TeliaSonera in Denmark and Finland and EMT (TeliaSonera) in Estonia (radio); and Zain Bahrain (radio, EPC). We were also selected by Verizon Wireless in the USA to supply IMS for LTE.
Nokia Siemens Networks is conducting LTE trials with 25+ customers around the world including Aircel in India, China Mobile in China, Chunghwa in Taiwan, KPN in the Netherlands, M1 in Singapore, MegaFon in Russia, Optus in Australia, SFR in France, Telefónica O2 in the Czech Republic and Spain, Telstra in Australia, TMN in Portugal, Vodacom in South Africa and Vodafone in Italy.
An LTE performance drive test by Signals Research Group on a Swedish commercial live LTE network confirmed that the overall results achieved in the Gothenburg network (supplied by Nokia Siemens Networks) were better than those achieved in the Stockholm network (supplied by another vendor). For more information about the performance of Nokia Siemens Networks’ LTE offering, please refer to an independent report from Signals Research called ’Signals Ahead LTE Drive Test Revisited - Part 1’, which is available here or on the Nokia Siemens Networks internet page.
Nokia Siemens Networks’ Single RAN including the Flexi Multiradio Base Station provides a future-proof, easy and cost-efficient path to LTE in both FDD and TDD spectrum bands via a simple software upgrade. Besides the Single RAN that supports GSM, 3G, FDD-LTE and TD-LTE, the company’s LTE telecom infrastructure offering also features the Evolved Packet Core, including Flexi NS (Network Server) and Flexi NG (Network Gateway), transport solutions, network management system, Self Organizing Networks (SON), the award-winning Voice over LTE (VoLTE), provisioning and charging solutions and a range of professional services to plan, install, maintain and operate networks. For more information, please click here.
** Click here to read more on: Telecom Italia and Nokia Siemens Networks trial LTE in Turin (Italy)
*** Nokia Siemens Networks’ Single RAN including the Flexi Multiradio Base Station provides a future-proof, easy and cost-efficient path to LTE in both FDD and TDD spectrum bands via a simple software upgrade. Besides the Single RAN that supports GSM, 3G, FDD-LTE and TD-LTE, the company’s LTE telecom infrastructure offering also features the Evolved Packet Core, including Flexi NS (Network Server) and Flexi NG (Network Gateway), transport solutions, network management system, Self Organizing Networks (SON), the award-winning Voice over LTE (VoLTE), provisioning and charging solutions and a range of professional services to plan, install, maintain and operate networks. For more information, please click here.
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