Tunisie Telecom and Huawei recently performed tests on commercial network using LTE-Advanced(LTE-A) technologies, including 4T4R(4 Transmit 4 Receive), Carrier Aggregation, and 256QAM that saw a single user peak throughput of 706.14Mbps.
This outstanding performance reinforces Tunisie Telecom's resolution to build a large-scale 4T4R network with Huawei in 2018 to deliver an optimal LTE experience for all of their subscribers, as well as create the fastest network in the country.
4T4R rollouts will deliver the greatest benefits at the cell edge. Tunisie Telecom is dedicated to providing the country's fastest data rate and best user experience. Thanks to their efforts, the number of LTE subscribers in Tunisia continues to increase, and with the dataflow of usage (DOU) per user having reached 4GB, traffic volume is also expected to increase by 370% in 2020.
The new enhancements on LTE network can help operators provide the fastest LTE user experience possible, said Huawei.
Huawei claims that 4T4R increases network capacity by up to 80% without adding extra spectrum or sites, greatly improving spectral efficiency. 256QAM is also a proven technology that can effectively increase peak data rate by 33%.
Fadhel Kraiem, CEO of Tunisie Telecom
Spectrum resources are fully utilized to ensure that our network is more efficient. In addition, large-scale 4T4R network deployment allows us to be fully prepared for an evolution towards a new 5G era.
Saeed XIA, GM of Huawei Tunisia
Huawei 4T4R solution has been extensively deployed worldwide. We believe that this solution perfectly complements Tunisie Telecom's network development strategy and is an important tool to help maintain a leading competitive edge.
