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China Telecom Awards 4G Contract to Alcatel-Lucent to Expand LTE Deployment

China Telecom Awards 4G Contract to Alcatel-Lucent to Expand LTE Deployment Image Credit: Alcatel Lucent

China Telecom has selected Alcatel-Lucent as one of its top three suppliers for the rollout of mobile ultra-broadband services across China, leveraging its newly acquired FDD-LTE licenses and extending its existing contract with the French telecom equipment maker. China Telecom, which currently has approximately 186 million mobile subscribers, is preparing to expand LTE services in both new and existing regions of China, across 40 cities in 12 provinces, including Shanghai, Jiangsu, Shandong, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia and Liaoning, said the company. 

According to Alcatel-Lucent, under the extension, it will be supplying solutions and services from its 9926 eNodeB radio access network (RAN) portfolio, with deployment planned for the first half of this year. Alcatel-Lucent said that the 9926 eNodeB technology which comprises a digital baseband unit and radio frequency platform allows operators to better utilize their spectrum and smoothly manage coverage and capacity increases.

Luis Martinez Amago, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell (ASB) 
This agreement with China Telecom highlights our leadership in LTE mobile ultra-broadband access technology.  Demand for LTE is exploding in China, and with this rollout, we will help China Telecom launch services quickly and enable it to maintain its competitive position, offering its customers the ultra-fast broadband speeds and performance they are demanding.

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