Alcatel-Lucent announces the deployment of 4G LTE for China Telecom across 12 provinces, as demand for high-quality ultra-broadband services and applications continues to grow rapidly. The company expects to complete the deployment this month.
Under the deployment, Alcatel-Lucent will roll out its 9926 eNodeB LTE radio access technology, while introducing LTE-Advanced Carrier Aggregation capabilities for LTE FDD in major cities for the first time in China. The LTE-Advanced standard allows LTE radios to combine multiple frequency bands to vastly increase data speeds and lower latency, enabling the service provider to provide data download speeds of up to double of what is available today.
The latest agreement further expands on the deployment of LTE services announced in March 2015 as China Telecom continues to transform its subscribers’ mobile ultra-broadband experience.
YUAN Xin, Chairman and CEO of Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell
This agreement continues a long working relationship with China Telecom and further extends our leadership in mobile ultra-broadband access. As data demand continues to rise in the country, we are determined to help China Telecom meet customers’ increasing demand for top quality services.
